View from my finca

The first picture is of two Cashew trees. I didn't know it was a cashew tree and threw out the nut and ate the fruit:) live and learn!

. It is in flower now and I should get a lot of fruit and nuts off of this baby. Two trees side by side.

. The last time the fruit was the sweetest smelling fruit I have ever smelled and I am looking forward to it. The cashew is above the fruit and is green and the fruit is a nice red.

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The next one is a fan palm. If you look behind that bad boy or girl as the case may be you will see a offspring which we transplanted. It will grow real fast! .

Next picture is a hedge row I started as tiny tiny. I have three different hedge rows in three different colors of the same plant .

In one year they will be twice the size! It is amazing how fast things grow here. When I take people to see the finca who have been here before they can't believe how beautiful it is the following year.

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The last picture is of a flowering tree I don't know the name of but the leaves are purple on one side and green on the other. Big Balls of pink flowers every year that are just magnificent.

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Hasta Pronto!

Carnival in Puerto Plata with the Sisters, Fidel and Fred...

I am in Puerto Plata to go to the beach and what do you know they are having Carnival in Puerto Plata. I normally stay away from these drunkin fiascos where they beat your ass with big hard balloons. Usually they beat the Gals arses thank Gawd and leave my scrawny arse alone.

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The costumes are great, the people are having a great time and it is a laugh a minute. I am with the 4 sisters, Fred and Fidel We took two cars because we also had a couple of kids with us as well.

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They had all sorts of stands selling booze and beer and Rum which is the national drink here in the DR!. . We had some of each but mostly beer.

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Really had a nice time despite the fact I am not into crowds. I think the sisters life easier for me when I am hanging out with them! .

Look at these kids. I love em! Negra's daughter was completely terrified. I put her on my shoulders like I use to put my daughter on my shoulders but I don't think that gave her any comfort like it use to give my daughter. .

I actually felt terrible that she was so terrified but I had a very nice time anyway.

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Hasta pronto!

Escott and the 4 sisters

I had the good fortune to spend the weekend with these four sisters whom I had a great time with. What the heck, the smiles are worth the whole thing! .

This is dinner on Saturday night at a restaurant in Sosua. No, not mine and not nearly as good but it was a decent meal. Hell look at these smiles, I couldn't care what I had to eat!

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These gals are from Nagua and did I happen to mention I love Nagua?

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Hah. I love this place. I am at QuiXotes in Sosua which is on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic with my buddy Jackie Quontee. He has probably bought a whole bottle of Don Julio and there doesn't seem to be any end in site tonight. Not only does this guy have booze and food on his bill but he bought the flower guy out of all of his flowers. Two thousand pesos worth of flowers and then since he is broke he has another 2000 pesos on his bill for pocket money. Poor SOB is working two jobs now to pay his liquor bill and when he returns to the reservation he needs to find a third job.

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SOB is such a sober drunk, only way I can tell if he has been drinking is I become the best guy in the world. Most guys when they get drunk are just nasty, this guy starts to sing my praises.

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This guy gives drinking lessons to Drunks. He shows them that they don't do what they do well because my goodness, he can put the rest of the drunks to sleep with the exception of my buddy Rellosk. He drinks from when he wakes up in the morning to when he goes to sleep tonight. Sometimes he doesn't go to sleep and just keeps going into the next day. .

I want to get Rellosk, Jackie Quontee and my other buddy Tony Tequilla together for a week and lock them in the restaurant. I can then buy the rest of the town if I can only capture them for 1 week.

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These pictures were taken the night before we went to Carnival in Puerto Plata. Man I had a great time. The sister in the Gold top had a birthday and it was a absolute pleasure to spend her birthday with her! Real sweetheart who came to Sosua to hang out for the weekend.

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Hasta Pronto!

One more pic from Bikini Contest:)

Ok folks my buddy Tommy Foti sent this picture to me. I had to pose for this because she won the bikini contest. I didn't want to but I had to kiss the winner:) This was the most fun I have had in Sosua, Dominican Republic since I have been here. Beautiful women of all flavors with bodies that belong in museums! Life doesn't get better!

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We have had a busy week and a half at the restaurant. The hotel and town finally filled up and we got our share of the pie.

Glad we busied up for a while. Today is a bit slower because most of the people went home but we have been steady slow all day so at the end of the day it won't be bad.

