Couple of weeks before the 2010 Haiti Earthquake ... on the other side of the island, in the Dominican Republic: local people have been welcoming us singing and dancing their traditional ritual as we reached the port of
Samana with our tender boats. Nobody was thinking about the coming katastrophy yet distroying the lives of hundred thousands of people living on the island.
In Samana we decided to go
horseback riding into the jungle, to the
El Limon waterfall which was said to be one of the most spectacular ones.
Our horses were small, but luckily in a good shape and managed to encounter the very rough terrain up the mountain ... the last 1/2 mile we had to climb down to the waterfall on very very steep terrain, which wouldn't have been a problem if our guides weren't convinced that we were in a hurry (which was due most probably to our poor Spanish skills as we told them "to run" instead of "let's go"). So the descent was a little challenging, but it was worth it. The waterfall was really beautiful and Zoli had a lot of fun swimming in the pool, while local childern were jumping in from very high up...
Before returning to our ship late afternoon, we made another stop at a nice beach to have a little rest after our adventures in the jungle.
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Dominican Republic.
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