Adventure to Ensenada

Amanda, Shelly and Braulio at the beginning or our Adventure!

Braulio was our hero!


The beach was incredible and it was worth it to see a new part of the country.


The day started out as any holiday. We awoke at 8:30, sleeping in for me, and began to prepare for our "Adventura" (adventure). We planned to go to Ensenada, a beautiful secluded beach about 3 hours away (according to Amanda's Dominican tio). The oil needed to be changed and the carburetor cleaned and so El Rubio was not ready until 10am. As we pulled out of town at 10:15 we were unaware of the true adventure we were on.

Before we even arrived to turn off the main hwy (about 2 hours into the trip) Braulio had to pull over and check something on the car a hand full of times. Then we pulled onto the road to this beach. It was once paved and now horrible (apparently since the time of Trujillo-that's really long). About 30 minutes down this road, the car stopped because, of what we thought, it was out of gas. As my Spanish is good enought to keep me safe, I got a ride from a car returning the way we had come to the nearest gas station. I then got a moto concho, or motorcycle taxi, to take me back to the car where Braulio had realized it was problem with the electrical stuff. We got everything back on track and moving.

We saw donkeys, goats, chickens, cows, giant spiders and many other things. Braulio had to stop the car a few more times to fix stuff and we had to get out to walk down a really steep hill (all our weight in the car makes it too low to the ground for bumpy hills). We arrived at this beautiful beach almost 6 hours later.

We did get to spend a couple of hours enjoying a very amazing beach (there were no tourists!). It definitely was a Dominican Adventure. Check out the pictures at: www.flickr.com/photos/arat316