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He did it and of course he did

Luciano was right back on top of his game today at the final of the Master of the Ocean competition. He won both the Kiteboarding and surfing competitions and right now, we are waiting for the results of the overall competition; will he be 2010 Master of the Ocean? The next Blog will [...]

So Kite boarding season kicks off this weekend with the Master of the Ocean competition.  Talented water sportsmen must excel in surfing, windsurfing AND kiteboarding in order to carry away the trophy.  Individual titles are up for grabs in Kite surfing, wind surfing and surfing but the overall winner must demonstrate skill in all three disciplines - no easy task.
Our very [...]

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 [...]

I should say ‘no surfing’ Dominican Republic this week because the storm that became a non-storm blew itself out before it could do anything spectacular to our waves.  We had a couple of good sessions in the past days, but now it’s a bit flat.
To be honest, Jim and I have been too busy preparing [...]

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 [...]

Take a look at the grass in the surf camp.

How good looking is the pool cleaning guy?