Day 13 - So if you've been robbed twice, what else can happen? Your transport can start making funny noises.

Day 13

Last night the wind and rain picked up, and half the island’s power went out. It was actually kind of comical. The power was out until after we went to bed. Luckily Roxy’s uses a propane powered kitchen, so hot food was not an issue – but light was. It was funny to see the servers in the kitchen moving back and forth with my headlamps on. Today we headed around the corner and through the bush to check out the aerial tram. This operation is run by a Canadian who installed a ski lift and modified it to run 8 person trams up the mountainside up through the forest canopy. It was interesting to see the plants from this new high perspective – it made for some good aerial photos. We then headed to Middleham falls, a 45 minute hike up and down steep sets of stairs through the jungle which comes out at the falls. The falls fire out of the top of a cliff and fall 300 feet before being dashed off of a steep rock face and plunging with high pressure into a pool below. It was spectacular. We walked back out and drove back to our abode. The newest issue is our car, or 'transport' as the locals refer to it. Right now our right front disc pad is worn down to the metal, and the wheel has been making an increasingly loud ridiculous screeching. The wheel sounds like Godzilla being impaled by a rusty spike dipped in vinegar. Before it only occurred when we applied the brakes, and now it has worn itself down to the shoe, such that the screech is incessant, whether the brakes are on or not. It’s kind of funny, but not so much as it is annoying. Especially since we need to drive to the budget rental AGAIN to replace our car. The guy who told us last time that the broken window was our problem and he didn’t ‘care what the fuck we did’ is probably going to be pretty excited to see us. My guess is he is baking a cake in anticipation of our arrival. Tomorrow is the boiling lake hike, so we won’t need it then, as the trailhead is in walking distance, but the day after. . .