8 March, 2004
The Caribbean Extreme: Immortality, My Resurrection
or the first anniversary of my stay in Dominica
Everything that has to do with this island is the token of destiny.
Not only that the island's name is consonant with my surname…
Now, it also reflects the meaning of its name - "Dominica" – in the Latin "Resurrection".
Not only that the island's name is consonant with my surname…
Now, it also reflects the meaning of its name - "Dominica" – in the Latin "Resurrection".
Yesterday Morning – 7th of March.
I took a bath in the fabulous cave Titou Gorge and became immortal. But that didn't reveal to me right away.
The first time I was searching this place and came to the awfully cold pool with a hot stream spurting of water coming from the wall. Though the place itself is very famous for its unforgettable beauty, I did not find anything interesting there.
For the second time I came here with my first Russian visitor. Jan lives in the neighboring island Antigua. He discerned an inconspicuous crevice that did not look particularly attractive to me. No matter how I resisted to get into the small dark recess, Immortality desired to make me happy and was calling me :)
The whole world of Sun was hidden right behind the freakish edges. Gloomy walls hung above a head and somewhere high amongst falling ropes of lianas and spider webs – the stripe of light gleam. Sudden turns, algae snatching legs in the clear cold dark green water, and a swift towards stream of current tries to keep you from that, which waits for you ahead.
Seems like very long time ago I saw that place and dreamt of finding myself there… Each new turn is a recollection about my being here before. It's like a meeting with myself. A strange feeling…
From there I left with a charge of vivacity to turn the world…
Friendly native was observing us with rapt attention and we were learned a legend from him, that such the extreme fight against the current of the fall in the chilling water adds five years to a life.
"So, five more years to my eternity" – It was thought then :)
Generally speaking, I have a strong conviction. In any case, nobody can change my mind about my silly belief :))) If this kind of places is real, they give a Immortality or nothing.
Yesterday Night – 7th of March.
I had taken for the hand of death in the Victoria falls (the meaning of it is a "Victory"). I fell down from a wet stone in the dark, when I was coming back through the next threshold of a storming river. Rains makes fierce even simple rivulet.
"This is it" – I thought – "Happy people leave like this". But all my life didn't flash before my eyes. I didn't believe that I'll be gone in this way. Meanwhile, the uncontrollable force had carried me away almost to the bottom, where any movement is useless and only keeping a small hope that you will not be crashed on the sharp stones, which is a general part of the river.
Probably I must change something in this world, because the Dominican waters brought upward me almost carefully, but very promptly. I floundered all in my power and caught a slippery stone... I had got out… My heart sank with me in the water and now it had returned to designate itself a dull pain from the adrenaline struck before.
The One instant like the one eternity.
Jan didn't hold for a stone and had let to follow me. Drunk from the surviving and didn't realize completely our luck, we could overcome the last rapids. It is necessary to say that on the last passage I nearly fell already precisely to dangle on a stones, but I had resisted against crazy current on a slippery stone.
I have no idea, how we found our way back and a key from the car in this dark without the usual moon and stars. But here we were standing and like never before poignantly inhaling world around us. We had seen a fantastic picture of flying stars in the darkness of trees. What was it? The universe had lost mind and now all planets flew a millions times faster or we was hallucinate deeply. I had never seen before so many glowworms moving so quickly in various directions and a plane. Amazing.
We got out on the road and reached the nearest settlement.
I was drinking "Coca Cola" and it was at only this time my arms had started to tremble.
I feel, that not only I got younger here by five years, but also that I was born anew.
Everything is different now: the colours, the smells, the sounds...
I took a bath in the fabulous cave Titou Gorge and became immortal. But that didn't reveal to me right away.
The first time I was searching this place and came to the awfully cold pool with a hot stream spurting of water coming from the wall. Though the place itself is very famous for its unforgettable beauty, I did not find anything interesting there.
For the second time I came here with my first Russian visitor. Jan lives in the neighboring island Antigua. He discerned an inconspicuous crevice that did not look particularly attractive to me. No matter how I resisted to get into the small dark recess, Immortality desired to make me happy and was calling me :)
The whole world of Sun was hidden right behind the freakish edges. Gloomy walls hung above a head and somewhere high amongst falling ropes of lianas and spider webs – the stripe of light gleam. Sudden turns, algae snatching legs in the clear cold dark green water, and a swift towards stream of current tries to keep you from that, which waits for you ahead.
Seems like very long time ago I saw that place and dreamt of finding myself there… Each new turn is a recollection about my being here before. It's like a meeting with myself. A strange feeling…
From there I left with a charge of vivacity to turn the world…
Friendly native was observing us with rapt attention and we were learned a legend from him, that such the extreme fight against the current of the fall in the chilling water adds five years to a life.
"So, five more years to my eternity" – It was thought then :)
Generally speaking, I have a strong conviction. In any case, nobody can change my mind about my silly belief :))) If this kind of places is real, they give a Immortality or nothing.
Yesterday Night – 7th of March.
I had taken for the hand of death in the Victoria falls (the meaning of it is a "Victory"). I fell down from a wet stone in the dark, when I was coming back through the next threshold of a storming river. Rains makes fierce even simple rivulet.
"This is it" – I thought – "Happy people leave like this". But all my life didn't flash before my eyes. I didn't believe that I'll be gone in this way. Meanwhile, the uncontrollable force had carried me away almost to the bottom, where any movement is useless and only keeping a small hope that you will not be crashed on the sharp stones, which is a general part of the river.
Probably I must change something in this world, because the Dominican waters brought upward me almost carefully, but very promptly. I floundered all in my power and caught a slippery stone... I had got out… My heart sank with me in the water and now it had returned to designate itself a dull pain from the adrenaline struck before.
The One instant like the one eternity.
Jan didn't hold for a stone and had let to follow me. Drunk from the surviving and didn't realize completely our luck, we could overcome the last rapids. It is necessary to say that on the last passage I nearly fell already precisely to dangle on a stones, but I had resisted against crazy current on a slippery stone.
I have no idea, how we found our way back and a key from the car in this dark without the usual moon and stars. But here we were standing and like never before poignantly inhaling world around us. We had seen a fantastic picture of flying stars in the darkness of trees. What was it? The universe had lost mind and now all planets flew a millions times faster or we was hallucinate deeply. I had never seen before so many glowworms moving so quickly in various directions and a plane. Amazing.
We got out on the road and reached the nearest settlement.
I was drinking "Coca Cola" and it was at only this time my arms had started to tremble.
I feel, that not only I got younger here by five years, but also that I was born anew.
Everything is different now: the colours, the smells, the sounds...
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