Tourist Day

There were much more exciting happenings last night and today. Yesterday evening a few of us 1st year students went to a local resort's bar. It was an open-air bar under a canopy type thing and was situated right on the water. We enjoyed several beers from a local brewery. I actually saw the brewery while riding the bus into town. There is also obviously rum produced here, but I haven't tried any of that. This morning I got up and headed to the beach right away. Here are a few pics from there. The water is turquoise and crystal clear, plus super warm. I was surprised to see the beach was virtually empty of swimmers. Maybe everybody was at work. After returning from the beach, my roommate and I went on a school tour of a nutmeg factory and a waterfall in the mountains. The first picture is of the drying racks of the nutmeg factory. This is before they are crushed and sorted by grade. I took a little souvenir from the drying racks, but we need to find some nutmeg recipes so I can use it. The second pic is of the waterfall. It fell into a pool where several other students jumped into from the rocks. Tomorrow's agenda includes a student council sponsored outing at another local restaurant/bar called the aquarium. In addition I'll also be attending boring orientation meetings. I'll keep you posted.