We just took delivery of the video that two local Cabarete guys made for us at Imperial Films;
You can check it on this link http://www.vimeo.com/9539480
It features Luciano Gonzalez, one of the most talented water sportsmen of the Dominican Republic and a lovely person too. Luciano will be competing at the Master of the Ocean event taking [...]
It has been an exhausting, fun, interesting, eye-opening 3 weeks since Swell opened it’s doors.
Jim, my partner had done a great job on marketing the hotel that we have been inundated with inquiries and clients. We have had some hairy moments and some of the best laughs I can remember in years.
What chance of your first ever [...]
I rarely enjoy a morning as much as I did this Sunday AM.
Drew and I left for Encuentro at 6am – I was so sleepy. It was worth it however. After 3 or 4 years of encouraging him to surf (after all, we have the perfect spot on our doorstep) he was never [...]
Here are a few pictures of the garden we have been creating;
It has been such a busy week for us, that’s why there have been no blogs.
As the construction of Swell gets towards the finish line, we are at the hotel several times each day.
We have been doing the garden this week – planting a huge variety of the kind of wonderful tropical plants and [...]
Grass is going into the surf camp garden now. All the windows are fitted and next week, all the bathroom equipment will be in.
This afternoon, we take delivery of another big container of furniture, etc. More and more enquiries to deal with each day – it looks like Christmas may already be pretty [...]
Euan’s nose is almost back to normal – thanks for all the well-wishes.
Today we will go back to the Hospital to remove the gauze and stuff that it inside his nose still, despite his best efforts to sneeze it all out!
The surf camp doors are on now and today, the container arrives in Cabarete containing [...]
Hurricane season is pretty exciting in the Dominican Republic. The island is perfectly situated for storms to swerve either north or south of us; Passing by right now is Hurricane Bill, Cat 3 and like most storms, well north of us (Cabarete in the north is even more fortunate as storms are ‘bounced away’ [...]
If people look at me closely these days; they might mistake me for someone who has been ruthlessly beaten by their partner.
My legs are covered in bruises; I even have one on my stomach. My shoulders ache, I have whiplash on my neck, my eyes are red and my nose is full of salt [...]