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Lost In The Cabrera Outback With New Friends From Edmonton Canada

Like my dad always told me when I was a kid, before I really started traveling, he said “Son, the only way you are going to ever find yourself is to get lost first”. And LOST we did get as we trekked across some of the backroads surrounding Cabrera Dominican Republic. On a recent one […]

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Exploring Outback Cabrera With New Friends From Edmonton Canada

Every one of our free North Coast Discovery Tours is a little different, depending on what our guests choose to see. On a recent tour, we met some wonderful new friends from our hometown of Edmonton, Canada. Their visit was a little longer so we were able to devote a few days to some off-the-beaten-path […]

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We Share A Common Goal… Happiness

Check out this little thought provoking documentary film and then answer a few simple questions.  Who controls YOUR destiny?  Who is depriving YOU of happiness and that fulfilling sense of adventure and exploration that we all enjoyed as little kids before we stepped on the treadmill of life? As I watched this little 8 minute documentary I […]

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Mugged In Cabrera….. NOT

Imagine how concerned I was when I received an email from my video guy when he was down shooting some film recently.  The subject line of his email was “Mugged in Cabrera” and it contained a collage of pictures showing black eyes, egg-sized goose eggs and bleeding slices on both arms.  Needless to say I […]

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Sustainable Organic Farm Wrap-up

We hope you enjoyed our little Sunday tour of one of the local sustainable organic farms in the hills overlooking Cabrera and the coast. I hope now you understand just a little better why I am so convinced that any expats that choose to live here should never go hungry or lack for a source […]

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Sustainable Organic Farming In Cabrera – Out In The Fields – Part 2

There is more fresh organic fruits and vegetables growing out in the fields of little local family farms than we could ever eat around Cabrera.  It is so plentiful that if you get to know your neighbors then you are likely to come home from your visits with your harms loaded.  This is the second […]

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Sustainable Organic Farming In Cabrera – Let’s Visit A Family Farm

Fresh organic foods and abundant gravity fed water are two of my criteria for an ideal place to weather any storm, whether it be an economic collapse or worse. As I have mentioned many times, around here on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, the soil is fertile and most plants flourish. Heck, we […]

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Our Interview On The Borderless Podcast

I was honored to be interviewed for a segment on the Borderless Podcast.  If you are not yet familiar with the Borderless Podcast, you should be.  The podcast and website is run by James Guzman and Jonathan Lockwood.  This website is for those wanting to expand their horizons and think outside their own cultural boxes. Borders […]

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Chasing The Water Source To The End Of The Road

In this third and final post about where the water comes from that supplies the coastal villages in this region of the north coast of the Dominican Republic, we venture even further out to the rocky rivers that run off the mountains and feed our system of canals and viaducts. As you will see in […]

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Outback To The Viaducts To See Where The Water Comes From

This is my second post tracing the source of the water that feeds Nagua, Cabrera and other little coastline villages along this portion of the north coast of the Dominican Republic. We wind our way through severl small little villages and take a quick look at how people live in these little off-the-beaten-path communities as […]

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