The Petroglyphs are a group of etchings on rocks around the pools and waterfalls west of the Reef Bay trail.  The artists are unknown and have mystified archaologists for many years, but recently, a new hypothesis was posed that the carvings were made by the pre-Columbian Tainos (1000AD to around the arrival of Columbus).  In Cinnamon Bay, excavations have revealed a ceremonial site of the Tainos that contained pottery with some symbols identical to the Petroglyph symbols.  Other theories explain that the Petroglyphs have an African origin, and one researcher had translated a series of dots and crescents to mean "Plunge in to cleanse and dissolve away impurity and trouble; this is water for ritual ablution before devotions."

The waterfalls do not run during the dry season and the pools become stagnant.  There is still life in there, but this year revealed little compared to the previous years.  This year, we found much algae, a few insect invertebrates, and the Tarebia granifera snail (the first host of the human lung fluke).

The sugar cane plantations no longer operate, but the ruins of the sugar processing mills still stand.  Large pits that used to hold huge boiling pots were cracked, and outdated machinery sat unused and rusted.  Even though the forest had taken the plantations back, stones walls could still be seen through the trees and along the trails.  We saw a cute bat family sleeping in the eaves of one of the buildings, and an impudent thrasher begged for our lunches.