Travelers Log - Our trip to Santiago, Dominican Republic - Matt, Teri, Alec (13) Marcus (11). Day 1 - Wednesday August 21st - penned by Matt
In order to make our 6am flight, we were up at o'dark early (4am). As we drove to Omaha's Eppley Airport, our excitement grew, knowing that soon, we would be in the Dominican Republic for the first time. About 8 hours later we landed and began our adventure. Rick and Tammie Romano met us at the Airport and although we Skyped with them a couple time, this was the first time we met them in person. They are the site leaders for the ENvision Mission in the Northern district of Santiago. Rick, Tammie and their family opened their home to us for the next five days as they escorted us around the Island. They were extremely gracious hosts!!
We got underway and once we left the airport in Santo Domingo, we could see the beautiful clear blue Caribbean Sea as we drove along. Since none of us had eaten, we went to eat lunch at Johnny Rockets, which is a chain in the US, but our first time there. After that we got to experience DRIVING in the DR. We remember a lot of horns and a lot of motorcycles. In the Capital (Santo Domingo) we once saw a motorcyclist with 3 other passengers on the back. We asked Rick and Tammie about it and they said it was a Taxi.
We started the 2 hour drive to Santiago and while the boys slept in the back, Teri and I fired one question after another to Rick and Tammie and they just continued to answer them. Every time we stopped at a light or a stop sign, there were street vendors wanting to sell us anything from pineapple to car chargers for your Iphone, to other kinds of fruits. One guy had a batch of large green grape-like fruit called limoncillo (sounds like leemone seayo). We were asking about that particular fruit, so Rick rolled down the window and bought some for 50 pesos (a little more than 1 dollar). The boys and I thought they we very tasty once you got passed the texture. Teri didn't care for them much. She said they reminded her of eating eyeballs. I didn't even ask...
Here is a picture of Alec and the limoncillo
to be continued.......
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