Saturday was our last full day in Punta Cana. We decided to take the opportunity and do a full day excursion. We went on a domincan living tour, we they take you out in the jumgles- you get to go to a coffee and chocolate plantation, a home farm where they produce coconut oil, a school, have a dominican lunch, and all sorts of other things. It was such a good time!!
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| my handsome husband and I, in the tour bus, heading to the jungles!!! |
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| just a glimpse of a house in the country side |
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| and a 'market' in the villages |
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| a free clinic in the village |
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| Those are the Oriental Mountains. They have three 'mountain' ranges in the DR. The Oriental Mountain are right in the middle when it comes to elevation. |
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| a school- from K-4th grade...all in one classroom. K-2nd grade go 8-noon. 2nd-4th grade go from 2-6. |
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| at the home of the family that makes organic coconut oil |
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| this guy is the nephew of the man who actually owns the plantation. He is squeezing the coconut water out of the coconut |
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| a look around some of hi stuff... |
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| that is the home where they live |
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| getting higher in elevation |
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| the Dominicans know how to party.... :P actually its yuca.... |
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| those red berry looking things are actually Arabica coffee beans! |
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| bananas in the trees |
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| ahh.....this is Christian, or as he is known around our house- the Dominican Fabio |
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| he lives up in the mountain jungles and loved the attention he was getting from the ladies on the tour bus.... |
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| as he lets his hair down... |
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| and strikes a pose!!! :o) |
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| iguanas.... |
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| and pigs |
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| and Elvis the goat, who loves to drink water out of water bottles |
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| an example of the type of huts the native Taino Indians used to live in |
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| I love the dominican reasons to party...ANY |
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| my sugah, in the sugar cane |
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| el delfin.....the legend. This man has been hand rolling cigars for the last 35 years...and, I pretty sure he is only 35 years old... :P |
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| lighting the cigar he hand rolled for Louis |
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| both of us enjoy a nice cigar... |
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| i may or may not have felt like a gangsta' right here.... |
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| and flamingos..... |
