Day on the water

Note: Blog was written on 8/31 but I couldn’t post it til today.

What an amazing day!! On Saturday my host family told me to invite all of the PCV (Peace Corps Volunteers) in my village to go fishing on Sunday. So on Sunday, three volunteers, my host family, and I went fishing in the Caribbean Sea. My host dad took us on a quick tour of the area where we found the coolest island ever!! It is the smallest island I have ever seen but we all fell in love with it. The island use to have a house on it but a hurricane Irene tore it down years ago. The man who owns it put it up for sale and let me tell you, if I had $20,000 lying around, it would be mine. He let us out of the boat so we could walk around and wade in the water. Isn’t it just gorgeous?? Are you all insanely jealous? The perks of being in the Peace Corps!!


After the island we went fishing where I caught one tiny fish and the others caught a few as well. Chris, (a PCV) did not catch any fish; he caught a sting ray, which my host brother promptly clubbed to death and put back into the water. We were out there until dark and then headed back towards home. Watching the sun set from the Caribbean Sea and then seeing the stars light up the sky was breathtaking. I couldn’t have asked for a better day.