Today we’ve done the most amazing thing so far on our journey: We went whale watching in Samana Bay. Every winter, around 1000 humpback whales travel to Samana Bay to mate and bring up their calves. This place is apparently one of the best in the world to watch these huge animals in their natural surroundings. We went on a vessel with Kim Beddal, number one expert on humpback whales in the Dominican Republic. She started the whole whale watching…
At Pauhana Surf School in Cabarete we met Finn, the COD (Chief Operating Dog). With this position, he is quite busy, but he still got some time to grant us a short interview: We: Hi Finn, how are you doing today? Finn: Hey guys, thanks, I’m good. Today is not very busy, although it’s high season. The weather is not good, there are some dark heavy clouds in the sky. So people fear it might rain soon and…
…and we finally made it to the surfing beach! I am feeling much better, so we went to Playa Encuentro quite early in the morning, around 9 (considering the first surfers go there at 7, it’s not really early). The weather was really bad, it was even raining a bit, as you can see on the pictures (the sun is not as bright as usually… ;). We still took a lesson and tried our best. It’s not so bad…