Cabarete Sand Castle Contest

Here are some pictures I took while the construction was still in progress. I have no idea who won, but they are all very impressive in my opinion. Congrats to all who made the effort to participate.

Awww another event I would have like to know about 'before the fact'.
Beautiful sand castles.
What was the winning prize btw?

Event Calendar

Would be a very useful addition to the site - we see a lot of great info after the event but not before

Can an event calendar be added?

Thanks

This year I found that there were only 5 serious contestants, other than the kids which are in a different category. In years past, we would advertise and be one of the sponsors, but after numerous disagreements with the organizer who is a private citizen, who blows in from Canada a few days before the contest, we gave up. My beef is that this person is disorganized, does no advanced publicity (weeks or months in advance) and takes 80% of the donated funds back home as his compensation. If handled properly, this could be a boom for the beach front businesses.

I've been in Cabarete for three years now and always miss it. I always here about it after the fact. I don't know who organizes it but I hope someone else starts doing the same, more often. Fantastic pictures, thank you for posting them.