I had tons of car trouble on this trip, the first was when I overestimated the speed of a security gate and backed into it. This knocked the gate off the rail and beat up the side of the car. I ended up using that day to go to Ojo de Agua and take a picture of the monuments there and walk through the park.
The next day I went to La Isabela and saw the foundations and the museum. On the way back to Santiago I took a detour and went through a mountain town called Altamira. That night I went to an Aguilas game where they got blown out by the La Romana Toros.
The next day I went to Jarabacoa. The confluence park is a bit dirty and has a sketchy "rancho tipico" at it. From there I visited Rancho Baiguate where the tourist truck knocked the right mirror off my car. I pressed on to La Cienaga to see where the Pico Duarte trail leaves from. Both the monastery shops on the road to there were closed when I went by them. On this road is also a huge chinese style house with a botanical garden. I have no idea who owns it. From there I drove towards the Salto Jimenoa Uno.
Neither getting to the bottom of the waterfall or getting up the mountain again is easy. Due to the altitude I hit the wall hard and it took me 45 minutes to return to the top of the path. Then I had to wait until 6 PM for the road to Constanza to open due to construction. When I left Constanza at night there were fields with lots of lights in them. I wonder what is being grown there? I only went into Constanza because someone told me that was the way to get back to the Autopista instead of road #12! I got back to Santiago at about 10 at night.
Thursday I spent dealing with the AMET and rental car company about the gate accident. I drove to Rio San Juan to see the Laguna Gri Gri mangrove area the next day. Because of rough surf I did not get to see the sea cave nearby. On Saturday and Sunday I didn't do much at all except get a flat tire fixed. On Monday I turned in the rental car and took guaguas to Cofresi to the resort there. I did a lot of sitting around because it was 60F/15C the entire week! I went back to the STI airport and left on Friday.
The next day I went to La Isabela and saw the foundations and the museum. On the way back to Santiago I took a detour and went through a mountain town called Altamira. That night I went to an Aguilas game where they got blown out by the La Romana Toros.
The next day I went to Jarabacoa. The confluence park is a bit dirty and has a sketchy "rancho tipico" at it. From there I visited Rancho Baiguate where the tourist truck knocked the right mirror off my car. I pressed on to La Cienaga to see where the Pico Duarte trail leaves from. Both the monastery shops on the road to there were closed when I went by them. On this road is also a huge chinese style house with a botanical garden. I have no idea who owns it. From there I drove towards the Salto Jimenoa Uno.
Neither getting to the bottom of the waterfall or getting up the mountain again is easy. Due to the altitude I hit the wall hard and it took me 45 minutes to return to the top of the path. Then I had to wait until 6 PM for the road to Constanza to open due to construction. When I left Constanza at night there were fields with lots of lights in them. I wonder what is being grown there? I only went into Constanza because someone told me that was the way to get back to the Autopista instead of road #12! I got back to Santiago at about 10 at night.
Thursday I spent dealing with the AMET and rental car company about the gate accident. I drove to Rio San Juan to see the Laguna Gri Gri mangrove area the next day. Because of rough surf I did not get to see the sea cave nearby. On Saturday and Sunday I didn't do much at all except get a flat tire fixed. On Monday I turned in the rental car and took guaguas to Cofresi to the resort there. I did a lot of sitting around because it was 60F/15C the entire week! I went back to the STI airport and left on Friday.