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I have been thinking about the wet t-shirt contest I am planning to hold in July on the 4th. Should be a lot of fun and I am going to try and get like 50 women in it. Should be a blast, well for me anyway:)

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I have another mortgage I will be closing on next Friday which I just got finalized today. Small mortgage because it is only on land. This piece is in Las Canas which is just before the town of Gaspar Hernandez.

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Disnalda's mother started work at the restaurant today. Hopefully she will give both Dori and myself a day off a week. I am pretty confident it will work out and I can certainly use the day off since working 7 days a week since December. WOO HOO a day off in the making...

. I am also happy to say I am feeling great now after about 3-4 weeks of not. It was a long time to not feel like even going out to dinner but now all is well. Combination of eye infection, kidney infection and back going out made me feel like crap for a while.

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I am going to a clinic near Sosua Abajo today to see what they are doing. Perhaps I will try and raise some money for them as the clinic we are building in Puerto Plata hasn't taken shape yet. I will see today what it looks like.

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I heard from my buddy Jackie Quontee today when he was in the airport in Atlanta. I hopefully will see him tonight after he arrives. Cool, I miss the dude even when he wears a wig. Strange guy but a womans wig and a mustache just doesn't do it for me.

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Good thing he probably wont read this for a few days since he is traveling. He will probably cry after:)

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Hasta Pronto!

Nice Jeans

Nice ad for Levi's Jeans...

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I just found out that my daughter made Honor Roll this semester. I wouldnt hear it from my wife as I guess she doesn't think I need or want to know but my Uncle sent me the Newspaper link which I thank him for. I sent her a nice note congradulating her.

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I wish the gal on the left was in my Bikini Contest:)

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I am feeling all better for the first time. I even have some energy which I haven't had for a while. Put me next to my partner in the restaurant and you would have thought I was a olympic athelete compared to him. He walks around like he is a corpse. Oh well, what ever turns him on I guess.

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Business is still relatively slow here. Not like it should be. Hotel is pretty empty and so is the town what I see of it which isn't much lately. I don't think I have been up later than 10pm in 3 weeks.

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No difference, I am feeling way better. Gracia Dio.

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Hasta Pronto!

Bikini Contest

These are the winners of the Bikini Contest from Left to Right. The one on the right changed too early but man what a HOTTIE! LOL

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There was actually a tie for 3rd place and the tie'er wasn't in this picture. The one next to me ended up tearing up her Prize money because she thought she should have done better.

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This was the first one and it didn't go off as smoothly as I would have wanted but I learned for the next time. We packed every seat in the house and even the outside of the restaurant was PACKED. You couldnt move in the place and seemed like everyone had a GREAT TIME!

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Thanks for everyone that took part.

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On July 4th I am going to hold a Wet T Shirt Contest and I am going to start setting it up now. That should be a KILLER!

Hasta Pronto!

My Three Sons Again

My three kids are only 3-4 days old in this picture. They are up and moving now. Show a lot of interest in their surroundings and appear to be very social and intelligent. Maybe I will obedience train them:)

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Business is picking up now after a slow Christmas and New Years in Sosua. I picked some guys up at the Airport and they told me that the Flights were very expensive and are now coming down. Others tell me it is because of the passport regulations affecting the Caribbean. All I know is business is much better lately than it was a few weeks ago. . I have to go pay some bills after work today. I have to pay for my phone and internet for the house which I regret having to pay as the service has been awful. Maybe I will complain to the public service commission! LOL YEAH RIGHT.

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I am looking to trade a boy or two for a girl or two. I can't believe after 5 kids I haven't gotten a gal out of Goat yet. I asked my gardener to see if he could trade off one of my boys for a gal. Hopefully he will find a nice gal for me.

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We just had to get new invoices for the restaurant. The GOVERNMENT in its wisdom decided to make every business get new invoices with numbers that THEY give you to use. Guess they are trying to keep track of people screwing with the system. Now I have many books of invoices that I can't use. UGH!

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Hasta Pronto!

Cute Newspaper Articles...

My Uncle sent these to me and I thought they were entertaining. Too bad for the Dwarf though:)

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Went up to the finca to play with my new kids today.

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I met my neighbor who just built a big home across the street from me. Nice lady who is from Austria. She thanked me for the Papaya I guess my gardener gave her and I had no clue about. I hope they enjoyed my fruit!

