Jeeeeezus ... I needed that.
I needed to look at a beautiful sight of people being happy and enjoying themselves.
I needed The Chef Extraordinaire to fry up some Dominican barbecued chicken, traditional side plate of fried bananas, and purple potato salad.
I've never seen that one before, but I suppose, here, it's normal to put beets in potato salad and it tasted just as good.
They laughed when I said, "Why is it red!?!?!?"
It was torture for me, walking to our spot, but once I was there, the only time I moved was to go pee in the bush like everyone else.
OK. Forget about drunk crutching through a crowded bar with the potential of slipping in beer.
Let me tell you, if you've never tried to walk with crutches in the beach, it's a feat upon itself.
... hehee pardon the pun ...
It felt like every step I took, I was going to disappear like sliding into quick sand.
Then, once out of the sinking sand, I had to find a spot to piddle, bushwacker style.
Papi held me up by the armpits and I hoped for the best.
I obviously didn't think about the fact that there wouldn't be a toilet on a public beach. The public beach IS a toilet for most folks who don't have one.
We watched children playing, teens making music with a güira and conga, and hawks flying above us all looking for their feed of fish.
We didn't bring the princess chair when we realized we were the transportation for everyone. No room for the chair.
But what they do here is rent out chairs and tables at the beach, so we just rented it.
The funny part is, when these folks want to go home, they come and take back their chairs and tables, kicking you off the beach.
It's a riot!
Partway through our fun time, I noticed Papi was getting a little overzealous with the beer, so I stopped my wine intake quite early.
I was now the driver.
Papi said, "But I feel like it emasculates me! Here the woman can't drive!"
What?!?! Who are you trying to kid?
When it comes to wheels here, there is no problem to have 3 grown men groin to butt on a motorcycle.
In Canada? You wouldn't even have ONE male on the back of your bike.
People are so weird about that in Canada and the US.
Here, I've seen women riding scooters with their boyfriends riding bitch.
The men here hug each other.
They touch each other on the arm, waist, whatever.
They wear bright pink, and are more metrosexual than ANY guy I've seen in Canada.
They don't have anything to prove of their sexuality and here, men just seem to come out of the womb macho. Could have something to do with the fact that they're put to labour as soon as their arms can wield a machete.
Besides, as far as their concerned, there are NO gay people here.
With the exception of the male hookers, but even then, people rationalize, "They're not really gay. They just need the money."
So, no, Papi, you will ride shotgun when you've drank more than your share.
And off we went with the portable BBQ to drive our newfound friend back to Cabarete, dropping our DR Family off along the way at our tiny little road to our village.
This morning, our new friend who did all the cooking came bay with a gift. Sweeter than sweet.
There are some really good people here.
Yesterday, I watch the entertainment and forgot about my immobility for a while, not to mention, finished off the filming for this week's YouTube show.
It was wonderful.
In one hour, we go to the hospital to see if this damn cast can come off.
Wish me luck. Let's hope this is the day I have my legs back.
If it's not, I will do my best to find ways to enjoy myself none-the-less.
Enough of that fucking bed.
I needed to look at a beautiful sight of people being happy and enjoying themselves.
I needed The Chef Extraordinaire to fry up some Dominican barbecued chicken, traditional side plate of fried bananas, and purple potato salad.
I've never seen that one before, but I suppose, here, it's normal to put beets in potato salad and it tasted just as good.
They laughed when I said, "Why is it red!?!?!?"
It was torture for me, walking to our spot, but once I was there, the only time I moved was to go pee in the bush like everyone else.
OK. Forget about drunk crutching through a crowded bar with the potential of slipping in beer.
Let me tell you, if you've never tried to walk with crutches in the beach, it's a feat upon itself.
... hehee pardon the pun ...
It felt like every step I took, I was going to disappear like sliding into quick sand.
Then, once out of the sinking sand, I had to find a spot to piddle, bushwacker style.
Papi held me up by the armpits and I hoped for the best.
I obviously didn't think about the fact that there wouldn't be a toilet on a public beach. The public beach IS a toilet for most folks who don't have one.
We watched children playing, teens making music with a güira and conga, and hawks flying above us all looking for their feed of fish.
We didn't bring the princess chair when we realized we were the transportation for everyone. No room for the chair.
But what they do here is rent out chairs and tables at the beach, so we just rented it.
The funny part is, when these folks want to go home, they come and take back their chairs and tables, kicking you off the beach.
It's a riot!
Partway through our fun time, I noticed Papi was getting a little overzealous with the beer, so I stopped my wine intake quite early.
I was now the driver.
Papi said, "But I feel like it emasculates me! Here the woman can't drive!"
What?!?! Who are you trying to kid?
When it comes to wheels here, there is no problem to have 3 grown men groin to butt on a motorcycle.
In Canada? You wouldn't even have ONE male on the back of your bike.
People are so weird about that in Canada and the US.
Here, I've seen women riding scooters with their boyfriends riding bitch.
The men here hug each other.
They touch each other on the arm, waist, whatever.
They wear bright pink, and are more metrosexual than ANY guy I've seen in Canada.
They don't have anything to prove of their sexuality and here, men just seem to come out of the womb macho. Could have something to do with the fact that they're put to labour as soon as their arms can wield a machete.
Besides, as far as their concerned, there are NO gay people here.
With the exception of the male hookers, but even then, people rationalize, "They're not really gay. They just need the money."
So, no, Papi, you will ride shotgun when you've drank more than your share.
And off we went with the portable BBQ to drive our newfound friend back to Cabarete, dropping our DR Family off along the way at our tiny little road to our village.
This morning, our new friend who did all the cooking came bay with a gift. Sweeter than sweet.
There are some really good people here.
Yesterday, I watch the entertainment and forgot about my immobility for a while, not to mention, finished off the filming for this week's YouTube show.
It was wonderful.
In one hour, we go to the hospital to see if this damn cast can come off.
Wish me luck. Let's hope this is the day I have my legs back.
If it's not, I will do my best to find ways to enjoy myself none-the-less.
Enough of that fucking bed.
i have the ability to see the brighter side
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