Two days ago we decided to leave Altagracia, and head for the San Ramon/Merida area to hike one of the volcanoes here on the island. About 2 hours up the volcano is apparently a beautiful waterfall. We will hike to it today. To get here we were stuffed in a chicken bus (which is basically a old bus, with a bunch of people squeezed in like sardines, and no ac).
We took a dirt road and were dropped off in the middle of no where where no one spoke english. We know how to ask questions in Spanish, but dont yet know alot of times how to understand the answer, as the people assume we speak fluently. So the power of a finger point goes along way : ). We headed down the road a bit, found some fellow travelers, and they directed us to a place called Hacienda Merida, which is along the beach. It is beautiful here!! We camped last night along the beach in a tent (bedding was provided). Joshua said it was the best night of sleep he has had so far! It was so nice to wake up this morning to the water (which is so big, and has waves so it feels like a ocean), and it has mountains in the background!
Also, there are chickens everywhere!!! Joshua says they are a jungle animal, and yesterday I found out, they sleep in trees at night. It was interesting on our walk last night, which was nearing dusk to look up in a tree and find a herd of chickens!!
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