Today was a busy, busy day. It started off with Don coming by at 9AM, in the rain, with a diver to take me on my 2-tank dive. I have to admit I forgot the diver's name, but he was very friendly and the first local I've ever seen diving. He did have a thick wetsuit shorty on and between the two dives it was raining and windy and he was shivering terribly (we cut our surface time to a minimum as it was much warmer in the water than outside). I felt sorry for Don who had to stay up on the surface and he looked rather cold as well. The two dives were very nice and interesting and I wish my camera had been correctly set, I took some wonderful snapshots that, without exception, were overlighted or out of focus; and I don't know what I did wrong. The diver had a Hawaiian Sling along to catch the numerous large Lionfish we saw and a big Snapper smelled the blood but wouldn't eat a dead Lionfish (with the spines cut off) until we dropped the fish and moved far away.
Shortly after returning to my boat and as I was drinking a nice hot coffee, Alexis came by and asked if I wanted to join an island tour and within a few minutes I was off with two groups, one a German couple on a Bénéteau 57 called “Eau de la Vie” and another couple from the USA living in a hotel on shore. Robert was our driver and the tour was very interesting (I was fortunate to be able to sit shotgun), we stopped for an entertaining show by Mr. Friendly the fruit vendor and then visited the Emerald Pool / Emerald Falls, which are a UNESCO World Heritage site, then had a very late lunch at Islet View Restaurant before traversing the Carib Indian Reservation (3500 of the original Carib tribe that gave the islands their collective name). Unfortunately after that the rains set it, reducing visibility to mere feet at times, and the rest of the island's attraction were hidden from view thereafter.

Sponges [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	I cannot find this creature in my book and cannot remember what the divemaster told me it was; but it was pretty cool indeed, moving around slowly on those appendages. [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Turtle swimming away [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Catching Lionfish [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]
Snapper attracted to the dead lionfish [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Snapper circling around us [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Hawaiian sling and Lionfish [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Underwater flora [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]
Hiding in the sponge [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Vista [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Spotted Moray eel looking out [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Portsmouth underwater [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]
Bridled Burrfish [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	Barrel Sponges [15°34'55.8"N 61°28'40.99"W ]	A nice vantage point for looking along the shore at St. Joseph in Dominica [15°24'10.75"N 61°25'25.42"W (facing NW)]	This rock formation looks like a mushroom and is just outside of the town of St. Joseph on Dominica [15°24'10.88"N 61°25'25.32"W (facing NW)]
Recent rains swelled the river and caused part of the road we were on to wash out. [15°24'51.24"N 61°23'38.62"W (facing NE)]	Mr. Friendly, a consummate showman, has a fruit stand in the hills. [15°22'52.35"N 61°21'14.62"W ]	Part of his food supply was coconut, the inner meat removed by banging the half-shell on this larger shell. [15°22'52.35"N 61°21'14.62"W ]	Emerald Falls through the trees [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]
Mountain stream to the falls [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Falls in the rain [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Emerald falls stream above [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Emerald falls and cavern [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]
Emerald falls [15°23'53.38"N 61°18'47.03"W ]	Under the Emerald Falls [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	As we were there in the rain, the whole slope exuded and oozed water [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Emerald falls lush forest [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]
Water cascading down the falls [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Sun coming out on the Falls [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Our tour group at the Emerald Falls [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Water in front of the cavern [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]
The water was coming out of every crevice in the cliffside as the sun broke through after the rainshowers. [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Emerald Falls and Pool [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Behind the Emerald Falls [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	Looking through the Emerald Falls [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]
Gecko posing at the Falls [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	A lookout point at the Emerald pool falls in Dominica shows the ever-present cumulus clouds. [15°23'51.67"N 61°18'48.19"W ]	A wonderful view, despite the rainshowers, from our restaurant seats at Islet View Restaurant over Castle Bruce. [15°26'47.57"N 61°15'29.98"W (facing SE)]	The fine selection of rums at Islet View restaurant. [15°26'47.57"N 61°15'29.98"W ]
Castle Bruce rocks [15°26'47.57"N 61°15'29.98"W (facing SE)]	Some rock carvings in the Carib Indian reservation. [15°29'24.09"N 61°16'41.89"W ]	Carib stone carvings [15°29'24.09"N 61°16'41.89"W ]	Carib reservation artwork [15°29'24.09"N 61°16'41.89"W ]