With intrepid steps I hauled myself up again and again , bare feet on slippery huge boulders , higher and higher , in search of a bubbling gilded spring . I was climbing Papa falls on day one in Dominica , the verdant nature island in the Caribbean .
REVIEW OF SECRET BAY
BY LEILA STOCKER
Never have I challenged myself so intensely on a whim , perhaps drunk on the aweinspiring scenery at these twin falls ( Mama falls right beside ) in the island ’ s breathtaking Titou Gorge area .
My friend and I had just met a guide fittingly called Golden himself . Encouraging us it was easy , we took up his challenge to climb to the top of the waterfall to the hot spring of eternal youth , so legend states . And a challenge it was to reach the summit , but well worth it . For the view was mesmerising of the valley below . To a roaring aquatic soundtrack , we gazed at native parrots swooping down to the water from towering palms above .
THE ART OF LUXURY Issue 56 2023