Rainforest

Charles Darwin came to this place, long before he started writing his book. He was only 27 and already he was searching out new experiences and asking questions. Today I walked the same path and stood at the same waterfall as he did and probably stood beneath a similar tree and thought - I've seen something like this before - not a palm tree but a fern tree, just like the fern on any English common but grown to dramatic height as part of the rain forest canopy to block the sun and contain the moisture from the precious rain allowing moss to cover the rocks and a completely different set of vegetation to thrive beneath the shade than in the hot sun and wind.