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South Coast of Puerto Rico

Cheri Cheri's Posts, Cruising, Cruising Life, Living Aboard, Puerto Rico, Travel, WordPress July 8, 2017July 13, 2017Cayo Aurora, Consort, Cruising, Gilligan's Island, La Parguera, live aboard, liveaboard, Puerto Rico, sailboat, Sailing 0 Comment

December 2016 – After turning the corner at Cabo Rojo, we headed for La Parguera. Mike and Marjolaine on Basta passed us on the way.

We pulled in to La Parguera just before lunch, on a weekend, during Christmas week. To say it was busy there would be an understatement. We put down the anchor long enough to have lunch, and then turned right back around. Being constantly buzzed by motorboats is not our idea of fun. Our goal in stopping there was to see the bio-luminescent bay nearby. It was to be a moonless night, and that makes for good viewing. Read more

The Mona Passage and West Coast of Puerto Rico

Cheri Cheri's Posts, Cruising, Cruising Life, Living Aboard, Provisioning, Puerto Rico, Travel February 11, 2017April 10, 2017Boqueron, Cabo Rojo, Caverns, Consort, Cruising, Dominican Republic, Lighthouse, live aboard, liveaboard, Luperon, Mayaguez, Mona Passage, Puerto Real, Puerto Rico 0 Comment

Iguana on the rocks at Cabo Rojo lighthouse

Much lore surrounds the Mona Passage, and it can sound downright intimidating if you just listen to the stories, but our crossing was pretty anti-climactic. We could have used a better wind angle, but the sea conditions were fine. Swells were moderate, but the period (how far apart they were) was long. It was a good motion: enough to remind us that we were on a sailboat, but not enough to throw us around or do any damage. We needed to go ahead and get out of the Dominican Republic, so we couldn’t wait for a perfect weather window, but what we got was good enough. We made an early morning departure from Los Haitises Park in Samana Bay.
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Traveling in the Dominican Republic

Cheri Cheri's Posts, Cruising, Cruising Life, Dominican Republic, Samana, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Travel February 6, 2017February 11, 2017Consort, Cruising, Dominican Republic, El Valle, Inland Travel, Jarabacoa, Jimenoa, Las Galleras, Las Haitises, live aboard, liveaboard, Luperon, Playa Rincon, Samana, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Waterfalls 0 Comment

We had a great time in the Dominican Republic, and that included several inland trips. It is a stunning country, and there is so much to see!

We went to Santo Domingo via bus. The Dominican bus system is cheap and reliable. Unless there’s a strike. Which there was. Did you know the Dominican word for strike is huelga? Neither did I. You learn something new every day! Seriously, the bus cost about $14 each round trip. Quite a bargain. Read more