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My kids were bouncing around today and they were very playful and friendly. My 8 month old kid is starting to get horney. I thought it was cute with the father and I played with him a lot butting his head. Now the Son of a Bitch wants to gore me when ever he sees me so I don't play with his son in this manner anymore:)

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I actually have no problem with the old man except when he breaks his rope and I have to pull him away from getting laid! Man he is a strong SOB!

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Next time I want some sweet Shemale goats instead of boys who end up trying to stick it to me. They also become old and smelly. I don't exactly know why but there is nothing more nasty than an old male goat. Hold your nose when you walk up to one and protect yourself from being gored!:)

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More pictures to come shortly as I took many of the kids today again.

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Speaking of old goats I got a call from Jackie Quontee yesterday. He of course pulled a Houdini last time he was here and I didn't see him again after he was here for a couple of days but he says he is returning next month for a while. Poor Jackie is working two jobs now as he needs the money badly. I am starting a "Help Jackie Fund" if anyone wants to kick in BTW:. LOL

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My buddy Mario left today. If you read back to February on my blog he is the guy that gave me a Range Rover and an Aston Martin to use while in Florida last year. He was only here for a few days and I miss him already. Mario is one of the nicest and sweetest guys you will ever meet. I asked Dawn to take him to the Airport for me because I had to work and she even called me to thank me. That is how nice a guy he is.

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I wish all my friends gave me 250k worth of metal to use! You guys would be cool also!

Hasta Pronto!

"My Three Sons"

These are my lastest additions to the family. 2 days ago Goat gave birth to three healthy hombres. The other two times we only had one at a time. I had to have a talk with her to give me 2 or 3 this time and next time I will have to ask nicely for some gals instead of boys for a change. So far she has given me 5 lads and no ladies!:) .

Doug Hicks told his wife Linda I haven't blogged in a while. Linda is here and told me. I don't know why other than I have been feeling like crap for a week or so. My back went out and my eye had a allergic reaction to something and started leaking so bad I got it infected by rubbing the water away. I am starting to repair both the back and the eye but the eye looked real bad for a while.

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Ok, I am back to writing so now you have to live with that:)

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Business has picked back up now. It was real off over Christmas and New Years for some reason. Now we have nice crowds while I am there. I now only work till 2pm so come in for either breakfast or lunch to say hello. You will see my partner if you have a late lunch or dinner.

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Today I had as many sales in by 2pm as we did yesterday ALL DAY and yesterday was a decent day. I hope it stays busy. I get bored when it is slow.

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I took a newbie around today to find him a place to stay. He didn't like the place he was at before. He found two places. One to move into for 5 days and another for a month after that.

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Hasta Pronto!

My Lawnmowers

The first picture is of Goat and as you can see is very pregnant. I will get a little addition to the family very soon. She gave birth last year on New Years Day and it is possible it will happen again! I am hoping for Twins this time as she has only given birth to one at a time previously! . The second picture is of Beavis. He was my New Years Present last year. He had an older brother who was a year older that got off his lead and had a fight with his father Billy.

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Billy broke both of his horns and he was in bad shape so we ate him at the restaurant. The finest Chivo Guisado I have had in my entire life! We served him 45 different times and everyone loved him. .

The last picture is the big daddy Billy. I would eat that SOB in a heartbeat but I need someone to get Goat Pregnant. He has turned into a smelly, nasty 3 year old. Don't turn your back on him or he will gore your arse! He would probably be dinner for 75. He is HUGE now.

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Hasta Pronto!

More Pictures from my Mini-Finca

These are for Shad!:)

My buddy Shad in Toronto who doesn't come and visit anymore made a comment about the last pictures. I have to give him something more to think about so he will get his hard working ass down to visit again.

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Besides it will piss off some of the people here who have nothing better to do than make up stories so this should also make their day:) Piss on em!

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Hasta Pronto! .

My Mini-Finca (Farm)

Now this is a big papaya! Actually it is small compared to some of the ones I will be getting now that it cooled off a bit.

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I have tons of real nice and cool looking plants. I can spend hours up at the minifinca looking at the stuff every day and still find stuff I hadn't seen. . I have a goat that is going to give birth either today or in the next day or so. Cool Stuff!

Hasta Pronto!

Some more pictures!

My minifinca

These are some pictures I took up at my mini finca. I just thought I would share these with you all. I have hundreds of different variaties of fruits, veggies and flowering plants. Litterally thousands of plantings.

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I will post more pictures!

Hasta Pronto!

Merry Mish Mosh you all!

