Internet again!!!

Where did I leave off? Ummm, well my car ride to the Airport took 8 hours, so Brian(friend from Oregon) and I decided take the bus back up to Cabarete which took 5 hours. The week before Brian got here I was able to get in 5 days of Kite boarding. Yes, I have a new hobby. I am working on it and will be posting some pictures as soon as I get some huge air, not huge hair(already working on that).

While Brian was here we mostly chilled on the beach and went to restuarants at night. His main goal was to be in the sun and I don't blame him. Therefore I do not have any pictures of us doing anything. Just picture us both bronzing in the sun and enjoying the small beach town night life. A few days after Brian left I decided I had seen enough of Cabarate for now. There was no wind which ment no kite boarding. I had been in Cabarate for 2 weeks and my Christmas break was 2/3rds over. One of my goals during this long holiday was to travel the island and with my car running poorly I had not taken advantage of the extended holiday. So that night I decided to public transportation my way home spending a week making a half circle back to the Capital.

The black van is a Gua Gua. A van that transports as many people as possible to the next town. I think Carly has taken these in Africa lately but they are called something different in Africa. Luckily for me I was waiting at the stop I met two fellow Gringos. They soon became my travel buddies for the next 3 days. The Gua Gua was loaded to the brim. We counted 20 adults,two toddlers, and everybodies stuff riding in this 15 passenger van. This meant many smelly people sitting on laps and children crawling wherever they could fit. We are taking this van to a town 3 hours away called Samana. At times we would stop and add more or drop someone off. Often times the person who needed out was a the extreme back corner which meant lots of people in and out of the van multiple times. My friend in the pictures was sitting behind me and really loved to play with my curly hair.

I had to post the picture of the Basketball court sitting right next to the water. I have seen this court a couple times and just love it. The picture was taken out of a moving van so it is not exactly centro(center).

More to come.

I have skype back up if anyone would like to catch up.

Ryan