Sosua
Travel Blogs from Sosua, Dominican Republic
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Comienzo la escuela de espanol hoy
... German. Since Frank is also taking his kite-surfing class at a German-run company, we joked that we came to the Dominican Republic to take a "German vacation." I was placed in a class with 3 other girls, one from D.C., a ...
Starting to speak espanol
... 'll stop the van for me.. after 15 miutes of driving, obviuolsy way passed the 800metre mark of my destination i asked him 'donde sosua' he replied with a bemused look pointing behind us.. great, it was getting dark, in the middle of a rain storm and we'd ...
absolutely nada..
... it wrong though, same with oz/kiwi. My trip to Haiti could take a few days or a couple of weeks, i plan on returning to Sosua to stay at Rocky's and continue my Spanish course, I've managed to strip down my backpack again as it was getting a little over ...
rockys bar rules ok
firstly i apologise for the lame title of this entry. The past week i've been chilling out in sosua and getting some spanish lessons from my friend gralia, i've found my flight i want to get to jamaica, i couldn't find a direct route but i'll now go via ...
Windy Cabarete
The penultimate stage of our round the world trip! - Republic Domincan. The route we took from Hawaii was long... involved 4 plane changes and rigourous luggage searched from the airline staff. But we arrived in one piece and rather jet lagged. Wish ...
Sosua
... I had the feeling that we four were the only male tourists in the hotel who did not travel for sex to the Dominican Republic. Sosua seemed to me like a giant brothel. There are many things I will never forget like playing tennis with my best friend ...
Sosua
... before heading to Las Terrenas. I had the chance to speak to the locals and walk around the quiet town and enjoy tasty Dominican food. It's very quiet time of the year here and with the rain it makes it more difficult to interact with others. Although ...
A fantastic holiday summarised in a paragraph
We stayed for two weeks in Sosua. I was intending to do a proper travelogue of the holiday but sadly have never got round to it. The highlights for us were: Beautiful sunsets Horseriding in the mountains (booked through a local company NOT a tour ...
Dirty and Smiling
... as we have 5 people here from England. TONS of jokes going around... hilarious really. :0) Anywhoo... Right now, I'm at Sosua Beach which is the local beach to our little Crossroads villa. Really, Crossroads is beautiful. Today, I have ...
More rain.....
... After dinner we went to watch the dancing show at 9:45pm. Tonight's theme was all different traditional music from the Dominican Republic. Very good! After that we went to bed - I was tired, still not feeling well. I hope ...
Catamaran sailing & snorkling
Hello, Toda is gonna be a very relax one. An early departure at 7:30 AM to head to Puerto Plata where the boat is waiting for us. We are kind of worried since the organisator told us we might be up to 50 persons on the boat...let's hope for not. The ride ...
Sosua
On my third day in Dominican Republic, I woke up hoping to go to Haiti to visit my dad's cousin named Paul. The bus was canceled and I made a last minute decision to go to Puerto Plata. The man the previous day told me there was ...
Zodiac and the Elements
Amazing performances every night at the Amphetheatre. Wonderful creative dance acts and costumes. Surprisingly, we really enjoyed the TV too. Since it rained most of the time, we got to peruse the six languages (Russian, Spanish, English, French, German, ...
Spanish School, Here we come!
... because I gathered all this from our broken Spanish...neither one of us were very good yet, but it was our common language! So Sosua was about 40 minutes by gua gua from Rio San Juan. We stayed there one week, and did not venture far ...
Living like Kings and Queens!
... and tasted amazing! This last time we cooked we made fish tacos! YUM they were so good. Hmmmm. This weekend we went to Sosua with a Brother from the congregation and his parents. That was really fun. We did nothing but lay on the beach and pulled all ...
Photo shoot!
... $300US back home with me. On a positive note, at least I'll have that money to spend later on necessities and not frivolous Dominican jewellery and such. At the least, my dad got his conch shells he wanted, but at $10 each. Again, it ...
Last day in Sosua
... in the afternoon, we took a dip in the pool, and watched "Big Sugar" an amazing documentary on what really is going on with Dominican Republic sugar cane plantations. I'm hoping to get a copy of that from Jana and Bob to show to you all. It's ...
Starting to get rainy...
Today Leanna and I got a really late start to our day, due to the fact that we were too tired to get out of bed! Knowing that I was wasting a beautiful sunny day away, I finally forced myself to roll out of bed around 10:15am and get into the ...
wonderful beaches
I love the DR with its wonderful beaches, there is lots to do: is it sun bathing on 1 of the 3 beaches right in Sosua, shopping in the small stores, not to forget: bargain the prices... squad tours, horse back riding and more. And there is the ...
République Dominicaine
... mon argent ici, et notre ami de passage a eu droit à une bonne grosse bière sur le bras. Lorsque j’ai été à Sosua, j’ai particulièrement apprécié que l’hôtel soit directement situé dans la ville, et non en retrait de toute ...
27 Charcos!!
Hello again everyone!! We are here yet again in Sosua..the Wednesday and Sunday ritual... and life is good. This morning we went to church at Ascension village and had a service in Creole and Spanish again. Ana, a little girl from the village, ...
Nous peindrons la ville rouge sur nos velos
... highlights to speak of, it was over in about 45 minutes. It was good to take in the daily sights of the Dominican village though, people walking, dogs barking, etc. The streets were relatively quiet. Taking a bus to and from Puerto Plata, I ...
Earthquake
... it even make a difference?). I gave my head a shake, and started to calm down. CNN said the tsunami watch for Dominican Republic was called off. I went to email my family and tell them that I was okay. They have since repeatedly told me how ...
Caribbean
... the oral finals to be precise- Tilman, Philipp, Christian and I decided to spend the little money we had for a big trip to the Dominican Republic. It turned to be out a very funny trip and there were a lot of episodes I will never forget about that ...
Scuba Elite in Sosua
... all inclusive chain in Punta Cana. The resorts have always told you do not leave the grounds its not safe. Well I went to Sosua got a small hotel. The town is safe day or night. The town is not for prude people. Have an open ...
Sosua Sun
... so relaxing. We've been sunning for a few days now, and are headed back to Santiago this afternoon. One more night in the Dominican Republic, and back on a airplane tomorrow, headed home to my family! It's been a long trip and I can't wait to see ...
Paintings and de monkey!
... we were and no information on things like hotels and restaurants or hospitals for that matter. For all we knew Sosua could have been a tourists worst nightmare. Thankfully it was NOT! We grabbed a taxi and in the best Spanish ...
The last day in tropical paradise
... and I finally conceded and gave in to the sea. I decided then that this was God's way of telling me that my time in the Dominican ocean was over, and that, yes, it was sadly time to call it to an end. <sigh> I went back to the room ...
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