oh so beautiful!

Abaka Bay resort 

My days are usually spent working in the clinic and playing in the village.  At times it's easy for me to forget that I actually live on a Caribbean Island.  Several of my friends, that I live and serve with here at NVM, are transitioning back to the States in July.  We haven't traveled to any other parts in Haiti so we decided that a road-trip would be an excellent sort of last adventure together.  On Sunday we left Chambrun at a crazy hour of the morning to head towards Les cayes.  We then took a boat to Ile a Vache (translated- Island of Cows- and nope I didn't see any cows!) which is an island that is off the coast of Haiti.  We were the only people at the resort so it literally felt like we were the only people on this little island!  This was truly one of the most relaxing and peaceful breaks away from work and life.  The resort was beautiful and the food was delicious.  We spent our days relaxing by the beach and swimming in the ocean.

Bassin Bleu- this spring is 76 feet deep!  

After a few days at the resort we headed to another town outside of Jacmel.  We went to Bassin Bleu which is an area that has natural flowing springs with beautiful waterfalls.  We hired a guide to lead us on a hike through the mountain/forested area that surrounded the waterfalls.  As we hiked we saw several smaller springs with waterfalls.  The largest spring of water was 76 feet deep with a beauiful waterfall.  The guides helped to show us areas where we could climb and jump off the cliffs into the cold water.  We had so much fun swimming through the different pools of water and couldn't get over just how beautiful it really was.  This place was tucked back into the mountain where it could have easily been overlooked without the guides help.  This trip helped me to fall even more in love with Haiti.  Love that there are these little hidden places that are filled with such beauty that only God himself could create.