Neither Brian not Clare had ever had a mud bath. It seems a strange idea, putting mud all over yourself on purpose, but our first taxi driver Dwayne, thought it was one of the best things to do on his island.
These are the baths, water black with powdered pyrite (iron sulfide).
Hydrothermally altered volcanic rock adjacent to the mud baths. We watched 20-something aged tourists take Instagram pictures of each other, but we will not burdon anyone with ours.
After the mud baths, our guide took a picture of us inside the caldera. This is the famous “drive-through” volcano, with a bunch of mud pots boiling inside.
A tiny Yellowstone National Park?
Next we walked up to the top of Paul’s Head (Tet Paul) to see both the Pitons (we could only see one from our resort).
This, the Grand Piton, is the one we cannot see from where we are staying. People can hire a guide from the village (on the left in this view) to hike up and down, an excursion that takes 4 to 8 hours, depending on the people going.
The guide told us about a lot of the plants. This one had many names, one of which was the Fox Tail.
This one is called Duck’s Feet because of the shape of the leaves.
View of the Petite Piton, from the other side (side that we cannot see from our resort).
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