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| April 8, 2007 - Easter Sunday. We went to Miramar for Easter Services. The service was held at a Dutch owned retreat in the mountains and the service participants were mainly cruisers. The views from the retreat were spectacular of both the mountains and the coast. We could see Haiti in the distance. The retreat had a fabulous pre-breakfast buffet comprised of fruits and sweet breads. The breakfast buffet was a large spread with a large selection of meats, salads, pastas and vegetables. April 9, 2007 - Spent the day exploring Luperon. Left my laundry in town where it would be washed, dried and folded for me for 90 pesos ($3.00) for 15 lbs. A pick-up truck drives through town daily selling fruits and vegetables out the back. Got some delicious pineapple. One of the streets had a concrete divider about three feet high with flowers planted in the middle. The flowers won't last long as the goats kept jumping up onto the divider to eat the flowers - no matter how many times they were chased away they returned. That evening we had a pot luck at the yacht club. April 10, 2007 - We hired a driver to take us (three couples) to Santiago. Driving in the DR and especially the city is not for the faint of heart. The most important piece of equipment on the vehicle is the horn! As we drive the narrow roads the horn is blaring so the donkeys, scooters ect. are forewarned that we are coming through. In Santiago the bold get thru the intersections. The city was interesting with its open air markets and food vendors on the corners. The fruit stands were everywhere. On the way back to Luperon the taxi broke down but the garage got us running in no time. April 11, 2007 - Wednesday night is movie night. We went to a local restaurant for dinner and a movie. We had Winerschnitzel (sp?). The food was great but the movie was bad - the Breakup. The most amusing thing about the movie was the English subtitles which were shown although the movie was in English. Who ever did the subtitles - English was not their first language. We had the diamond table for dining room table. We had rite for right. But best of all the subtitles talked about gay night instead of game night. April 12, 2007 - Thursday. The four women took a cab to Imbert for the flea market. A lot of clothes and shoes. I got a new top for 40 pesos ($ 1.30). April 13, 2007 - Friday we checked out with the commandant. The captains had to go to his office and get our despacios to leave Luperon - $ 20.00. We had one last swim and drink at the yacht club and left Luperon at 5:00 pm. And headed for Puerto Rico. | ||
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