Day 10
Lovely day today! Went to breakfast then straight down to the beach. The red flag was out, so not safe to swim though. Lazed and lazed around for some time but after a while we were both eager to do something else. We took our cameras with us and took a walk around the hotel Bachata and up to the Gazebo. We filmed a little and took some photos. This is an ideal place for photos, and the best place in the resort for sunsets, which we should have realised earlier in the holiday. The huge cacti of all shapes provide a wonderful foreground silhouette.
We also explored the Merengue grounds a bit more, and found the wedding gazebo set in it's beautiful surroundings. As well as the numerous palm trees of all sorts, we also saw banana trees growing next to some of the hotel rooms. Karolina´s camera card got full so we headed back to the room, but the cleaning lady was there so we took a longer walk. 
The cleaners certainly spend a lot of time over cleaning each room. Quite often we'd come back to a towel sculpture in the shape of a swan, freshly picked flowers and all our toiletries neatly organized. We thought it was a bit much though when they neatly folded used underwear. We didn't meet one cleaner that spoke a word of English, which was a challenge when we tried to tell them not to bother with the room today. Some of the cleaners also looked extremely young, possibly school age, either that or they were just very small.
We decided to have lunch at the Bachata today, where we could sit outside. The dining room was brighter although the food on offer was very similar. Karolina telephoned her mum and then we went down to the beach again, looking for more interesting shells and corals. Karolina wanted to swim but the waves almost made it impossible. After dinner we played a couple of games of pool until "Donkey" came and closed the pool hall.
