luperon "the wild west" Feb 24th to Feb 29th

Luperon was a completely new experience. Diana of one white tree dubbed it "the wild west"  there were sidewalks and curbs and gutters but then the streets would be dirt. they would sweep trash (which was everywhere) into piles and leave it for the trash truck to come pick it up. which he finally did, was just weird to see piles of trash swept up and then just sitting there in the street

sometimes there would be "water" ( who knows what) flowing down the curb and then it would get dammed up by the trash and then mud.

motorcycles or scooters would zoom by racing up and down the street making all sorts of noise

 we bought internet connection in the front yard of the store keeper as she had closed and the lady at the store next door showed us where her house was.  The internet transaction was made possible by Nancy of Liberty who spoke spanish.  it took about 5 minutes.   down the street from the internet person were some horses so Diana and i wandered on down there so see the horses.  they were really just ponies, not in the best of shape but definitely did not look as bad as the feral dogs we saw.  they broke my heart.  so diana and i were talking to a young man on a motorcycle of course about where we were from and his parent live in brooklyn ny and so on.  we shook hands and introduced ourselves and he said his name was John Wayne.  We both just cracked up. 

Kirk was in the phone store for 1.5 hours to get a new sim card and minutes put on the phone. 

 

there was a herd of goats that roamed around.  probably about 20 or so.  the kids were so cute.  hopping around.  all different colors and ages.  one pregnant one that had to be having two any minute. 

The water was dirty, you had to buy water for your tanks.  yuk

shopping was a challenge.  very cheap, not much selection, nothing that you are used to.  

The country is beautiful.  green lush rolling hills.  so different from the bahamas.  the people were friendly.  some were helpful but not too much.

sorry no pictures.