Welcome on aboard SV/ JUCA

Our philosophy is to live in peace and harmony with each other and to have lots of fun doing it! We practice compassion and unconditional love and experience that there are no mistakes only stepping stones while we grow on our journey.



We have sold our house in August 2009 and moved from Mangawhai / New Zealand to Norfolk/Virginia to board our Sailing Vessel Juca in January 2010.



Juca is the name of our beautiful 60 foot Morgan, and the name is a creation of the first initials of our amazing inspiriations, Julia and Carlos.



I hope you all will enjoy reading our blog and following our travels around the Caribbean.



Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Adventure tour to Playa Punta Rusia











We got invited by Jan and David to join them for a trip to Playa Punta Rusia. Yeah, another trip down the country side.... another excursion to a beautiful beach. We had to wait for a dry spell, as we had to drive through a river to make it to the other side. Well that sounded very exciting right from the start. We made plans to go Monday this week if the weather stayed like it was. We were lucky and so we packed our bags in the morning and met Dave and Jan at 9 am at Puerto Blanco. David and Jan have got a truck where four of us could sit in the back, wow Julia and Carlos loved that. We took our matrace to make it as comfortable as possible.




Once we reached the river we all got a bit excited and all jumped up on our feet to see what was going on. David checked the level of the river before we went through. It was a beautfiul ride through the country side and we went pass lots of eggplant fields, banana plantages and various other orchards, it was mind blowing what grows in the Dominican Republic.

After a two hour ride we arrived at Playa Punta Rusia. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the beach and the water. I have to say it had opened my eyes again, that Luperon is certainly not showing the best side of the Dominican Republic. The beach and the water were amazing and we spend all day swimming in luke warm water and enjoyed ourselves. Little restaurants were plotted along the beach, so we had a yummy meal for lunch. At round about 3 o'clock we packe our bags again and made our way back to Luperon. Jan and David did not use the direct way back home and offered us a bit of sighseeing from its best and we got to see a bit more of the Dominican Republic sitting at the back of the truck. We were all exhausted that day, but very happy and content that night.

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