Travel

The Most Important Day Of My Life

July 19, 2011
Today is the day. No, it is not my Birthday (that is this coming Saturday). No, it is not the day of my second wedding (that date is still unknown, but should be in the next month or so). It is the day that my husband, Lucas, finally arrives in the...

Dominican Republic: Day 3 (Part 1)

July 17, 2011
There are moments in everybody's life that are so extraordinary trying to put them into words would truly diminish the experience, thus I will say very little about my Dolphin Dive in Ocean World other than I enjoyed every single second.  Swimming with them was already incredible, but to be...

Dominican Republic: Day 2 (Part 5)

July 15, 2011
Then it was back to the water, the place where I feel most comfortable.  While I have on numerous occasions during my dives around the world encountered stingrays and sharks, I have never actually touched them.  At Ocean World in Puerto Plata, they have both a stingray and shark pool...

Dominican Republic: Day 2 (Part 4)

July 12, 2011
In my opinion, I think they should just rename Ocean World: Kissing World, because almost every animal I encountered was eager to give me kisses! The birds that I interacted with next were not only a colorful feast for the eyes, they were bilingual as well; flirting with me in...

Dominican Republic: Day 2 (Part 3)

July 8, 2011
While I will always reserve a special place in my heart for our friends of the water -- I was after all probably a sea horse or angel fish in a past life -- I was still very excited to visit the Aviary Park in Ocean World in Puerto Plata....