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April 14th 2011

Published: April 14th 2011

Last time we communicated with you we had just arrived in Luperon in the Dominican Republic. As you may be aware this is a very large island made up of very impressive mountains. It has had a very interesting history that the United States has been very involved in. Both Janice and I feel like this is our first truly foreign port of call. Up to this point all the countries we visited English was t... Read Full Entry

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Bob & Janice Waller

s v Tsamaya

Like so many others we love to travel and we love to sail so cruising makes a lot of sense. Janice has retired from Cornell as a business manager and Bob has retired from South Seneca school district as the high school principal. It's time to sell the house, get rid of whatever doesn't fit on our 40 foot Caliber LRC named Tsamaya (this means Travel Well in Setswana) and set off to see the world. Our reasons for publishing this blog is twofold, first to keep in touch with our friends and family and secondly to share our experiences. If you would like to receive notification when we have added ... full info

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Getting ready to start the hike

The crew of Snowbird and Tsamaya had a great time climbing the waterfalls while in the Dominican Republic. There are 27 total falls and we chose to do 12 of them. It was lots of fun and great exercise! We found out that this tourist spot was a development project sponsored by Peace Corps. Joseph Kennedy was the volunteer involved. They really have made use of the natural resources of the country to help the tourist industry in this area.

One of the 27 waterfalls

Just one of the many falls that we climbed. We did a combination of climbing, sliding, jumping and swimming through the area with the help of two excellent guides.

Swimming through the gorge

Here we are swimming through the gorge to the next waterfalls. Amazingly the water temperature was very comfortable.

Strategically located ropes

Luckily they had strategically located ropes to use for climbing up and down some of the cliffs.

A helping hand

The guides were great at providing a helping hand at the appropriate time.

What beauty

Here is a fabulous view of the formation of stalactites on the side of the gorge we swam through.

A banana tree

Here is one of the many banana trees we passed on the trail

A street vendor

A vendor uses a donkey as her “moveable cart” in the city of Santiago.

The monument in Santiago

This very impressive monument was built in the 1940s to honor the heroes of the restoration of the republic. It sits high on a hill and provides a great view of the city of Santiago.

Immigration in Luperon

The offices of the officials that we had to check in with in Luperon were located right before the “gate” into the city. It was not always clear who you had to see but they communicated well enough so we could get through the process after paying $ at each stop

Sousa DR

We anchored one night in Sousa which is located on the north shore of the Dominican Republic. This is quite a tourist town complete with all the colored umbrellas lining the beach.

Mountain Majesty

The clouds covered the tops of the mountains at sunset while traveling along the north coast of the Dominican Republic.

Sunset

The sky appeared to be on fire this evening so of course had to record it with a photograph.

The colors are spectacular

The colors created by the sunrises have been spectacular.

Sky Blue Pink

My Dad always told me there was a color “sky blue pink”. This is proof of it!

Mountains of the DR

The charts for the Dominican Republic are poor at best. We had a drawing in a book to go by to find the entrance to the anchorage at Escondido. Amazingly this view was an exact likeness to the drawing so found it easily.

Smoking Mountains

Many of the mountains along the north coast of the Dominican Republic appeared to be “smoking”. We aren’t sure if it was a result of burning off sugar cane or slash and burn of the numerous fields covering the mountains. No matter what caused them, they were quite a sight to see.

One of the anchorages

This was the view we could see from our anchorage at Escondido. It was beautiful but the waves were so rough we weren’t able to explore the shoreline. It provided a nice view from the cockpit.

Purple Mts Majesty

No filter was used on this photo (or any others for that matter) – this is exactly what we saw. It reminded us of “purple mountains majesty”

The rainbow

Just as we were leaving the coast of the Dominican Republic to head to Puerto Rico we saw this rainbow forming – a nice send off for our 26 hour crossing.

A view from the cockpit

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