Dominican Style Sunday at the River with the sisters and family!

This is Fidel and Aravelli on my new sheep at the finca! We stopped there on the way home from the River Meets the Ocean Spot!

Had a great day with 3 sisters a cousin a boyfriend and a few more cousins and kids! Took a cooler full of beer/Juice/Tequila and water! Came home with some water:)

Went to the spot at the very eastern part of Cabarete where the River meets the Ocean! Great place to go for a very Dominican Sunday! Very few white guys and gals there! We all took turns with the baby who is fabulous! I was thinking about trading in a sister for the other one with the Baby:) Like every Dominican on this earth MAN CAN THEY DANCE! Bunch of hams! Sister in Front has a problem with her tongue all the time for some reason as it is always hanging out of her face:) ------------------------------ Had a super de duper day! Nice people/Cold Beer and lovely kids! ------------------------------ Hasta Pronto!

Houses in the same community as my farm

These houses are the neighboring homes in the community of Lomas Mironas where I have my mini finca! Finca is farm in Spanish in case you didn't know:)

This home is a home that I have admired for a while! I got to look inside of it just the other day and got the tour! I think this is such a sweet basic design and I would build something like this for myself someday/some where:) Nice views from the 2nd level! This is a nicely designed home with a great window although it is a little too open for my nakid self:) This home is in Construction and it is big! Has probably the nicest pool I have ever seen and a Gazebo that is made of concrete to look like Stone! Magnificant! I will probably steal some of the pool ideas for myself as it is the nicest I have ever seen!:) This is also a nice home but the stone wall hides most of it in this shot! I am standing in my finca while taking it! The lower roof lines on the right side are also part of this home and this pic doesn't do it justice! This is another adjoining home although not nearly as big as the last one! ------------------------------------------------------ Hasta Pronto!

Okey Dokey! This is a picture of me kissing my cousin Brett! I love this guy for everything he is! Always has a smile on his face and always has a fresh idea to try out in business and pleasure! Nothing this boy wouldn't try! In College the boy had a Condom Van making rounds:)

Next pic is from Left to Right Cuzin Rickles von Tickles-Cuzin Brett and of course yours truly! Loved hanging out with these guys and I spent 4 solid days with them and wanted more! Ok this last picture was taken at Playa Grande Beach! My Cuz Bret actually got hustled by Cuz Rickles and Cuz Craig! We also found 3 other guys there which we knew would be there trying to longboard surf! The one standing with my cuz Brett is from NJ and their fathers have been friends forever! The one I am talking with lives in Cabarete and is a Surfer Boy! Standing to my right is Cuz Craig and Cuz Rickles! Cuz Craig took home all the money on the golf course that day and was already getting the hustle going for the next days golf which didn't happen! We went home from here and got a flat tire! Hit a humongo hole in the road that I didn't see because I was behind some huge Truck! Changed the tire and stopped off and purchased another used one-had the wheel banged out all for 1000 pesos or 33 US dollars:) Way better than arguing when returning the rent a car for sure!

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Again I had the time of my life with this DR Posse and hope they come back fast and often and over and over again!

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Hasta Pronto!

Guess who came to dinner?

These are two good friends of mine Herman and Herbert! It is nice to have them both here at the same time! Last night we ended up having Sushi in Cabarete after the other choice was closed! If you haven't tried Bliss and the sushi restaurant in Cabarete you ought to! Today we are going to Puerto Plata together to get some business taken care of for everyone!

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We are going to get Pictures framed-banking done and have a great lunch at a great Italian Restaurant! Another Day in Paradise:)

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Hasta Pronto!

Cuz in town

I just had my cuz here from Atlanta with two friends for 4 days! My cousin Brett is in the middle! I love this guy-always calm cool and collected and always looking to have a good time!

I told these guys to just book another flight when they got back to Atlanta and return as soon as possible! We went to Playa Grande for golf one day that started at 7 am and I didn't get home till 1:30am! These guys can go all day and all night while I need naps to just get through the day:) They enjoyed all of "Escotts North Coast Tour" and love my mini finca where this last picture was taken! These are Atlanta City boys and never saw goats or sheep before I don't think:)

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LOVE YOU GUYS! Come back next week!

