dominican republic
April 5, 2008
this post was started while i was on my trip but not published until now.
I am spending my week soaking up the sun in the Dominican Republic,spending time encouraging and enjoying converation with my friend Christy. Christy is spending the year teaching history at Jarabacoa Christian School. Jarbacoa is a village in the campo, as it is refered to by the locals, or in our language, the country. It is nestled in between a valley of moutains. The climate is humid but mild. There is a lovely breeze that lingers in the room at night as I sleep.
On Saturday past, Christy and I journeyed towards the playa. On the map it appears that the beach is a lot closer than it really is. A journey that began at 11am did not end until 5pm. After several gwa gwa’s, motor bikes, taxi’s and luxury buses we made it to Hotel Kaoba. A small boutique hotel managed by a European. The accomodation was clean and well, accomodating. Our room over looked a bay that was full of sugar cane and egrets. You could taste the salt as you stood on the balcony. After we each picked our bed, we happily but our bags down and made our way promptly to the beach to enjoy the happy hour specials. Our first stop in Cabarate was a nice resturant on the beach. The resturants were smooshed in a general area on the beach so it made it easy with making a decision.
We made our way to the small table by one of the resturants. I ordered a pina colada to celebrate my vacation, while Christy ordered a glass of white wine. It was a breathtaking view to lookout over the ocean and see kiteboarders and wind surfings sliding around on the surface of the ocean. It was paradise!
