Bassin Blue, Haiti

Bassin Blue
Jamel Haiti
Summer 2013

Friday, August 2, 2013  – we head up to the Bassin Blue Waterfall for the afternoon.  It’s our treat for the volunteers.  The medical clinic is closed and now we play. We get there by truck and then we have to hike about a mile in to the falls.  The hike is treacherous and slippery.  There are three levels to the falls.  The first level has the easiest access.  The second level is more demanding and I don’t know how difficult it is to get to the third level because this level is good enough for me.  The water is a beautiful blue and the falls are surrounded by lush, lush vegetation.  We are only 20 miles from Jacmel, but this is a completely different world.  There is not a blade of grass to be found in Jacmel.  The tree population is sparse and scrawny.  But here, the Basin Blue is teeming with green, beautiful, fragrant life.

While the others make their way up to higher elevation, I slide slip in to the cool, blue, blue water.  One of the guides stays behind and watches over me which I appreciate because the currently is stronger than I had anticipated.  But the silky water is more luxurious than I had imagined and I begin to think of ways of how I could spend the rest of my life in this wonderful pool of water.

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