Cabarete is a beach city with small town charm and a few international luxuries. "La Callejón" refers to the local Dominican businesses: fruit stands, moto repair shops, mini convenience stores, and comedores. This turns into a small section of the main road and beach with finer restaurants, bars, and shops. The mix of the two makes for a close-knit community of people. I already recognize faces everywhere I go!
I got to explore with DREAM on the first day of orientation. There was a scavenger hunt around the city, and we walked in the heat of the day discovering life here in Cabarete. Some of the tasks on the list:
- Take a picture of a fruit truck (bonus points if you can get permission to speak over the megaphone!)
- Take a picture of the hair-braiders, popcorn sellers, and fruit-basket-carriers on the beach
- Take a picture on the free yellow beach chairs (blue chairs are NOT free!)
- Take a picture of chinolas...
Chinolas (or passion fruits) are one my favorite foods here in the DR. They are sour, but when eaten with sugar or turned into juice... so refreshing! I ate a chinola creamsicle around 4:00 on Monday. It changed my life.
Now every morning I ask the women who cook our breakfast, "hay chinola?" (is there chinola juice?). They always have some for me! :)
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