Hi Everyone!I hope all is well with everyone! Things here are hopping in thephoto world....This is image is of a man named "Levi" that I befriended in Tobago inJune. He was walking a very stubborn donkey up a steep hill. Westarted talking and he told me about his new business giving donkeyrides up into the rainforest in Tobago. Sounded very interesting to meso I said OK!(Come to find out I was his first customer)...The next day we were on our way~~ myself and a young couple fromPoland. I never laughed so much. The donkeys were kicking everythingin sight especially poor Levi. He had the matriach of the bunch andshe was literally feeling her oats. He was using her as a lead onfoot and she wailed on him with those hind legs and some good kicks.All the donkeys were ornery..mine included. She even went afterLevi's pet dog. The dog was merely relaxing soaking in the sun andthe donkey reached over and took a bite out of him!The woman from Poland kept ending up in the brush with one stubbornanimal under her...I was told by a few of the villagers that "Levi" was anherbalist...hmm interesting I thought...I will learn about the floraand fauna...a bonus.Well, we reached the top of the mountain and got off the donkeys andbefore I could turn around Levi was over yonder smoking one of thebiggest "joints" OR"doobies"...I guess that is the proper term becauseit looked like something Cheech and Chong would have enjoyed... Hishead was completely surrounded by smoke... Ichuckled...thinking....hmmm he sure is a herbalist.All in all it was a wonderful trip up the mountainside and anincredible experience. The vistas were breathtaking:)The next day there were helicopters flying over the rainforest and Iasked the Captain of the boat I was fishing on that day if they wereLife Flight helicopters...he said no...."They are looking for herbs!"I thought REEALLY?!A very herb conscious island indeed....
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