Sunday the sixth

A papaya from Mr. Phillipe

The church in the center of Le Moule. 

Softly Caribbean

This is near the place I went Paddle boarding yesterday! Paddleboarding was awesome.  At first it was a bit intimidating, I was with a colleague from one of my schools, two older women (who looked quite experienced, one even had Paddleboarding gloves), another older man (again looked experienced) and our teacher/guide. At the beginning I was the slowest of the group (obviously), a bit shaky standing up, and seriously contemplating giving up. It didn't help that the teacher, who was really very nice, was teaching us all the technical ins and outs of the activity in a vocabulary far beyond my means of French understanding. Nonetheless, I persisted, and I'm so glad I did.  We started on calm waters and paddled through a mangrove, through a mangrove, then continued on the  waters into the ocean where the water got a bit bumpier, until we came to the full on waves of the ocean. I should mention the fact it was a little rainy and once we hit the waves, the "little rain" turned to a down pour. It was truly an experience, I felt like I was in "Life of Pi", battling the waves and the rain with only my paddle against the violent Atlantic. And of the two hours we spent on the water, I never fell in. Hallelujah.

There's a bunch of cammoflauged crabs on this rock. You can kind of see one on the far right side, towards the middle. This part of the island is very famous for their crabs, but I have yet to eat any, unfortunately.

There is graffiti and paintings, similar to this bird, covering most every wall here.

Concrete statue outside a building in Le Moule

Cemetery in the center of the city. Almost every city here has a cemetery somewhere near its center. They're all above ground and very colorful, with a lot of black and white (mom you would love it).

Closer photo of the "tombs".

More graffiti paintings outside a bar/club in Le Moule

View of the sunset from my friend Katie's apartment. It's amazing, the sky here.  It seems to go on forever, with the clouds just loosely suspended over the ocean.  It's impossible to know how far the line of the horizon reaches because it looks as though you can see for hundreds of miles.