Day 6
Yup, raining again. Went for breakfast. Frank greeted us at the door as always with a handshake. Went back to our room and phoned Julia. Miss her so much. Went to Caribbean Street to buy postcards and little thingies, and made another visit to the internet cafe, while the rain continued to poor down. The gardeners are still out even in weather like this, although they are wearing big waterproof cloaks.
The hotels grounds are beautifully maintained, and each morning you see palms being relieved of loose nuts and leaves, so they don't fall onto peoples heads. The gardeners all carry large machetes around with them, and will cut the top off a coconut for you if you ask. The staff are always busy, with maids cleaning rooms all day long, the drinks men speeding around on trucks delivering fresh stocks for the mini-bars, luggage porters giving rides to kids on their trolleys and so on! 
Everyone you walk past says "Hola!", and of course you say "Hola!" back. The short minute or two walk from the room to the beach could result in 3 or 4 Holas!, each accompanied by a wonderful Dominican smile.
Today for lunch we chose the snack bar located by the swimming pool, called the Macumba, for a change. What could be more different than burgers? After lunch we wanted to play pool again but the place was too busy. Karolina changed up some more US money to Pesos while Sean "waited the queue" for pool. In the few days we've been here the Peso has dived further against the US dollar, meaning for us more spending money. For the locals however the continued depreciation of it's currency means even everyday purchases are sometimes out of their price range. It stopped raining for a while. The pool hall was still busy so we went back to the room to write postcards.
The evening arrived so we went for dinner then watched the entertainment again, where there was a "Cat theme". We are starting to get a feel for the entertainment and the staff, they do work hard, and perform well although we long for a bit more variety sometimes. Karolina was alcohol free today. Went bed early again as we had another trip booked for the morning.
