,Today Alex and I went to the Carib Territory and Emerald Pool. We started out our morning on a lengthy bus ride to the Carib Territory. The Caribs were Dominica's first people. The Carib name was originally used by the Europeans to describe them. The word,
Kalinago, is the word to describe these people. There are now about 3000 of them left and they live in a territory that is now set aside for them. There are eight different villages and the one we went to today was near the Crayfish River Village. There is a cultural village set up so they can share their history and traditions with us. Unfortunately, we didn't see the "real" village. They had different things set up for us to see as we walked along a path in a "typical village". The tour guide was a Carib. So we did learn a lot from her. All the villages are near each other and they had a sign at the entrance of each village indicating which village it was. Here is the
Kalinago Cultural Village website:
On the way out of the village we wanted to stop and buy some Cassava bread but unfortunately they didn't have any available. It is interesting to see how they make this bread. I took many pictures so you will have to click on the link below to see them.
Here are a few more interesting websites about the Kalinago:
Afterwards we drove to the Morne Trois Pitons National Park to see the Emerald Pool. We hiked for about 15 minutes in the rainforest to get there. It was a beautiful hike and very easy! Which was good, especially since I had Alex. Luckily there weren't a lot of people there either. When the cruise ships come to Dominica this is a popular destination for the tourists.
Here are the pics I took from our trip today:
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