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MaineGirl

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Playa Ensenada delights:

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bienamor

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Playa Ensenada delights:

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Cant see the link, but it better be spaghetti and chicken! Or it's not Dominican beach food
 
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I love Dominican beach food. Deep fried fish, chicken, or sausage on a huge pile of rice so fresh there aren't even any flies. I usually go for the fish.

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Might be when you changed the privacy settings you also changed the URL for the one that is accessible?
 

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Let's try Vimeo...
 
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I wish I were there! I can still remember the first time I saw the rice fields, the first time I walked the tranquil beaches, and the first time I ate lambi and fresh fish fried Dominican style. I'll be back in early May and can't wait! Thanks for sharing a little taste of the DR.
 

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Thanks. I wish I could quit teaching full time and just make movies like this. Because trust me, it was a BLAST getting this footage.
 
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The parrot in the video isn't native to the DR, btw. The Hispaniola parrot is almost all green and smaller:

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When I asked the bartender if the parrot was her pet, she said "No, es mi amigo solo" Parrots are very curious. This little fellow was about 8" tall.
 
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The Bluefish look like parrotfish. Yum. They have a single bone like a flat plate and when you bake them you can tell when they are done because the plate comes out. Then you serve them opened up skin side down and no bones. It's another mild flavored fish.

Btw, all white sand beaches are made mostly by parrot fish. They munch on coral and they excrete white sand.
 
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Gee you opened a can of worms there...

I don't know that specific area but with any luck you might see:

Puffer Fish(up to 2' long, cute as can be, curious)
http://detroitnet.org/uploads/files/x/000/01d/353/puffer_fish.jpg

Eagle Ray(about 5' across, often sleeping covered in sand and will flee when disturbed)
http://www.elasmodiver.com/images/Spotted-eagle-ray-XX.jpg

Surgeon Fish(in reefs)
http://www.alshindagah.com/shindagah77/images/surgeon fish Acanthurus sp.jpg

Sergeant Majors
http://tanlinesresorts.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sergeant-major.jpg

Queen Anglefish
http://www.aquascene.org.uk/ESW/Images/cotton-bay-diving-queen-angel-fish-400.jpg

Groupers(many colors and patterns, facing out of small caves and holes at ground level)
http://lifestyle.resourcesforattorneys.com/fishing/images/grouper_florida.jpg

Stoplight Parrotfish:
http://www.reefnews.com/reefnews/photos/slparrt1.jpg

Rock Beauty
http://www.faragallah.net/uploads/images/The Sea/Rock Beauty Angelfish, Indo-Pacific.jpg

Grey Angelfish
http://www.reeflections.net/z32x/grey_angelfish.jpg

Queen Parrotfish
http://www.aug.edu/~sbajmb/pictures/Best-of-Bonaire-2001-Web/16-QueenParrotfishSupermale.jpg

Yellowtail Parrotfish
http://reefguide.org/pix/thumb2/yellowtailparrot3.jpg

Muttonfish(Yum)
http://www.bagofnothing.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/mutton.jpg

Barracuda(creepy. They "hang" in the water and wait to ambush prey. Avoid wearing shiny jewelry in the water--up to 4' long. Don't eat if offered. Can have toxins that cause paralysis!)
http://chemistry.csudh.edu/faculty/jim/cozmay06best/barracuda.jpg

Cowfish:
http://www.creativesolutionstudio.com/photography/photos/hiding_cow_fish.jpg

Nurse shark(often sleeping with head buried in reef)
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8341bf67c53ef01116891e710970c-500wi

Moray eel(in rocks poking head out)
http://spressivo.com/isa/coralreef/images/moray eel_.jpg

Blacktip reef shark(harmless)
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/BlacktipReefShark/blacktiphabitat.JPG

Spiny Starfish(up to 12" across)
http://www.stubotics.com/reefs/oreaster2.jpg

Spiny Sea Urchin(Up to 10" spines)CAUTION always wear foot protection if these are around. If you step on one you will need to go to a doctor! very painful and hard to remove a spine if it gets in at all the spine is brittle.)
http://faculty.mdc.edu/mchiappo/Organisms/diadema_antillarum.jpg

Pencil Urchin(small, feeds on coral)
http://www.gordosbeachshack.com.au/Products/Seashells/Pencil_Urchin.JPG

There's more, but that is what I remember the most. Spiny lobsters often group upsidedown on undercut reefs. They like some current.

Unfortunately most reef fish are very easy to catch so anything edible is likely to be hard to find or small for its size.

I really prefer snorkling to scuba. Scuba has noisy fixtures, it's heavy and it's hard not to spend an extra $100 a day for all the maintenance plus training. I think it's just too complicated for what you get out of it, but that is just me. The trick to staying under is to always be blowing a small stream of air out as you hold your breath. It's the CO2 build up that makes you want to exhale and breath back in again.

I wouldn't mind trying a snuba set up if it was around. It uses a hose to an inflatable boat above the divers so there is no heavy equipment. You can stay down at 15' all day.

I'm sure there are other people on the forum who can tell you much more about diving. Snorkel is fun though and once you have the gear, it is pretty cheap to do whenever you want.

Another good fish to eat is the Dolrado, which is called Mahi Mahi in Hawaii and sometimes Dolphin Fish. It is not a reef fish though. It is very pretty when first caught then the colors fade. You can often see fishermen selling them hanging from a stick:

http://www.jerrylabella.com/pictures/mahi_mahi.gif