Dominican Republic: The best of the rest

Arghh! It's a pirate's life for me...

Back in Las Terrenas, we soon found ourselves getting into a routine: wake up late, walk to the town center to get breakfast (the scrambled eggs we ate everywhere continued to be excellent), stop back to the room to change into beachwear, go sun ourselves and take a dip in the ocean, have afternoon cocktails at a beach hut, walk back to the room to change and shower, get dinner, go to bed early, and repeat.

But, alas, even endless amounts of eating, sleeping and sunning can get old for two people who are used to (and enjoy) being constantly on the go. So, Scotty and I had to come up with creative ways to entertain ourselves. Ridiculousness quickly ensued... (and it runs in my family, or so I hear...)

Feeding the parrot, of course!

For instance, I braided Scotty's hair with my white-girl version of cornrows...

   

Later, a local guy with his own much longer version complimented Scotty on his braids. (Once back in Atlanta, Scotty also managed to land a few compliments. :)

 

Incidentally, I had previously taken a picture of the guy (in foreground of the photo below) who complimented Scotty's new 'do. I think his might have taken just a bit longer...

We also spent a good deal of time just walking on the beach, dipping our toes in the surf, breathing in that clean, salty air.

In Las Terrenas, one of our favorite ways to pass the late afternoon before dinner was to hang out a beach cabana sipping cuba libres- or in Scotty's case, a pina colada. The man likes his pina coladas while on vacation. ;)

It felt so good to shed our wintering-in-Alaska layers and walk barefoot again. Every time, I promise myself that my future will hold a lot more days of walking around barefoot.

In total we spent two half days and seven full days (December 28 through January 5) in Dominican Republic. And as an added bonus, we managed to return the car in one piece. A successful trip, in my opinion.

I'll be back soon with some local Alaska stuff and our upcoming boat trip down the ICW!