Dominican Republic. Day 13: Samana

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I fell in loooove love love with this hidden beach. The trip was long, not that I could tell you anyway, I fell asleep for most of the ride. When I did wake up, my eyes were so red from the night before. I was groggy, but I knew once my toes felt that I water, I would wake right up.dominican_republic_political_map1We were right at the point of the island, surrrounded by water, it was absolutely beautiful.DSC09218DSC09229DSC09233DSC09261G0040325_1390698325367_lowCheck out the fish that made it to my stomache. Delicious!3 4I caught this awesome shot of Claudia, her glasses reflected the ocean so perfectly.6

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My days are expiring and I’ll be back in NY soon, waaaaaaaah! I don’t want to go.7

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Dominican Republic. Day12: Wao Hector!

I’m soooo excited! I need to move!
It’s part 2 of Hector’s Birthday Celebration. We walked into a night club by the name of Wao.

A bottle of Jack Daniel’s was ordered, and to mix it up, some 7up.

The music was amazing, everything I was hoping it would be. It was bachata, merengue, tipico, salsa all night. I was in loooove.  I haven’t been dancing in so long, it’s so sad. Bachata to me, is my all time favorite. I bust out my moves and hope someone, anyone can keep up with me. I’m usually leading and it’s always a surprise when I actually have to follow.
I had the chance of meeting more of  Yenny’s coworkers and they are all so fun, and funny. There was like 6 women and 3 men, so when it came to dancing we ended up having to wait a few  turns. I was just grateful that the men danced. Whenever I want to dance I have to beg someone to get up…. so not my favorite thing to do.
My camera was being passed around the whole night, something I never mind. I always find the funniest randomest pictures of my night.

Since of course, we were celebrating Hector’s birthday, Yenny and I snuck in a request to the DJ to give Hector a shout out…. Once he did, we were the loudest bunch cheering him on.
My cousin Yenny is a trip ♥
After all our dancing, and not the best straight walking we headed to what drunken people do best…. eat.
There was this bright yellow chimi truck that we all stopped by. Typing this now, I actually want one now! That chimichurri was delicious. Can you tell how bad Yenny wants hers?

Look at her face!
It was a great night, I want to do it all over again. Hopefully it won’t be forever and a day until I get to dance again.

Happy Birthday Hector!

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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