The morning of our second day in St. Martin arrived and we had decided that we would take advantage of what little time we had with our cousins Ms ChanJoEast and Mr Tech. Our first thing on the agenda was to go on the infamous Zip-line on the island which was supposed to be a short drive from where we were staying. Mr Tech offered to drive so we all jumped into his i10 and headed over. Now it would really have helped if the Zip-lining place had an actual sign that said "Zip-lining". But for whatever reason they didn't and we ended up driving all the way to the top of Pointe Paradise. Our road dead ended at a large iron gate. People were swarming at the top trying to turn around, several people were on bikes and they were just locking up their bikes and walking down trail paths. The curiosity got the best of us and we ended up parking and going for an impromptu hike.
We found several ruins along the trail one was an old Sugar Plantation.
Another was an old well where people used to come and wash their clothes.
We met a couple around the watering hole and they told us that the zip-lines were down at the bottom of the trail. Realizing that it was probably best to go back to the car before we were too tired to walk we opted to hike back up and drive down. We eventually found the place we were supposed to be, but unfortunately since it was pouring I didn't get any pictures of us on the lines! It was more of a combo between doing a high ropes course with a few zip-lines inbetween. It was a lot tougher than any of the other lines we have done. My favorite part however was on one of our last lines. I was the first one to finish the line and as I was coming down I saw a whole troop of red tailed monkeys running by. To our knowledge monkeys are not actually native to the island and our guide said he'd never seen them there before. Curious, very curious.
We found several ruins along the trail one was an old Sugar Plantation.
Another was an old well where people used to come and wash their clothes.
We met a couple around the watering hole and they told us that the zip-lines were down at the bottom of the trail. Realizing that it was probably best to go back to the car before we were too tired to walk we opted to hike back up and drive down. We eventually found the place we were supposed to be, but unfortunately since it was pouring I didn't get any pictures of us on the lines! It was more of a combo between doing a high ropes course with a few zip-lines inbetween. It was a lot tougher than any of the other lines we have done. My favorite part however was on one of our last lines. I was the first one to finish the line and as I was coming down I saw a whole troop of red tailed monkeys running by. To our knowledge monkeys are not actually native to the island and our guide said he'd never seen them there before. Curious, very curious.
Yea you are BLOGGING!!! I wanna see photos of the monkeys - too cool.
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