Stepping Out of the Boat

You can probably guess most of what we did from pictures in the last couple installments but just to fill you in a little more let me add to the story.

We finally got to the hotel around 2:30. It was a long day of traveling but we made it and it was sunny. After getting a bite to eat and dropping our things off in the room we headed out for the beach. We spent the rest of the afternoon there relaxing, swimming, playing the games the resort had to offer. It was a nice way to spend an afternoon. Later that evening we headed for dinner and then to the show. Becuase there really isn't much to do once the sun goes down at these types of places I think that it is fun to check out the show that they are putting on each night. Claire doesn't like the show and really I don't think that they are that great but the stupidity of it sometimes is the best part. From our experiences they usually have some sort of program for the kids before the evening show. This time we decided since we were already there to find a seat and see what they had to offer. To our surprise the kid show was fashion show where they had children that were staying at the resort ranging from 3 to 8 come out on stage in bathing suites and or other outfits and walk around on stage. We all agreed that it was a little bit too much for any of us. After the kid show they do some sort of game and call it the Ice Breaker. Again we were a bit surpirsed when the Ice Breaker turned out to be a balloon popping pervert show. After going two for two we weren't sure what the main event was going to be. Thankfully it wasn't that bad. It was a Back to the Future theme were in different eras around the world the "time machine" would stop and they would do some sort of song and dance. This was the typically cheesy show we were used to.
The next day was spent on the beach. That sums it up right there because not a lot went on besides some nice R&R. This was the night that just as the sun was setting Claire and I went on our walk around the resort. It was really pretty out there on this part of the island. Some of those sites you feel like you could just look at forever. That night we decided to skip the show and opted for playing cards by the pool and watching a movie in our room instead.
When we woke up the next morning we were hoping to get a couple more hours on the beach before we had to head home but mother nature had different plans as it rained for rest of time we had there. So we packed up our things about an hour earlier than we planned and head back to Samana to catch the first bus out of town.
We are really glad that we had to chance to see that part of the island and had the experience of the traveling on the bus (even though it was long and boring) but we also both agreed that there are other places we would choose before heading back to Samana that are a little bit closer.


Here I am taking advantage of some free nonmotorized water activities. It was fun to go out away from shore and paddle around in the waves for awhile.





There were all kinds of games to play. We played badminton for a little while and later tried our hand at shuffleboard.











As you can see the scenery was amazing. Claire and I took a walk around the grounds of the resort just before sunset and were able to take in some sights that a camera and a photo just can't do justist to.





Here is another picture from where we were laying by the ocean. Not a bad background to read a book by.











This is a picture of Claire on our walk. Just behind her if you follow the shore back and to the right you will come to the beach that we were were on.






Later on our walk I decided to try my hand at climbing a tree. This is as far as I dared to go.









This is the town of Samana where we were dropped off from our long bus ride. It was from here that we had to take a 30 mintue cab ride to get to the resort that we stayed at.