Today I went to a river in Marigot, Dominica with some friends. On the river lives a couple that has a beautiful '"cottage", although I would hardly call it a cottage. The owner thought that the name of the river, "Canal River" was too boring so they named their place the "Coffee River Cottages". It was so neat because the whole place was totally energy independent. They don't pay any electric bills to DOMLEC (The Dominican Electric Company). They use the river for everything, they drink from it and use it for all sources of water in the home. They also have hydroelectric energy and solar panels. I also took a walk around their home and I saw so many different types of vegetation, everything from guava trees to a traveler's palm tree.
Here are some links to some of the tree's and vegetation that I saw:
The Traveler's PalmBreadfruit Tree- Breadfruit is a common fruit here.
Carambola or Star fruit TreeCocoa TreeYucca PlantAfter coming home Alex, Keith, and I went out to eat here in Glanvillia. I took a couple of pics along the way (I also have some more on Facebook). Click on the picture below to link to our picasa web page to see all the pictures.
