Flight Failure!! Today was leaving day so after getting up and finally being able to have a shower as the water was on we finished our final bits of packing and waited for the taxi we had arranged the previous day to arrive (or not as we were half expecting!). We were pleasantly surprised when at about 10.40 a red taxi pulled up and the guy we had spoken to yesterday said he was ready whenever we were. We double checked the room for items we may have forgotte...

La Mella We finally dragged ourselves out of bed at 11 and went out for breakfast/lunch at a small cafe on the corner of Calle El Conde. Alexis had told about a couple of local dishes we should try and since we hadn't really tried anything local so far we thought it a good idea. Mae ordered a plate of Mangu, which is a sort of salted plantain mash with onions. It was served with 2 fried eggs as a breakfast dish. I on the other hand ordered a Chimi which is a f...

Night on the town We had a long lay in this morning and a cold shower to try and soothe our sunburn, which although no where near as bad as that of Miami was still rather sore. We spent the remainder of the morning and much of the day hiding from the sun, trying to find a campervan on the incredibly crap internet which is off more often than it is on and reading on the kindle or Ipod. After dinner that evening we got ready to go out as we had arranged to meet ...

Boca Chica This morning we managed to drag ourselves out of bed at 10 for breakfast of eggs, tortillas and hot sauce. We had been planning to go to the beach ever since we got here and as we had found no time so far we quickly gathered our things and set off determined that today we would get there!! We walked up to where the tourist info guy had said we could catch the bus but failing to find the bus stop we resorted to asking a couple of locals who guided us...

Colonial Day We got up this morning and had breakfast before heading out to do our tourist's duty and explore the Colonial Centre of Santo Domingo. Armed with our camera, a map and a large bottle of water we headed out the door and turned left, walking along until we came to a large archway through which we passed, finding that this was one of the many 'puertas' or 'gates' of the city leading to within the walls. From here we walked along a street which contai...