Trip to the Carib Territory

On Monday a group of 9 or 10 spouses took a trip to the Carib Indian Territory, the Emerald Pool, and the Spanni waterfall. Theo was our guide. The first and last pictures are of the east coast (Atlantic Ocean...technically the west side of the island where we are is the Caribbean Sea and the east coast borders the Atlantic). The second picture is of our fearless leader, Theo. Theo tells us all about the island and he will stop to cut us certain plants that he thinks are interesting. Exhibit A: the third picture. This is a picture of Theo using a plant to "tattoo" himself. The tattoo showed up better on his black arm than it did on our white skin. The drive to the Carib territory took about 2.5 hours. The fourth picture is of the only drive through I know of on the island. The front of the shack has a sign that says "Local Bakery". The car in front of us just slowed down, held out money, and the man walked up to the window and handed the driver food. Theo parked and got out because he wanted us to see how the Cabassa bread was being made. Theo bought some and got us all to try it. I picked off a very small piece because I can only imagine how this place would score on a health inspection. The bread was actually good and had coconut in it. I just had trouble getting past the fact that the "chef" had no place to wash his hands. Theo stopped another time to jump out and cut us all a piece of cinnamon bark. It smelled wonderful. The Carib territory was not that interesting. Basically, the Carib's are the islands first settlers (Caribbean Sea was named for them). I did buy a couple of souvenirs that the Indians had made by hand.