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Hasta Pronto!

Where the River Meets the Ocean

This is a place between Cabarete and Sabeneta where the River comes down and meets the Ocean! It is a cool place to go and sometimes loaded with Kite Surfers putting on a show! This is looking west right at the mouth where it runs into the ocean! Opposing flows going back and forth! I sometimes come out here and chat with fisherman here Calm place in the river before getting to the ocean! Nice place to hang out expecially on Sunday when you get a lot of Dominicans hanging! Just another one of the places I completely enjoy here! I love this country and can't get nearly enough of it!

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Hasta Pronto!

Road from Sosua to Santiago via Moca

This is the view from a real nice yet out of place Italian Restaurant called Il Molino! This is the newest restaurant on the top of the mountain that was built in the last year! The views are tremendous with Moca on the left and the city of Santiago on the right looking down! Lush mountain farmland that you just want to own when passing through! It rained for 3 minutes and this what it looked like briefly:) You can see where the sun snuck through the clouds on the left and forward!

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Hasta Pronto!

Jamoa el Norte

When you go to towns either in the mountains or just inland in the Dominican Republic where there are no beaches the people cool off and congregate at the rivers! This is a place where families go! I enjoy going to these types of places because I am usually the only Gringo there! These pictures were taken during the week-during the weekends these places are much more crowded but not nearly as crowded as the beaches on the coasts! To the right of this last photo is open air roofs that house restaurants on the weekends! About 7 or 8 of them serving mostly the same typical Dominican Food where they have a lot cooked and on display with a person waving back and forth a branch with leaves to keep the flies off!

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Hasta Pronto!

Pictures of the inside of the New Gym

This is the inside of the new Gym opening up next month in Sosua! This is only the first level and there is a second level that they are working on now! This is what a gym looks like when all the parts are being assembled! I remember how much work it was putting together the pieces I had in my home gym! I had a stairmaster and a recumbant bike that was professional equipment and had great graphics! They will also have 3 stores in front where you can but clothes-weight belts-sneakers etc-a health food store selling stuff to help you bulk up I guess and another store which I forgot what it was! This place is going to be AIR CONDITIONED and have a sauna which is going to be nice! They are also going to have TV's and different other things to keep your attention! I know it look a mess and it surely is right now but they swear that they will be open for business on the 1st of September! I hope so because now that I have the time I am going to join and get my fat ass back into shape and become the leaner fitter fighting machine I was before! The Name of the gym is D'Lois Gym and this is one of the managers who was very friendly and helpful and answered all the questions I had to ask! I will probably be one of the founding members of this place! Man I have been threatening to join a gym after closing the restaurant and now I am going to do it!

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Hasta Pronto!

Great way to get Started in the Morning!

Well when I got out of my bedroom after a shower this morning and on my way to start my day I came out into my living room to see my favorite 10 year old little girl on my sofa! This is Disnalda who I have had the pleasure of knowing for many years! I put her in a English/Spanish Private School "Garden Kids" for 3 years! She now speaks a bit of English and is still the sweetest little girl in all of the Dominican Republic! What a super treat to start off my day seeing her! An absolute pleasure always!! The first picture she was trapped! I came back in the house after leaving camera in hand and grabbed off the first shot while she was trying not to get her picture taken:) This second shot she knew it wasn't worth the fight and this is one bright little girl! She picks the battles she is going to win:)

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Hasta Pronto!

Pictures from my Finca Today!

