Dominican Republic Day 6

Sugar Cane

Paul & Morena with Guide Dominic

Morena and Paul in Truck

Rolling a Cigar

Waterfall

Morena Buys this Boy an Egg

Beauty Salon

Food at Outside Market

Today we went on a Safari (Dominican Lifestyle). We went to see how the locals live. We first stopped and had some sugarcane in Hato Viejo 2. While doing this we were offered the "National Vitamin" which is Cola and Rum (Ron). We of course just had the Cola for the toast. Our guide, who I think is Jamaican, was happy to take our share of Ron. Then we stopped at a place to use the restroom and buy things (of course). We had children come in and beg for money but the owner chased them out telling them they would have to do that outside. We bought some lollipops called BonBon. We were told we could throw them to the local children who would run out and wave to us as we rode by. Next we stopped at an outdoor market in Bayaguana. We had a little boy follow us. We gave him some candy but he continued with us as we walked through the market. As we were getting ready to get back in the vehicle Morena heard the boy trying to buy a hard boiled egg for 5 pesos but the lady wanted 6 pesos and wouldn't lower the price even when the boy said how hungry. Morena offered to pay but before she could check to see if she had the money the kid was eating the egg. Morena had American change but the lady wanted nothing to do with it it. She finally found some pesos and paid for the egg and gave the change to the little boy. After this we saw two beautiful baseball fields in the middle of nowhere. They belong to the Florida Marlins and the New York Mets. Then we headed up the mountain. Seeing the housing you see how spoiled we are in America. Little children would run out and wave and we would throw them candy. We stopped and got a tour of a typical home. We also tasted Coco before its dried and ground and ground coffee in a hollowed out log. The others drank the coffee but we did not. The place where we did this is called Conatillo. Next we went to this beautiful Waterfall and went under it and showered. There were more people trying to sell us stuff. On the way out I ended up with this big gray spider on my arm. I have no idea if it was poisonous or not. After leaving the waterfall we at lunch. It was good. We headed home. We were covered in dust. Morena wore white that was now brown but she washed it at the waterfall and hung it up to dry while we ate. On the way back to the hotel it started to rain very hard. Thunder and lightning, it was cool. It cooled things off and knocked down the dust. We made it to the hotel in about 2.5 hours. We ate at El Fogon and went to the big show after not realizing that one night a week the audience was the big show. We ended up on stage learning and dancing the Salsa. After we tried emailing Barry but Morenas laptop was not working so we paid to use a computer there. $5 for an hour. It didnt work too well but I nursed it through and was able to get a short email off to Barry. Then we did most of our packing and got to bed late.