Three
out of 3 ain’t bad for my new best friends. This was going to be dangerous!
We checked
in and cleaned up and decided to check out Porlamar so we met in the lobby
and headed out to Sr. Frogs. Somehow I managed to BS our way through the
10,000 B cover charge ($4).
The Frog was
hopping and between LJ buying rounds of drinks and the guy standing on
the table pouring Jose Cuervo down anybody’s throat who would open their
mouth, I guess we had a good time? The whole room looked like a nest of
baby chicks waiting to get fed.
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Day 2
We’re not sure
what time we left the bar but we meet at noon the following day. For breakfast
by the pool. We narrowed it down to around 4am and had fun filling in the
blanks.
Our hotel was
very nice and we had a two bedroom, 2-bath room in a strong 4 star hotel
for $55 a night but I liked where I stayed at before and decided to move
to the Kamarata Hotel.Smaller by far, more like a 3 star with 42 rooms,
very
nice pool, pool bar, 2 bed, 2 bath room and breakfast included for
$26 a night for 2. Everybody followed and ironically everybody liked it
better. We were off to a good start.
LJ had hired
a local guy named Lewis to haul us around. We are still trying to figure
out what color the sky is in Lewis’s world? He spoke fluent English and
was very informative. A little too informative as we couldn’t get him to
shut up. Lewis must be part Italian as he talks with his hands. He has
a unique ability to be talking with both hands while looking in the back
seat and never did get into an accident but did keep our adrenaline flowing.
If you want
to know anything, just ask him a question like “ What do you think of…..”
and
sit back for the next hour. Actually, he was very informative, maybe too
informative, but we did learn a lot from him whether we wanted to or not.
I’m not sure
about the taxi’s there as like Lewis’s car, there was no AC and no window
cranks or door handles on the inside of the back seat. I think it has to
do with the pay first and then I will let you out thing? Actually, Lewis
is 100% honest and completely trustworthy. He did us right everyday. Let
us know if we were paying too much, a better deal somewhere else. The guy
took us under his XL wing.
Lewis drove
us to El Yaque for a look-see. The best windsurfing beach on the
island. Literally, there are a 100 windsurfers there on a good day. Fun
to watch while sitting at a beach bar drinking the $.40 beers or $1 cocktails.
We had a lot of fun. Bring some binoculars……for the windsurfers of course!
We had Lewis
drive us for 4-5 days before our ears gave out and then we rented a car.
We did drive the whole island, backtracked and crisscrossed the island
and covered it quite well. All the beaches, small villages and places
where we got lost on numerous occasions.
Another brand
new best friend, Tom Nichols dropped in out of the sky….literally. Tom
flies 757’s so we had a few days with him. John Hanson hooked up with us
for a few nights on the town and John is a full time/part time resident.
He has a condo in Canada and splits his time at his condo on MI. We met
another handful of locals and fellow travelers which was very nice. I’m
sure we will hook up again but our focus was to look at property and assess
the island.
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