Saturday, our group went up to Puerta Plata and Cabarete. Puerta Plata is kind of a touristy town in the north- on the way, we stopped at this incline-type thing that brought us up the side of a hugeeeee mountain. I forgot to bring my camera, so I'll steal a few pics from online-
Longggg ride up. /terrifying
After that, we passed through Sosúa and ended up in Cabarete.
It actually IS as nice as it looks
We hung out for a few hours there- the water is so warm- before getting back on the bus for a bumpy 1.5 hour ride back to Santiago.
Yesterday, I went with my host mother to her mothers house, which is close to La Vega (about 30 minutes away). Every Sunday their family gets together for lunch. It varies, but yesterday there were 30 people- my host mother is 1 of 10.
This morning I took a tour of the city in the conchos. How to describe conchos... they're cars that drive certain routes (labelled by letters) and, for about 15 pesos (.50 USD) you're stuffed into a car with 5 other people and driven down the route. And it's hot in the car. And the best drivers are about the same as the worst drivers in the US. But it's cheap, and the best way to get around.
Later, I pick out my classes- school starts Thursday!
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