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Dominican Republic. Day11: Rain Dance & Dumplings

DSC0889046dfdffc5e53de36a4c80baba3c0eaa7DSC08895 DSC08896Today was fun. I spent the day roaming arounsd stores with my cousin Yenny, and once nightime rolled around. It got better. Lately I’ve been watching Glee, and I now got her and her son Victor addicted. We were hanging out in bed watching tv when we heard all the rain come out of nowhere and I insisted we go outside to run around in it. My baby cousin Ashley joined in, and was the only one to get her hair wet.

Hey, I finally just did mine.. I want to keep it that way for a little while longer. I threw on a shower cap and we got to playing outside, It was amazing and coooooold!DSC08899DSC08909DSC08903After our shower… hahaha we got ready to go to family’s house. We were headed to my Uncle Netty’s house, where my cousin Enetico was gonna be cooking for everyone, while they all watched the Licey game.

They’re addicted I tell you!DSC08927Enetico hard at work.DSC08916My family are BIG drinkers.  So most of the time theyre offering me drinks and I’m refusing left and right. They’re more beer and liquor. Sometimes I don’t mind it. Hey, I used to drink aaaaaaalot when I was about 19 through my 20 somethings. (which I still am in my 2o somethings) But I’ve learned to moderate, especially because of a black out session I once had.

So this time, I brung my bottle of wine with me, and chugged it all by myself. I would rather have a ton of wine than liquor anyday. Not only does it taste betterm I get happy and loopy without the harsh side effects in the morning.5My Uncle Netty and one of his many animals. He has a bunch running around that follow him6 8”L” for Licey!

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1Enetico made us Dumplings with Salchichon. It was sooo good, and soooo hot, look at all that steam!2 DSC089301b9ebb02fce921f4baf00d97bdb078dc9

Dominican Republic. Day 10: Pool & Play

1 2 5f6186a740e6f1c2d3745375fc51d63dMy Tia (Aunt) Olga cleaned out and filled up the pool that’s in the front yard. I was soooo excited, because I’m like the biggest kid there is, especially when it comes to actually playing with kids. All of my cousins kids where ready in the bathing suit, I decided to just throw on a tank top and shorts.

We were ready for war!

We were splashing every where and this little guy ↓ FINALLY let me take a picture with him!

He’s the cutest thing ever, I swear he’s like a grown man in a tiny body.
3 IMG-20140121-WA0020 IMG-20140121-WA0032My guy cousins took the television outside to watch the Licey game, of course there were drinks. I stayed sober with some hot chocolate and picked on some cheese.

After the game the music was blasting and we (girl cousins) Yenny and Coral took out my Uncle Momon’s instruments and started jamming.

♪♫

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Dominican Republic. Day 10: Cemetery and Conde

1Cemeterio Nacional de la Avenida de Indepencia, that’s where we headed to begin our day. Not because we were there to visit anyone in specific but because it’s Dominican Republic’s first official cemetery founded in 1824.2I decided to edit this picture two different ways. One was to show life after death, while the other is meant to just show death. Can you tell which one is meant to be which?3When we walked in there was a bout 4 women, all speaking to tombstones, smoking cigars and chanting. My cousin tells me, that’s where santeria/brujeria comes into play. These women come and prey on the dead to ask/beg/trade  for higher blessings and selfish gifts.4 5After the cemetery we headed to El Conde where there’s a whole bunch of little shops.

I have been urging for some ice cream from Helados Bon ever since I got here, and I finally got to get my hands on some. Yenny got a vanilla milkshake, my cousin Franklin got a chocolate milk and I got a macadamian cone…. it was soooooo good!

And to add to the hype the cousins cups had Licey on the them. Licey is like their Yankees. And right now they are hot hot hot. They’ve won 3 games in a row right now and my cousin Cesar gets crazy hype blowing air horns whenever there’s a home run.

Enjoy these pics I’ll see you guys soon, the pool is waiting on me.
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Dominican Republic. Day 9: Pescado y Vino

1 2 4 5 646dfdffc5e53de36a4c80baba3c0eaa7Claudia and Hector, some of my cousin Yenny’s closest friends invited us over for dinner, Fish and Wine. And ooooooooh, how much I love wine… oh and fish too!

Peep how my glass has as straw due to my mouth being all messed up ( and the swelling seems to be going doing, even though you can still see it in pictures)

After chatting up a storm, laughing and making adult talk, I taught the kiddies how to play red light green light 1-2-3

it was too funny!

Until next time guys.