North swell arrived today – it won’t last more than 5 days or so, so at 5.30am we were on the road with our clients to make the best of it. A spot of rain didn’t spoil our day looks at Dan’s smile – he was leaving this afternoon and had a blast [...]
OK so nothing even changed for Cabarete after the awful earthquake in Haiti. Still Cabarete has apparently suffered somewhat from the association. It’s a shame for businesses who have made it through a difficult tourism year to have this one landed on them just as the world’s economy was looking up. Cabarete though has what [...]
We had a great day today at Playa Grande, surfing La Preciosa. We took all our clients there for a really nice day; small waves, but perfectly formed!
I have to remind people that Cabarete, and the whole of the Dominican Republic are completely unaffected by the earthquake that hit Haiti – we are all fine [...]
Hurrah! Energetic Tricia has brought a great new cafe to Cabarete, sited 1 km out of the town (short moto ride towards Sosua). She’s buying organic coffee direct from the makers and having it roasted to produce a flavor that is quite unique and quite the nicest I ever tried (move over Starbucks).
I am in [...]
We had a lot of fun last night – lucky to have a great group of guests staying with us and no-one was shy to square dance the night away. Jane Palmieri (one of our guests) turns out to be a Caller and kept us on our feet. It’s a good workout!
On top of that, [...]
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 [...]
A lovely day today – great surf and a photoshoot – here are the results;
A nice early start this morning, we have been awaiting a couple of weeks for a decent swell and it began today.
Drew and I set off at 6am for Encuentro. The ‘Left’ is a break at Encuentro. It needs a little bit of North direction in the swell to make it good and today, it [...]
I am so proud – our first room is ready (just curtains missing, but will be done tomorrow). The light was so beautiful as the sunsets through the windows facing the mountains, we could not resist taking a shot or two.
5.30am this morning! The first North swell of the year arrived during the night and I’d promised Drew that we’d go before school. We arrived at Encuentro just as daylight was breaking – surprised to see 4 other vehicles already there. North and North/east swells are what everyone is waiting for the whole summer; [...]