Screw's Spa

Sounds dodgy, I know, but don't go there - Screw is, in fact, character no.3 from our big trip (on this non-chronological blog at least) and the owner of a number of divinely relaxing sulphur pools that make up the eponymous Screw's spa. As Screw himself would remind you, no, it doesn't stink and no, it isn't dirty, it's yellow - it's sulphur remember? And also... it kind of isn't a spa - at least not in the hotel with white towels, incense sticks and pedicures kind of way. There are do-it-yourself mud scrub kits though if you are that way inclined.

In my case, after days, nay, weeks of walking, hiking, scrambling, a hot hot hot hot bath of therapeutic sulphur was all I needed. That followed by a slightly colder one, and then a slightly colder one and then a slightly colder one, until I went round all nine pools and started again giving my body shocks of joy.

As you can imagine, I highly recommend this activity to anyone who might find themselves on the island of Dominica. Especially, if the sun has just set and as you immerse yourself in the steaming water, you let the back of your head just touch the surface and open up your eyes only to see fireflies fleeting through the canopy of the rainforest up above in the starry sky...