Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1741

In the United States, a lot of time and effort is put into keeping insects/bugs/vermon out of the house. Whole industries are built around the best way to kill the bug with the least amount of effort--in essence, how far away can i stand with a can of spray and still end its existence. The climate is often the deal breaker. I remember in New Orleans how bold the cockroaches were. They came out in the day, and walked along the sidewalks, and when you thought you had it cornered, they would take off flying. While I was living in Dominica, I can honestly say I never saw a roach, maybe I just wasnt looking or perhaps too distracted by the ants and the mosquitos. When I lived in Miami I came across a cockroach or ... read more

Vacation avec France sur HF ce matin En navigation le long de la côte de Puerto Rico France et Guy sont en navigation depuis 0600 ce matin - Position à 08h00 : 17-44 N et 66-59 W - Vent de 20 à 25 noeuds avec une mer formée. Vitesse 3.5 noeuds Trois ris dans le genois et une prise de ris dans la grande voile. Le bateau se comporte bien et ils font des virements de bord car le vent est en pleine face... Ils prévoient naviguer environ 7 à 8 heures et arrêteront dans un ancrage - peut être à Guayanilla. L'avantage de longer cette côte de Puerto Rico est que les ancrages sont nombreux et sécuritaires.... read more

"How's you guys doin? My name is Hugo. Todo bien?" His pseudo-American accent was funny at first, this short little man. "Si", was our suspicious answer. Our bus had just pulled into Jarabacoa station after a scenic two-hour drive (which some of us missed). We were anxious to get away from the chaos of the city and Jarabacoa seemed perfect. This little mountain town had to be the nature capital of SDQ. We had actually come to visit Salto de Jimenoa and Jimenoa Uno - supposedly the best waterfalls in the country but our schedules were flexible. Hugo was persistent. This time he showed us a dingy piece of paper with something that looked like a map. "I take you Pico Duarte. Three days in the mountains, camping, eating ..." The trip began to sound interesting ... read more

The alarm was set for 5:30 am. We woke at 5:28, our bodies and internal clocks already finely tuned. In the solitary confines of our detention chamber (read, 'hotel room') we sit in solemn reflection of the day past and we agree that a 'serta-pedic' mattress or a 'sleep-numer' bed has nothing on a worn-out, lumpy mattress when a body is really tired. The sleep was good. The destination is Jarabacoa - a little mountain town on the east back of the Rio Yaque del Norte. It rises some 800m/2624 feet above the sea and lies 70+ miles north of Santo Domingo. It was literally and figuratively night and day between (well) night and day in SDQ. The mad rush of cars, people, mopeds and donkey carts were non-existent when we left the Independencia at 6:10 ... read more

Alright! How´s everyone going??? Hope all is well. This is the first time i don´t feel i have to apologize for ages between blogs...go me! So I left you off last time with some pictures of Nicaragua...and now for a few stories! Me and Alison left the totally Tranquillo attitude and hammocks behind and headed off towards Grenada. We noticed the heat immediately. Sweaty, sweaty!! But the city was just beautiful. Cobblestone streets, colourful buildings, backdropped by a volcano and a beautiful lake. We stayed at this incredible hostel - Oasis - and met a great group of people. We wandered the city - climbed an awesoem bell tower of one of the 500 year old churches for an incredible view, we played some drinking games, we hit the dance floors (Live salsa music!) and ... read more