So today we had a very early day. We were going to visit the Carib Reserve on the other side of Dominica and had a group of Carib students hosting our visit. We were woken up at 5am so that we could be on land by 8:00 to make the bus that the Carib students set up for us. We made it on time and after a few technical difficulties we got on the right bus. It took us an hour to get to the territory.
The Caribs are indigenous people of many Caribbean islands. Many Caribs were killed during European colonization and Dominica's Carib Reserve is the only Carib community that still exists in the region.
The first thing we did was visit the Castle Bruce School. We met with two different groups of students and had different reactions to the questions we had. Sometimes students were really shy, but other times they were really outgoing and willing to answer our questions.
The Carib students next treated us to fresh young coconuts and we drank the milk and ate the gooey insides. Everyone tried them but all had different reactions. It wasn’t the first time I had eaten a coconut, and the taste was different, but it was good.
After we went down further into the Carib territory, and hiked to see the ocean. We learned about the community and what they represent as a part of Caribbean history. At the ocean, we stood on a big rock and looked out over a beautiful view.
Coming back into the boat we were in a good mood. But the most exciting part was one of our teachers Molly coming back after a hard time at home. We all missed her. The sad part was our other teacher Nettie was leaving us. So it was very emotional day, but either way we had a better day, than we had in a while. With everyone coming in and out, I think its starting to bring us all back together, slowly but surely.
Veronica Olimpiada
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