blurry bathroom in Bahia Principe Cayocoa
bedroom
Rum awaited my arrival!
view from my room window
more from my window, including the elevator to the beach
the pool. take note of the swim up bar, it shows up again in later pictures :)
our walk to meet our steeds to go to El Limon waterfall!
on our way to El Limon waterfall
me and my Moreno
came up a hill and THIS was our view!
a picture of Jodi taking a picture
there it is!
Sarah Menkedick & me - yay Matadorians!
Apparently in the game of Dominoes one must slam them down on the table. This is no quiet game!
El Limon waterfall!
"The gang goes swimming at El Limon."
the mini waterfall
me & Jodi-jode (she loves that nickname)
Sarah is clearly very excited about something.
traditional DR lunch - red beans & rice, some sort of root vegetable tot, plantains, and potatoes & carrots... sooo good
Bahia Principe El Portillo hotel (we just visited, didn't stay here)
Andrea, me, and Jodi enjoying a cool beverage at El Portillo
I think El Portillo's beach blew Cayacoa's out of the water
get ready for it...
Brianna & Abbie coming to the swim up bar!
Sarah & Jorge at the swim up bar
this kid was holding a bottle of Brugal rum. and looked like a psycho.
playing with the underwater camera!
"The gang clears out the swim up bar"
Brianna & Andrea on the noodle
"Dora" just showed up at our hotel!
pelicans hanging out at the boat dock
talk about a secluded beach
We have arrived! It's Los Haitises National Park, a.k.a. Pandora
mangroves... i believe they were the white variety
a guide to the pictographs we were going to see in the cave
a cave.
talking about the legends the Tainos Indians believed in. What? You've never heard of them? Just another civilization wiped out by good ol' Christopher Columbus.
angry little pictographs
bird island - i forget what it's real name is...
shark's mouth rock
fishermen camp - they stay & catch fish and then take it back to the mainland to sell & eat
fisherman headquarters
the honeymooners, Sarah & Jorge
the shower in Sea Horse Villa #97
my room
the living area
front of villa #97 - look closely and you'll see our lack of doors
dining area
melanie's master suite
so cute.
trash-tastic!
a little Royal Tenenbaum-esque
Jorge is used to Sarah's shenanigans by now
here we go!
Jill comes up the waterfall
yeah, Brianna and I took pictures of each other taking pictures.
Brianna looking all casual
Blane!
they told us if we went up the rope, there was no way down but to jump...
...off of this. Jodi laughing in the face of fear!
me with my post jump glow
sliding is much less scary than jumping
Jodi!
Blane sliding down
Jorge flying down the rock slide!
kids have no fear.
"The gang owns waterfall cascading"
World Cup picture with Andrea, Blane, and Jill
scopin' the score
Andrea & I are pros at self-portraits
Jodi looking really excited that Espana is playing
kite surfers on Cabarete beach
Jose O'Shay's!
the bananas/plantains in our backyard. so sad they weren't ripe enough.
the teleferico to Mount Isabel!
I was an excellent magician's assistant.
starting to go up!
just one tower
It's Christo! (A smaller replica of the Rio de Janeiro Christo)
The Botanical Gardens
public beach
sugarcane
i don't even understand what this means - "I've covered a lot of country in my time but when I take a man's money I ride for the brand."
heading out to go snorkeling!
lovin' the shorts tan
it was at this moment, that my life changed forever.
yay for an underwater camera!
Brianna diving
glub glub
an eel
Andrea diving
another action shot of Andrea
more brianna
melanie
he scared the crap out of me with this sea urchin. i screamed in my snorkel.
sea horse ranch villa numero 2
i was sitting in for jorge
the pools down by da beach at sea horse ranch
jurassic park!
the restaurant at sea horse ranch
a little cheers before things got really crazy (and not thanks to us this time)
jodi & melanie
yeah, that's a L and an A
Jodi, Melanie, Brianna, me, Andrea - so much love!
