Calypso Beach Hotel
Travel Blogs from Boca Chica
Six Month Anniversary Edition: Then vs. Now
... all in my cast iron skillet or pressure cooker. Don't get me wrong, there are some things out there that just plain need an oven (chocolate chip cookies come to mind), but we're making due. It has also been very cool learning to cook with different local ingredients, including chayote, pumpkin, plantains, coconut milk, papaya, callaloo, lobster, yuca, and others. I'm no master chef, but as lovers of everything food related, you can imagine the heaven Stu and ...
Dominikanska republiken
... mer välbeställda ställen. Vägen var med på kartan men plötsligt djupa gropar, bussarna framför oss tävlingskörde om varandra från vänster till höger alltefter groparna.
Annars så många kor och även hästar har vi inte sett någonstans. Sockerrör, bananer, fruktträd.
Update 1: long overdue! Work with my baseball boys
... with these kids…they are funny, polite, and almost always enthusiastic (although some of them didn’t like studying for tests – not so different from students in North America!). I was very sad to say goodbye to them in December, and I will always remember them fondly…lovely boys! I can’t wait for the day when I am watching baseball game on TV and I will be able to say, 'That’s my student! I taught him!!’ ...
Sailing from Santo Domingo
... built in the Americas. We walked along Calle de las Damas and saw beautifully restored homes - like that of Hernan Cortes. We went into the Panteon Nacional - a former convent - where many members of the Dominican Order are buried. We headed back to the area around Plaza Colon (Columbus Plaza) where we attempted to have dinner. We sat outside - then it started to rain - so we went inside - but there wasn't ...
Into Panama and night in Boca Chica
... Nice. Just one customs guide "joking" that he wanted a "propina." Funny joke. I laughed at him. So funny. ha ha. We got through customs and the road as you enter Panama, its like entering the United States again - four lane highway and no speed bumps or pot holes - we got cruising along, through the second largest city in Panama, David, and then a try to find a good place to camp on the coast. We headed into the small ...