Cabarete, Dominican Republic

[tomthetreeman]

Looks like you had a blast. I'm headed to Cozumel in a couple weeks, I've been going there for 13 years but surfed there for the first time in October. I can't wait to get back to the warm water!!!

[Big H]

Now you just need to go up to Washington Heights for a little cultural refresher......did you go around outside the resort at all? I was there for two weeks as a teenager building housing during the day (volunteer) and dancing merengue at night (non voluntarily at first but had some strong persuading) and had the time of my life.

I live on the Upper West Side and work in Washington Heights so no cultural refresher needed!

Yeah, I'm a big explorer when I travel, I can't just sit next to the pool. The first day I was there I explored Cabarete completely by foot for about 3 hours. The second day we (went with a friend) walked about 5K down the beach to a "secret" cove we found and swam and body surfed. On Saturday we rented a scooter and explored Sosua to the west, and on Sunday we ventured further out with the scooter about an hour east to Rio San Juan which was great!

Your experience sounds fun - were you on the north coast or more near the capital? I wanted to go out almost every night but was always fast asleep by 9pm due to being thoroughly wiped and having to wake up early for the first session! But like I told my friend, I live in NYC so the nightlife everywhere else is just bound to be a disappointment (not really, but I tell myself that to feel better)! The latest night was dinner and drinks until about 11pm and I even paid for that the next morning.

I was in Santo Domingo.

[IanCaio]

Beautiful place, and sounds like you had loads of fun!
Always good to surf different waves

Waiting for an opportunity to visit my state's north shore again, but at least until next week the forecast is not promising..

[kookRachelle]

I think surf simply is booked out until 2019 so you have time to save ...

But check out their ‘poo stance’ video - that first photo (of your 5.34 post) you can see your knees are pointing away from each other. That’s another ‘symptom’ of both hands being in front - it’s much harder to do with one hand on either side

Or this article

https://kookbitches.com/2016/04/03/push-the-bush/

haha, I love this blog, thanks! (though looks like there hasn't been a post in a while)

I'm definitely poop stance-ing for sure. It seems I've been doing it all this time, looking at older pics from when I first stood, ahem, pooped on a foamie!

I can't wait to try it - it makes so much sense having part of your body in another plane just for counter stability, right?

[kookRachelle]

Looks like you had a blast. I'm headed to Cozumel in a couple weeks, I've been going there for 13 years but surfed there for the first time in October. I can't wait to get back to the warm water!!!

warm water was kind of a game changer for me, to be honest. Cozumel is amazing, I've been twice, but was not into surfing at that time. Enjoy!

[tomthetreeman]

We've got a little house down there, lmk if you head back down. We rent it out, and maybe just maybe you could use my boards.

Tom