For our last day with the car, we were planing a long trip along the North coast of the island all the way to Samana (250km from Puerto Plata). Since we knew already how to ask for driving directions and driving along the coast wasn't difficult anyway, we were advancing fast and at 10am we already arrived at our first spot to visit the Laguna Gri Gri.
You can rent a boat there with a guide for some 20EUR and cruise around the Mangrove forest and the famous cave of the winds a bit further out along the coast.
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The forest is providing a nest for hundreds of various bird species and other types of exotic animals. The bay itself is named anyway after its fish, which is to be found in the waters here.
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When driving along the coast, you can find many beaches, which are used only by locals and a limited number of tourists. We stopped at Playa Grande for a short refreshing pause. As you can see it is a 2km long stretch of sandy beach with horizontal palms and almost nobody around.
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Our last stop of the day was the Blue Lagoon waterfall in Samana. It is a famous waterfall on the island, and is the easiest to approach on horseback.
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It is a nice experience to see the houses of the locals along the trail and to cross the small creeks on the horse.
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Of course it was very touristy and locals try to make as much money out of it as possible. Just as a note the guy giving us the horses, wanted to ask 7000pesos for the trip, which we got at the end for 1500 pesos. Still I think it was worth the time and money to get there.
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The biggest adventure of the trip was still ahead of us; driving home 200km in full darkness and not to hit any pedestrians or unlit motorcyclist on the non marked and winding narrow roads.
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The rest of time of the time in the Dominican Republic we spent at the already well known pool bar and on the beach of the resort, where finally the weather turned out to be also perfect for the last 3 days. Judit loved it, but for me the air temperatures of 28C were a bit to much after cold in Yellowstone just a week before:)
Despite all "difficulties" and "suffering" we got a nice tan at the end of our holiday. See pic below.
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