Float Trip.....DR Style

Friday night was our bonfire/fish fry at La Boca.  La Boca, which means "the mouth", is where the river runs into the ocean.  On the sand bank there is the La Boca restaurant....which is a bit of a legend around here.  It's a very rustic Dominican style restaurant.  You can choose between fish, shrimp or lobster....all fried over a wood burning stove.  La Boca is generally only opened during the day....the road getting there is a bit of a challenge even in the light of day.  But they will open for special events and we arranged in advance to have a river trip from a nature park down to LaBoca, the fish fry and then the bonfire for our group of about 18 folks..

Friday turned out to be a beautiful day!  The transportation was provided.  They picked up at Orilla del Mar, a condo down the street, and then they picked us up.  Here's our "limo" on it's way to pick us up.

The truck dropped us off at the nature park for a little tour.  It was simple, but fun.  They had some birds, a crocodile, snake, turtle and iguana plus a lot of native plants.  Then the guide took us to our boat for the cruise down the river.  It reminded me of the movie African Queen.

Sunset from our river cruise

We had time to mingle and have a welcome drink while the staff prepared dinner.

Waiting for Dinner!

Friendly Cook in the La Boca Kitchen

La Boca Bar....they specialize in pina coladas served in a coconut

The Bonfire is Lit

After dinner they loaded us back in the truck and took us home. Stars were beautiful!  Fun night!  Love these beach bonfires!

Other than this, it has been a a quiet weekend for us.  Matt needed to catch up on his rest.  Good news though....I have a job!  I was talking with Lynn on Saturday morning about the volunteer work she does at a nearby grade school teaching English.  T\urns out she could use a teacher's aid.  So now on Tuesdays after yoga, I'm going to help Lynn.  Looking forward to this!