Rainforest with a side of Petroglyphs

It's been a while since my last blog post because I have been busy. The students have finals this week and school is almost over, so I have time now to post.

Two things that I did in April were going to see a petroglyph and walking through a rainforest with some friends. The petroglyph I went to see is called Rutland Vale which is located in a community called Layou. First we went to a room with pictures of petroglyphs in Barraouallie, Petit Bordel, Buccament and other communities here in St. Vincent. They're beautiful and I'm hoping to see the other ones before leaving the island.

 

The scenery around the petroglyph is breathtaking. You have to cross a stream to get to it by walking over rocks.

Here is the Rutland Vale petroglyph. If you look closely at the picture, the drawing is at the top of the rock, on the left and in the middle.

The next stop was the rainforest. Vermont Nature Trail is a tourist site here in St. Vincent. I haven't gone to a nature trail since my camping days as a kid.

 

It took us 2 hours to get through the trail, but probably would have been less if 1) it hadn't rained that morning and made the path muddy and 2) we didn't stop to take a lot of pictures and videos. 

  

 

One of the times we stopped, I channeled my inner Tarzan. 

The first half of the rainforest has planted trees and the second half is just the rainforest itself. I was hoping to see the Amazona Guildingii which is the national bird of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. However, I could only hear the sound they made. The trail isn't hard to walk and has a few resting spots. Surprisingly, I didn't get bit by any mosquitoes.  

Overall, it was a great day. I had never seen a petroglyph or a rainforest in person. Now that I have, I plan on going again some day. If you ever come to Vincy, you have to visit both!