"I Will Live on Islands"

In the 1986 film Down By Law by Jim Jarmusch, Roberto Benigni's first line is the proclamation, "It's a sad and beautiful world." Our experience in the Dominican Republic vindicates the statement as well as anywhere we've been.

Equipped with laughable Spanish, some chewing gum, and a rental Kia Picanto (a wretched, little car, which I recommend to no one), we banged around up and down the island, from Santo Domingo to la peninsula Samaná and back. The food was outstanding, the Dominicans beguiling, the roads scary, the Americans horrid, and the merengue loud.

Christmas trotting around the DR marked a significant birthday, membership in the Virginia bar, and a completed promise to ourselves not to let 2013 pass without leaving the States. Can we go back there now?

Prospero año nuevo a todos y todas!

Love,
HD

Posdata: There was a lot that my iPhone didn't capture on this trip. This guy's film resembles many of our experiences. http://vimeo.com/30351404

This Presidente's for You: Navidad Dominicana 2013