The Caves By Coryn

       One morning, not too long before Anna and the Quinns left L’Asile, Anna invited us to come hike up the mountain to see caves nearby. Reynold, our Haitian friend who delivers water to the missionaries, had taken her to see the caves last year. 

Jojo, my mom, Mallory, Gloria, Daniel, Armando, Eliza Quinn and I went with Anna. About half-way there, we saw Reynold, who asked us where we were going. When we told him, he said he would come too. So, we waited for him by his house for five minutes. When he came out, he and his daughter Chamaelle, led us the rest of the way to the caves. 

What we had thought would be a thirty-minute walk turned out to be two times longer! An hour and a half of hiking up the steep mountain face and jumping over cacti, we made it to the caves. 

The first cave was tall, but not very deep underground. There were so many bats! You could hear them screeching and the flap of their wings as they flew across the cave. Eliza was scared and held onto Anna’s hand. Turns out she does NOT like bats. The cave probably went much farther and deeper, but we stayed in the main cavern. The coolest part was that there were tree roots that had grown through the roof of the cave, almost touching the floor! 

Then we went to the other cave this one Was much harder to get into. It had a low entrance and a deeper drop. To get in you had to lower yourself in and slide to get into the main cavern. Anna said she would stay outside with Daniel because she had already been in there. Reynold showed us how to get around the cave, this one had many outreaching rocks and it was harder to get to the cave floor. He helped the little girls and made sure everyone else was safe. We wandered a little into the other caverns but then mom said it was time to go. 

When we emerged, the sun seemed very bright! The walk back was very hot, with Anna and Armando taking turns carrying Daniel. When we crossed the river into town, we were all so refreshed! It was worth the long walk if we ever go again. The caves were so cool! (Temperature wise and amazing!)