Marketplace in Samana, Republica Dominicana.

Exploring the beaches on the bike.

Heidi stopping to shop while we're exploring the island.

I painted the bike yellow and black after we had it stolen by the police then had to buy the motorcycle back from them! This was an unreal adventure. It took about two weeks and three trips with various police officials to a village about 30 miles up the coast. Each time I needed to pay out. The final trip required three separate envelopes filled with cash. I could go on and on but I got the bike back for less than half of what we paid for it. We thought the yellow was more unique than the original red.

Public transportation (gua gua). Heid is in the bottom right hand corner. The goal is to get as many people in the mini van as possible!

That's Heidi's helmet on the left. She's telling me to get the H out of there! On the right is our favorite food stand where we would get a full course traditional Dominican dinner and a cerveza for $2.50

Hitting the discos in Santo Domingo, about a 5 hour bus ride from Cabarete beach. This was on Valentine's Day. I picked out Heidi's outfit at the biggest mall in the Caribbean! Santo Domingo is over a million in population and you can get about anything.

We took a taxi to Tops disco on the top floor of one of the tallest buildings in town. When we pulled up to the disco there was a long line of people going in. When the driver opened the door for Heidi to get out, the line into the disco parted like the red sea, like we were expected to walk right up to the front of the line and go in (which we did). Not too many blue eyed blonds in Santo Domingo :)

Cabarete Beach, Republica Dominicana. All the windsurf rental shops had great used gear for sale. We bought a used rig and made good friends with the rental shop owners and workers.

Enjoying a day on the beach.