Last night, with my boy the Dr., his wife and Mrs. HB, we took the Trail Blazer up and over the Carretera Tur?stica Gregorio Luper?n.
Oh my God! What a mistake...!! It is in horrible (but passable) condition. Folks, I can truly say to you that in nearly 50 years of traveling that road, i have never, ever, seen it like this. Never!!!
And no way will I travel it again for a long, long time.
We got ot Cabarete around 8:30, and I noticed the road work, which looks like sewers abd so forth. I do hope they get the roadway finished and resurfaced soon.
The reason for the trip was to attend the opening of Chez Cheo, a new restaurant out on the end of La Punta, the eastern tip of Cabarete Bay. It really is out on the tip. I mean, one more step and you are in the ocean.
The place has been tastefully decorated, tropical, laid back. Beer is cold. Meat is cooked by an Argentine chef. I did not eat a whole lot, I was not hungry. But Mrs. HB did and thoroughly enjoyed everything she tried (so did I).
The place is the old Martinez house at the end of the "road" that is just before Supermarket Janets....there are a couple more places to eat there.
The place will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. I await to hear from DR1ers (and there were several nice people there (cute, too!)) as to how the place will do....
The return trip was by way of Jamao and it was great. Only after the Molino did the road have some bumps....Otherwise it was clear sailing. Oh yes, there was a landslide near Palo something or other, but it is well marked...and they are working on it...
Back home before 12....
Up at 5 and off to Sto Dgo!!
I'm tired...
HB
Oh my God! What a mistake...!! It is in horrible (but passable) condition. Folks, I can truly say to you that in nearly 50 years of traveling that road, i have never, ever, seen it like this. Never!!!
And no way will I travel it again for a long, long time.
We got ot Cabarete around 8:30, and I noticed the road work, which looks like sewers abd so forth. I do hope they get the roadway finished and resurfaced soon.
The reason for the trip was to attend the opening of Chez Cheo, a new restaurant out on the end of La Punta, the eastern tip of Cabarete Bay. It really is out on the tip. I mean, one more step and you are in the ocean.
The place has been tastefully decorated, tropical, laid back. Beer is cold. Meat is cooked by an Argentine chef. I did not eat a whole lot, I was not hungry. But Mrs. HB did and thoroughly enjoyed everything she tried (so did I).
The place is the old Martinez house at the end of the "road" that is just before Supermarket Janets....there are a couple more places to eat there.
The place will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. I await to hear from DR1ers (and there were several nice people there (cute, too!)) as to how the place will do....
The return trip was by way of Jamao and it was great. Only after the Molino did the road have some bumps....Otherwise it was clear sailing. Oh yes, there was a landslide near Palo something or other, but it is well marked...and they are working on it...
Back home before 12....
Up at 5 and off to Sto Dgo!!
I'm tired...
HB