Dominica Day 2:

Woke up bright and early I couldn’t get enough of this port.  We went to the post office to try to mail my mom my phone bar code (sorry, Mom…. TRIED is the key word) I’ll try again in Brazil.  We got a taxi driver named Juslyn to take us to the best beach about a half hour away in Mero.  On the drive there I immediately noticed all of the stray dogs and skinny cows.  Seriously, nothing like Wisconsin cows☹
The beach was black sand, which I was amazed by because I had never seen it before.  Ray and I spent about an hour collecting rocks and sea glass we can use to make jewelry. Then we had lunch and met a few locals.  Eric and I met a man who calls himself the Mushroom Man of the Rainforest.  Pretty awesome dude.  Had the thickest dreads ever. He and his wife own an organic farm in the rainforest.  They gave us their email and phone number because yes, I am coming back.  What I thought was really cool though, was his wife Christine, who is a registered nurse from Ohio, came to Dominica a while back, fell in love, and never went home.  She was crazy cool too.
After the beach we walked around town for a while and did some shopping, then jumped off the pier with kids before we got back on the ship at 4:30 to make 1800 DOCK TIME (pretty serious stuff). 
As I was sitting at dinner on the deck I talked to Dr. Bill about the medical school I noticed in the middle of town.  He said that his friend in a professor there.  It is very easy to get in to but 1 in 3 students drop out very quickly.  Instead of taking 3 or 4 years of med school like America, students study for 16 months straight 7 days a week! I can see why they drop out but it was interesting…. Might have to take up med school in Dominica!
Leaving Roseau was bitter sweet.  The end of our first port yet the beginning to so many more. Since I began this voyage I don’t think I have stopped smiling.  Everyone is just like me, ready to see the world. It is absolutely unbelievable. People talk about how lucky we are to be doing this but I’m not sure people understand how right that statement is.  This is the trip of a lifetime.  I have met so many great friends and seen so many awesome things already that if it ended tomorrow, it would have been worth every penny and all the trouble to get here.