It is that time of year folks and I hate it. From now to New Years is "Get Fat" time where you gorge yourself into oblivion and say you will lose weight after the holiday season!

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I had some back and neck problems and went to a massage therapist who was recommended by Dawn and Herbert. Man was this a weird experience! First I was told it could be my Gall Bladder and then I was told it could be parasites. I was told after that she was sorry she couldn't help me.

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The massage consisted of accupunture, pressure points, manipulation and basically being thrown around the table for an hour and a half.

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I didn't get massaged as much as thrown around the table. It was interesting. I got off the table feeling a bit better. Today I feel a lot better.

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I am not sure it is from the massage or just the fact that it is not raining and thundering as I have bad arthritus in my back from a car accident but I am thankful as hell either way. My kneck bothered me so much I got a headache by the evening. Woke up ok for the most part and then the muscles couldn't hold up my head by 2 pm and home to bed after work.

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Go figger... No pain this evening or a whole lot less to be exact! Bueno!

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Yesterday I closed on a small piece of land I looked at a few weeks ago when one of the local Real Estate Brokers Sandy from Remax stopped into the restaurant for a drink. We chatted and I asked him what he had and I scoffed this one up real quickly. It was 1000 m2 on the highway between the Gym and the Tradewinds turnoff on the ocean side of the highway. I sent a surveyor to survey it and I collected an extra 23.5 m2 somehow. Good on me but I didn't tell anyone:)

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I had a big piece on the highway up the road a bit which I sold to a partner. We had this deal with each other. Make an offer and the other had the choice to either be a buyer or a seller. Unfortunately the timing was real bad for me so I had to be a seller. I wanted to hold onto it but I had just come to terms with my wife on a buyout of child support and everything else in one lump sum. She agreed on this the day his offer was made to me. I am also involved in a project in Cabrera that was heating up and I had just commited myself to substantial cash for the financing of two large villas of 390 m2 and 470 m2 which are nearly finished now.

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Well anyway I didn't get to keep this bigger parcel because of timing but I more than doubled my money on it so my downside was an upside so no complaints. I think that property could have been the big banger in a couple of years as the properties around it are being developed right and left. 11 new businesses there in the last year were built.

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I actually like the property I bought a bit better but the upside is smaller because it is less than 1/10th the size and way less frontage for the size of the lot.

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Work tomorrow although I am not expecting much. I guess we will see what happens. Christmas is a family day. We are closing the restaurant on Christmas Day so I am off to a friends house with a bunch of friends for the afternoon and evening. Cool, it has been a while since i HUNG OUT with them.

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My friends from the states are starting to arrive. I expect to have a whole bunch down in the next few days. Edd is bringing up the rear coming on the 29th. Man Edd you ought to get in front for once before it starts to hurt:)

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I got 4 bottles of Don Julio Jackie so you aint gonna hurt me so fast this time!

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Hasta Pronto!

PS> Be safe on the roads!

It is that time of year folks and I hate it. From now to New Years is "Get Fat" time where you gorge yourself into oblivion and say you will lose weight after the holiday season!

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I had some back problems and went to a massage therapist who was recommended by Dawn and Herbert. Man was this a weird experience! First I was told it could be my Gall Bladder and then I was told it could be parasites. I was told after that she was sorry she couldn't help me.

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I didn't get massaged as much as thrown around the table. It was interesting. I got off the table feeling a bit better. Today I feel a lot better.

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I am not sure it is from the massage or just the fact that it is not raining and thundering as I have bad arthritus in my back from a car accident but I am thankful as hell either way. My kneck bothered me so much I got a headache by the evening. Woke up ok for the most part and then the muscles couldn't hold up my head by 2 pm and home to bed after work.

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Go figger... No pain this evening or a whole lot less to be exact! Bueno!

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Work tomorrow although I am not expecting much. I guess we will see what happens. Christmas is a family day. We are closing the restaurant on Christmas Day so I am off to a friends house with a bunch of friends for the afternoon and evening. Cool, it has been a while since i HUNG OUT with them.

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My friends from the states are starting to arrive. I expect to have a whole bunch down in the next few days. Edd is bringing up the rear coming on the 29th. Man Edd you ought to get in front for once before it starts to hurt:)

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I got 4 bottles of Don Julio Jackie so you aint gonna hurt me so fast this time!

Hasta Pronto!

PS> Be safe on the roads!

My daughter

I don't know if I posted this picture before. It was when I was in Atlanta about a month ago.

