Carib Reserve, Dominica.
Swiftwing
Thu 28 Feb 2008 10:59
 On the way to trafalgar Falls.
 Anchorage pool again.
 The old and the new. A Carib canoe unchanged for
1,600 years in front of a modern 100 foot tourist cat.
The fishermen in the canoe are shooting a small
ring net.
 Castle Bruce rollers. The breaking wave in the
distance stands about 10 feet tall. Neil and I used to swim/surf here with the
youth fellowship. We must've been nuts, it's really dangerous!
 Council building in the Carib reservation; the
biggest fanciest building in the village - nothing changes then!
 Our guide Kendrick. His great grandmother was
Scottish and was a Lockhart. Note the big pot that Bev is standing beside. It is
a cocoa roasting pot that was adapted by the Caribs for boiling their meat.
French were the tastiest.
 Carib lady basketmaking. We bought a couple of
well-made items for a couple of pounds.
 The Ghost fruit. It smells like old
socks.
 Crocodile Will beside the Cassava shredding
machine. An adaption of the knife sharpening wheel. Cassava is/was their staple
diet.
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