The blog dealing with life in the Dominican Republic and Santaigo

We had an appointment down in the Capital (Santo Domingo) and decided to take our daughter with us. After waiting around for a couple hours in offices, we were able to bring her to Parque Independencia (Indpendence Park). So much history has happened here. We want to get her down there more to learn and see more of the colonial zone and history of her country. Click on the photos to see larger photos and here to see more info and photos from the trip.

So another election year has rolled around. Here they are not talking about elephants and donkey mascots as in some systems, but it is all about colors, white, purple and different combinations. You sometimes can see some interesting and imaginative items to bring ones party to the attention of others. Seen this going down the highway, wish we could have gotten a better picture, but hard to do with all the traffic. Enjoy the photos. Click on image for larger photo.

Today we made trip over to Salcedo and visited the museum for the Mirabales Sisters.  Salcedo is located between Moca and San Fransico. The ride took us a little over an hour.  And the roads were not bad for the most part.  There is a bad stretch between Licey and Moca but they are working on that section so maybe that will smooth out the worst part.  The sisters were very active in the movement against the dictator Trujillo.  The museum is located in the house where they lived for the last 10 months of their lives.  It has a lot of the furniture that was used by the family at that time.  Dede, the fourth sister, is still living in the first house in Ojos de Aqua, and was the driving force behind the museum.  There are several books written about the sisters and their movement.  Julia Alverez wrote in the time of butterflies which is a fictional account of the events.  Dede recently wrote another book called living in the garden, that is fact based. We have added more photos under the day trip tab of our menu.  Check out the map and more photos.

It is time to start updating the blog in a timely fashion. So today I will share some pictures of Kaskada Water Park with you. Do not let the lack of people in the photos throw you off, as we went in January. Now being from snow country, it was warm compared to what some of my family members were going through, however, I think my blood has thinned some since being down here. That day basically the only ones foolish enough to be in the water were the kids. My little one loves the pool and and I think she would become a member of the polar bear club up north if that would give her more time in the pool!

Kaskada is a water park that is a couple miles from the monument. It is an easy drive as you head straight down the Autopista towards the capital. There are slides, a couple pools, places to eat, stages for public performances, and pool tables to name a few of the attractions. All in all it was a nice day out and before we left for the day, we were able to enjoy the signing from a local artist. You can see more photos, a map and description on our attractions page

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