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I was just deleting some pictures off of my desktop and saw this one and liked it. I was reaching my hand out and took our picture myself. That is why she looks a little prettier than I do. Try posing for a pic with your hand stretched out!

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Bet you never saw me in a suit before either? Hah, first time for everything in this life!:)

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We are now open 7 days a week at QuiXote's Restaurant in anticipation of getting busy for the High Season. It has been a bit slow in town lately. Hope it will pick up shortly but it will by the 28th for sure.

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Today I had this Dominican gal in who has the most beautiful body I have ever seen. I showed her the poster about the Bikini Contest on the 21st of January we are having at QuiXote's and I asked if she is going to enter. CLARO Que Si! This gal doesn't mess around. She knows what she has and I would bet she comes in 3rd place or better. Museum piece body she has!

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Some times I see her at the Disco. I can't take my eyes off of her as she moves to the music. She looks at me looking at her and she shakes it harder!:) Man what is a man suppose to do? I stare harder!:)

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Today I pick up from the Airport Computer Ted from Canada at 9:30pm.

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He is staying in my condo for a week. Nice guy and he is bringing down some booze for me also.

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I am going to head up to Cabrera this week, just don't know which day yet. We should have one house done this month. We will see. I have heard promises before.

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I have had a few responses to the add below for the lot in Cabarete I am selling. I will get this lot sold before the end of the year I bet. Where else can you get a piece of dirt to build a house for 13k close to the beach?

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I hope to also close on a piece of land this week I made a deal on. I will post the info and pictures when it is closed. I don't want to jinx the deal by talking too much about it. I have interesting plans for this piece.

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Hasta Pronto!

Cabarete LOT (Inexpensive)

Cabarete Lot Approx 400 m2 $12,999 US Least Expensive Dry Lot in Cabarete 3 Block Walk to Kite Beach $2999 down I will Finance $10,000 for 2 yrs (interest only $125 a month) Balloon payment of 10,000 in 24 months Owner 809-223-1178 for Viewing

Latest pictures on the homes in Cabrera

These are the latest pictures of the homes being built in Cabrera I am involved with. . The interiors are being finished in conjunction with the exteriors. Tile is up in bathrooms and the floors are going down now. . The pool to the big 1 story house is proving difficult as they are cutting through ROCK to put it in but when it is finished there will be an infinity pool going over a cliff into the ocean and it will start under roof. . The small house is 390 m2 and the large house is 470 m2. I made a mistake previously and said that they were larger. . On the 2 story house it is 98% complete now and the rest is going to happen in the next 2 weeks. Landscaping is in and there was a lot of rain so it all took very nicely. Stone walls all around adds a nice touch. . I am anxiously awaiting the finish of at least one of these. It has been a long time in the making. Time to move onto the Condos which I find real exciting! I hope to keep one of them for myself. Have I mentioned I really like Cabrera? Neat town and not nearly as touristy as Sosua/Cabarete. It will also have an Airport only 2o minutes away and it is already open. For now only Charter flights are coming in but soon enough schedualed air will start. . Hasta Pronto!

Pictures of Cabarete Lot I have for sale

Someone asked for pictures of the lot I have for sale in Cabarete.

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Here are 3 pictures I took yesterday. Didn't even get out of my car as I was headed to the airport to pick Dawn up.

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Ok, someone buy this lot fast. at 12,999 US dollars and 3 blocks away from Kite beach it is a bargain.

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I am offering interest only financing at 1.25 % per month for 2 years and a balloon payment at the end to make it easier for you to purchase with only 2999 Dollars down. Payments are only $125 a month and that is a reasonable price for the DR as far as interest rates go.

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Hasta Pronto!

1st Annual Bikini and Beauty Contest

I would like to announce out first annual Bikini and Beauty Contest Extravaganza.

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Entry fee is only 25 Pesos and we will have reserved seating for a small fee of 50 pesos.

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I think we should get a very good turnout of Dominican Beauties since 10,000 Pesos is 2 months pay for many people here.

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I know I am certainly looking forward to this and I have already gotten a great response.

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Email reservations jazzpaging@yahoo.com or you can stop by the restaurant. I hope this will be the first of many events that we will hold.

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Tomorrow I have an appointment to take a look at 2 farms in Cabrera. The price is right and have good ocean views so if it looks ok I will probably buy them.

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More I go to Cabrera the more I like the area. I will probably be living there someday.

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Hasta Pronto!