Ok guys here you have a Cherry tree! Been picking them and making fresh squeezed juice lately from my two cherry trees! There isn't many ready now because they have already been picked! These different plants are growing out of a Rotted stump and looks lovely! I took a woman up to the Finca today to show it off and man was she impressed! When I take someone up there you don't even get to see 1/3 of what I have planted because you have to walk through a jungle to see everything that is there! Today I walked through another property I have in town and found many fruit and flowering trees! Someone must have planted all this stuff there at some point! This was the first time I walked the entire property line of this property and it is only a little more than 1/4 acre! I walked it with a Machete chopping away little sapplings as I went and cleared a bit! I was truly exhausted after about an hour on the property! I don't know how these Haitian workers do this all day long and live to tell about it! This next picture is of a GUESS WHAT? Of course it is a pineapple silly! Thats how they grow! That sucker will make a half pitcher of freshly squeezed juice in the next few weeks! Can't wait to eat some of it! Last one from this plant I brought in to the restaurant and served it to a few of my friends that were there for dinner one night! Herbert-Edd-Dawn to name just a few enjoyed it and it was sweet as you can possibly imagine! Great stuff fresh from the garden! Of course the last picture is my extended family:) Goats and now sheep are mowing my lawn which takes up the center of the finca! To the right are two more goats that you don't see! One of the ones you don't see is pregnant! I love babies whether kids-goats or sheep! Can't wait to see these bad boys when they come out of the oven! If she has females I am going to keep them! If she has males I am going to sell them! Just so you know-Goats are more fun than the sheep are! These sheep are so scared of people they would almost rather eat one of their legs off than to be touched! My goats while they don't encourage you to pet them they don't shy away from you if you do! I think next time around I will try some cows just to see how they are!

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When I lived in the states I raised a pig and that was a fun experience for sure! My pet pig was a real friendly gal! Problem was that she was so big and liked hanging out with people! I also raised and trained German Shepherds at the time but when I was showing people my attack trained dogs in their kennels the pig would run over to hang out! Problem was the people tried to climb into the kennels with the Shepherds rather than have to face a 450 pound pig running at them even though I was trying to tell them the pig is friendly:)

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Well that's about all for now folks! I have more to post but not in this bit!

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Hasta Pronto!

New Homes ProjectI am involved with in Cabrera Dominican Republic!

This picture is looking at the back of a big 5100 Sq Ft home I am involved with in Cabrera! This home has 4 large bedrooms with in suite baths-Huge Office with Private Entrance-Huge Great Room with a lot of volume because of vaulted ceilings that add up to two floors in the center! There is a Huge Lap pool with a bump out at the end so people can enjoy the pool as others are swimming laps-Ends as infinity pool where the water flows over the end looking like it is dropping into the Atlantic Ocean! Lovely landscaping through out with NO expense spared to make this a truly lovely Estate! This picture is taken from the cliff and if I back up and climb over a 3 ft wall I would go down a few hundred feet!:) The next home below is also in the same project! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\\ Hasta Pronto!

Project in Cabrera Dominican Republic I am involved with!

This nice looking home you are looking at is about 4200 Sq Ft This home is professionally landscaped with no expense spared! ----------------- Stone wall surrounds the house and it is up to 8 ft high in the rear so you have privacy in the back yard! The house has outstanding ocean views-3Bedrooms-3Full Baths-Utility room-Laundry Room-2Covered Car ports and tremendous front/back/2nd Floor terraces! Almost forgot to mention there is a nice size office upstairs on the 2nd floor with the Master Bedroom and a huge Walk in Closet in the Master! All Wood Doors and Kitchen Cabinets! All bedrooms have Split A/C units-back yard has a lovely pool and the project is gated for your security! This project sits on top of a cliff overlooking Cabrera and the Atlantic Ocean and you can see forever! ---------- Price on this lovely home is just 370K US dollars! Tiling the pool this month and can be lived in with in 3 weeks! Close to many beaches and the nicest golf course in the Caribbean-Robert Trent Jones Designed with 12 holes directly on the Ocean-Playa Grande!

The Town of Cabrera is a middle class calm community with the predominent Toursism being High End Villa Rentals where people rent mansions for as much as 30k for a week or MORE! Plenty of room around the big beautiful pool which is going to be tiled real Soon! IF you would like to see this lovely home send me an email and we can take a ride up! This is the second home just about finished here and for sale and I may just take one myself after the other one sells! I love this place! This is a view from the roof of another home which is a Ranch Style with High Cathedral Ceilings taken on telephoto from the highest point so you can see the privacy you will have!

