Dominican Republic Day 5

Morena and Paul on their way to Catalina Island off the Coast of the Dominican Republic
The "Bebo off the side of our boat.

Catalina Island

Morena getting shuttled to Catalina Island on the "Bebo"

Clear blue waters off of Catalina

Catalina Island

Port we left from

Morena heading to boat.

Our ride to Ramona and the boat

We started of with breakfast, fresh fruits, potatoes, juice, sausage, bacon, eggs... Our ride came to get us at 8AM. It was a 45 minute ride to where the boat was located. From there it took about an hour to reach Catalina Island. We first stopped at a place on one side of the Island for snorkling. The water was crystal clear and about 10 feet deep. There is a coral reef there with all kinds of fish. It was beautiful. The crew of the boat were fishing while we were snorkling and caught quite a few fish. After snorkling for about 30 minutes we went to the other side of the Island to lounge on the beach. It was a beautiful beach with crystal clear waters. It was very hot and there were these huge horseflies that wanted us for lunch. We put on insect repellent but they apparently thrive on DEET. Then we had this guy come and try to sell us something by giving us a gift and only asking us to stop by his store before we left. We did but he wouldn't come down on price so another local salesman gets taken to task by Morena. We went to the Fogon for dinner again. They serve local Dominican cuisine. We had a musician come to our table and sing Gema for Morena. Then we of course watched the big show they do every night.