Welcome to Luperon

Greetings from Luperon, Dominican Republic.  Having been here for a few weeks, I have enjoyed the beautiful country, people, and fellow cruisers.

A beautiful country, with spectacular mountain ranges and countryside.

Yes, the last few miles to the Luperon entrance was tough due to  low fuel and strong afternoon squalls.  After a long night and day sailing by emergency pipe tiller, I was glad to get into Luperon Bay and rest.  Thanks to friends on Echo and Simple Life who came out in rough conditions to refuel Whitewing.  What a great cruising community.

Easy Rider not, but we had a great ride out to Columbus' first settlement and also some great local food at the beaches.  The roads are in poor shape and one must look out for kids, dogs, horses,etc.  I don't plan on doing much motorcycling. I get the senior discount on the  buses and small vans.  Can't wait to visit  Santiago, Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata.

The beaches here are beautiful,  clear water and  wonderful beach bars for food and drinks.  Large bottles of beer are $2 and rice/fish/pork under $3.  Great for my cruising budget!  Very often the music is blaring and the beat goes on.

A group of cruisers rented a small bus and conquered the 12 waterfalls.  There are actually 54, but low water and this older group decided that 12 would be fine.  It was still a long, wet day in the waterfalls of the DR.

Room for more under these rocks in the falls.  And this was low water level.   My friends Dave and Wendy from the s/v Simple Life,.

Driving along the road, very often mules and horses are tied up .  In the waterfall area, mules are used to haul wood up the steep hills...Tough work.....

Wendy's Bar is a great bar for the cruisers: movie nights, karioke, jam sessions, etc.  Presidentes and Bohemian el grande are under $2......What a place.