On Wednesday, March 23 after a strenuous day of chores (including me attempting to hand wash all our laundry) we called up the 'Silver Lining' car company and booked a hire car for the day so we could explore the jungle. Hiring a car would normally be an easy task but in the Caribbean things happen a little differently than often expected. We turned up at the yard at 8am as agreed but nobody arrived until 8:20am. When they did show up to our surprise there wasn't a booking for us. Out of 27 cars in the yard only 3 were in working order and our selection was soon narrowed down to one black 4x4 with mad tinting that you couldn't really see through while driving. The lady did a thorough inspection of the car with Ian who promptly told her it would be easier to write down the parts of the car that weren't damaged. Just as we were about to depart Ian noticed a nail in the rear tyre. The guy came along and said not to worry they are new tyres and that he would fix it. We thought he would change the tyre but instead he ripped the nail out and plugged it with some gum like substance than proceeded to show us the spare tyre in the back in case we needed to change it! When we finally got driving the brakes made a terrible squeaking noise which drove Ian mad. The only solution was to put the stereo on complete with a reggae mix and keep driving. Despite all that we had an enjoyable and incident free day out touring the sites of Dominica.
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