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Hasta Pronto!

Ok Folks you heard this here first! A new gym is opening up in Sosua and the building is brand new and not even finished yet! Here are some pictures of the place in construction and also some pictures of the equipment which is already there! I will go back tomorrow and try to find out who is going to be operating the place! / We already have a gym although it is for sale and very old on the other side of the HIGHWAY in El Batey! This is easier to get to especially if you are walking and heck even if driving since the road is so bad to get to the other one! ; The new gym is just past El Toro Steak House on Pedro Clisante going away from the beach about 1oo meters! Hasta Pronto!

New Family Members!

Until I eat them of course:) Only kidding! ' Broadened my horizons and now have an additional breeding goat and a new pair of sheep both a boy and a gal to breed! ' Guess I am going to make the place look more like a farm:) ' My experience with sheep is basically non existant but I notice a few things different about them from the goats I have raised for a few years! They don't eat a lot of other things besides the grass and have NO interest in the Yuca tops like the goats do! ' Less social animals with people than the goats although some of the goats are more social than the others! " I look forward to getting to know them! I wonder if they taste different than goat? They look alike! ' Since I closed the restaurant I have been to Punta Rucia-Monti Christi-Dajabon-Santiago-Boca Chica-Santo Domingo-San Pedro de Macoris-Nagua-Cabrera and plan on more traveling even as soon as next week! I need to go to Nagua and will try to go to Miches which is on the bay of Samana! I don't think you can go there by car from the North Coast and Believe it is only accessable from San Pedro de Macoris inland! Too bad I was just there and have no plans on going back! I will take a ferry from Samana which didn't look to cool from a picture I saw on lifeinthedr dot com/forum but I am adventurous and will probably rent a motorcycle there as they don't take cars on the ferry! ' This place is supposed to be beautiful and relatively untouched because it is convienent to no where! I will let you know after and if I get there but am looking forward to it! ' I ran into a fellow I know for many years last night! He said he was glad I was back to blogging and I didn't even know he read my drivel:) Henry this buds for you! ' Hasta Pronto!

As Arnold once said

Well guys/gals I am back to Blogging Sorry but my back up computer can no longer print a period or comma so it won't look great but thats what I got until Herbert brings me down another charger for my other computer ' This is my newest Goat She is a gal I had 1 gal and 5 boys which doesn't make for many babies which I want:) ' Traded her for the Black and White boy I had Had to give an extra 500 pesos but who cares I want more breeders I also traded Billy which was my oldest boy for a pair of Sheep Young boy and girl Figure I should expand my horizons Funny thing is that sheep here look exactly like goats without horns No clue as to why When I went to my friends farm in Cabrera I thought for sure that they were hornless goats and of course I was wrong He even had one for dinner and I asked him if it tasted like goat:) He has no sense of humor that Shad let me tell you! ' I am going to start blogging again and now that I don't have a restaurant to deal with I have plenty of time You are going to be sorry you asked me to blog again folks/ Now you are going to say I have too much to say again Hasta Pronto!

Ok had to figure out how this stuff works again I have a few other pictures to post here so will have to do it on another entry

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Http://www.lifeinthedr.com/forum

I put this picture up just to give you something to look at. I know the one on the right from a place she used to work at so posted the picture instead of just writing.

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Check out this website if you are interested in or about the Dominican Republic. Http://www.lifeinthedr.com/forum . They just went over a thousand members and now up to 1022 a few days later. I am active and post and moderate the board there.

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It was tough growing to a thousand because there are people who look to detract from a message board and just try to disrupt but it has matured into a great informative message board.

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The fellows that own it also own a Dominican Dating Website so you will see lots of pictures of Dominican women who happen to be stunning. When you sign up just say Escott referred you.

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Business is real slow now and will be till the middle of May when we have a lot of people coming down. Going to try and make some changes at the restaurant soon so stay tuned.

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My project in Cabrera is finishing slowly. Now it is just a question of finding customers to purchase the villas. Getting it together to presale the 17 condos we will be building there also. Stay tuned on that also.

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Hasta Pronto