Saturday

Well, I tried to log onto my shaw account...some 80 messages there and only got to the first twenty before the Internet failed...so anyone can try to email me at Shaw, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to get to it...if I do, I can do a reply,so send a short mesage then \I'll have your email address to reply to . We did the city tour yesterday...everything froma ride on a funicular...a gondola, to a visit to a fort and an Amber museum...then to the jewellery factory. Everthing was out of this world expensive...150.00 bucks for a pendant! Later we hit a beach at Sosua with hundreds of vendors all flogging the same stuff... had a giant beer under an umbrella and wated for the rain shower to pass. Emil's highlite of the day was going to the rum factory...Yum yum! Hope all is well, I miss everyone and wished that you were all here for the big party they had today...dancing by the pool, folowed by a fresh huge huge pan of fresh cooked Paella ANd sangria to drink...really hevenly. I did areobic s in the pool twice . The instructor is named Chocolat...and is just that colour!


The Creator"

We're Here! Riu Mambo

Okay,the flight was long, but we made it just fine and arrived into the hotel after dark. The three hotels,are just a stone's throw apart,and I'd say that ours is the newest addition. Our room is on the ground floor with two big beds pushed together to make a jumbo king sized bed! terrific... The reviews don't do it justice! The whole complex is beautiful and the food has such a great selection,that I don't think we'll become bored. Even late last night, we dined on fresh fish topped with yummy salsa and had these tiny empanadas that were delicious. This morning, we were so bagged that we slept till 9:00 Dominican time. It is four hours ahead of BC. Time. Today,Emil and I said we were in Heaven..so if we don't return, don't worry a fig about us. We have booked a tour to the city of Peurta Plata for Friday, and it includes the Amber museum and a gondola ride to the top of a mountain, plus the historical sites of the city and a visit to the Rum factory where they make Brugal rum, Dominican's best. We walked right up to that gazebo on the point today and took fifty pics...so beautiful... I guess a wedding is going to happen there on Saturday. Half the people coming to this resort were here for the wedding!
Ok...signing off...Love ya all...wish everyone was here...You'd all love it... oh yes, we watched an amzing Magic Show last night...two rabbits were turned into two doves on the opposite side of the room...Crazy...



"The Creator"