Busy

As some of you may have noticed, we have been busy. In the past 5 weeks we have had three visitors (includes a surprise visit from my bro), had a fundraiser, meetings in Kingston and helped other volunteers with their projects. A couple of weeks ago I helped do some trail work in Cockpit Country (see picture above) where a volunteer has put a project together to bring eco-tourism to one of the most remote areas of Jamaica. That day ended with a volunteer having an unfortunate accident with a machette - don't worry he is alright.

Last week I went on an expedition with the Jamaican Caves Organization (JCO), where we explored the fifth deepest cave in Jamaica. It was exciting as well as nerve-racking. The cave was a pretty tight fit and in certain areas you had to crawl through chest deep water. I was even able to go down a couple of descents where you had to use a rope to go up and down the section. And no, it's not a rope that you climb on. You wear a harness and you ascend / descend using special mechanisms calleds, duh, ascenders and descenders. I had been on a rope before, but this was first time in real-world situation.

The next few weeks I am helping organize an island-wide water and sanitation proposal. We are putting together about 8-10 projects and submitting them as one proposal to a funding agency.