On vacation

It has rained every day I have been here in the Dominican Republic. That hasn't stopped me from having a good time though. Yesterday I went to el limon waterfall with a guide from the town of the same name. I rode a horse to the site and took plenty of pictures. Afterwards I ate with his family, a plate of chicken and rice. It was a really cool experience to ride a horse through the hills which is dense jungle. On the way there were all kinds of fruit trees and we went through a small village and crossed a river three times. There were other tourists along the route, some Germans and another solo traveler from Asia somewhere, maybe Japan. In the evening I went out and had a few drinks with some people I met in front of the hotel playing volleyball. After talking for a while in front of one of the local hangouts we split and I went looking for a bar. I ended up playing dominoes with three dominican women who ran a small restaurant, we played for a few hours! It was a good time as we laughed and talked. It was a woman and her daughters and we ended up going to the disco called La Bodega afterwards. It was a great time, and after a few "cuba libres" which is rum and coke, I was ready to dance! I got to dance with like five different girls and left with one of them. Today it rained like hell. I rode on the back of a motorbike for like 45 minutes to the nearby town of Samana with a guide, the rain hitting me in the face as I went. Then we couldn't go to the famed cayo levantado, because the water was too choppy. This town is mostly French and the rest European. No Americans in sight. That's besides the locals of course who speak Spanish. I have renewed my Spanish speaking skills and am able to converse on a basic level. In the caribbean they speak really fast and it's impossible to understand if you're not used to it. I can get around though and I would like to thank all my Spanish teachers growing up. I have three more days to relax and then it's back to the states. The rain is pissing me off. I guess there's a tropical storm in the area.