Wow! What a day! A very good salesman sold me on an all day tour yesterday and wow I´m glad I did it! Seeing as it was only $30 and involved all the rum you can drink and lunch, as well as 8 hours of touring, I thought it was a good use of a day... We drove all over the countryside, stopping in some small country towns to see stone carving, drink Cuba Libres and hand out candy to the children. Next we headed off to a farm to taste fresh coffee and cocao, try a few shots of espresso, au natural and play with a few wild creatures (a snake, some fighting cocks, various random lazy dogs...)
After a hearty Dominican Lunch and a whole lot more Rum, we headed off to some famous waterfalls, with 27 levels. We only went up 7, swimming and climbing, them sliding down (with a bit of cliff jumping mixed in). On the ride back, I went right past Sosua where I had been staying and hitched a ride to Cabarete, where some awesome ladies I met on my tour, Iris and Cheryl, helped me crash their all inclusive resort and fed me some beer an pizza! They were a blast on the tour, you can always trust Canadians for that!
I like Cabarete a LOT more, it´s great here, more North Americans, where as Sosua was Europeans and the beach is WAY better! I met some cool people and found a great place for $22 a night... I´ll stay tonight at the Colibri in Sosua and then move here tomorrow!
More to come.... Rob