Blogs from Cabarete, Dominican Republic, Central America Caribbean

Science, spearheaded by Darwin, traces the origin of man to a group of hunter-gatherers in the hot and humid cradle of the African savannah. This is probably why we like beaches – because they remind us of our common homeland. After a few days in such weather we can report how the human body conforms perfectly to this theory. Originally, we had different activities planed until we actually arrived to the first beach. The hot and humid air, so much nicer to the skin then the cool dry air-conditioned air in the office, immediately took over our bodies and soles. No longer did we want to DO anything except lay idle on the beach. All our daily activity was degraded into hunting-gathering enough food for our existence - an activity easily achieved in our "savanna" filled ... read more

Active Cabarete has posted a virtual tour of Cabarete at: http://www.activecabarete.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=e49a847533ecdd443acafd77b0025935&topic=558.msg1041;topicseen#new If you cannot get the website by clicking on the link, cut and paste it. My two bits is that it can only do good if every business in town that has a website has a link to this. It has more than 150 panoramas of Cabarete, looking similar to Google's Street View. To start, go to http://www.activecabarete.com/360 To pan, click and drag the mouse. For an impressive full-screen view, click on the button in the bottom-right corner of the panorama, or right-click anywhere on the panorama and choose from the different viewing options. Enjoy and let me know what you think!... read more

Cabarete has a varied international permanent and vacationing population — Russians, Bulgarians, Macedonians, French, Italian, English, Norwegians, Swedes and so forth. You never know who you are going to meet, where they are from and what work they do. One such man is a Muscovite. He used to earn big bucs working for a major bank trading government bonds. He quit because of the stress and he was not seeing much of his wife and daughter. They moved to the north coast of the Dominican Republic where the stress factor is much lower. To some extent, he took after his father who was also a banker, a governor of the Soviet Union’s central bank. He told me his father was not too happy with the economic situation as now run by the current government. He was ... read more

It's early in the year. There is too much traveling to do and we will begin soon. My name is Don and my wife is Chris. We have both traveled a fair amount and are excited to get on with a lot more. We have just returned from the Dominican Republic where we spent the Holidays with our three sons and daughter-in-law. Last time in the DR, 1976. Things have changed--LOTS.... read more

Mon., August 10, 2009 - Pitstop in Sosua before going to Cabarete Our four hour bus ride from Santo Domingo was very comfortable and relaxing. The tour bus temperature was set perfectly, the seats reclined and everyone on board was easy going. My sister sat next to her husband and a young man was kind enough to exchange seats with me so that I could sit next to my cousin. The scenery during the entire ride was of green country side (except for a quick pass through Santiago), which was a nice change from being in the city. Upon our arrival in Sosua, a driver picked us up at a busy bus stop and drove us to the Amber Guardian management office so that we could pay the balance due on our townhome rental and pick ... read more