1. JEN KENG for being an unending source of wit, for packing aloe, dollars and a driver's license, for being a natural alarm clock, for jumping off waterfalls while hating it, for finding and eliminating rotting shells in her backpack (no, it wasn't chicken-noodle soup!), for being a perfect navigator and driver, for teaching me how to eat a whole fish, for getting married and giving us an excuse for this trip.
2. GARRETT HILL for surprising us on the beach with his presence, for being the most easy-going, flexible and optimistic travel-companion ever, for the gift of Trader Joe's honey-cocoa soap and dark chocolate.
3. MITSUBISHI for making a sedan that can be tricked into acting like an ATV.CHAVE or LLAVE? NOITE or NOCHE?
ELA or ELLA? MAIS or MAS?
5. LONELY PLANET MAPS for being so amazingly detailed that they were our only navigational tool.
6. JACK BLACK for providing our trip theme song: "You're not hardcore. Unless you live hardcore."
7. CHACO'S for being my faithful travel companions in 8 different countries.
9. SANTO DOMINGO TEMPLE for having an ocean view and patron lodging for $3/night.
10. NUTELLA for being a "great source" of protein for long road trips.
2 comments:
So fun! Did you say "Yes"? (;
Thank YOU to Jen for being a brave driver when I was like "umm, I can't get up that hill", for being willing to drive the whole time because I was scared to even though renting a car was my idea and super expensive, for being the instigator of such adventures as waterfall jumping (I'm going to claim hard core even though I, and Garret and Jen, know I whined the whole time), for never being afraid to open your mouth and tromp up to strangers and talk in whatever language suited your fancy because it helped a lot, FOR LIVING IN FRANCE FOR FIVE YEARS because apparently french is just as likely to come up in the DR as Spanish (and if it were not for your French we may have never had that romantic french dinner in that scary hotel way up in the mountains), for persevering and finding the top of El Punto even though i wanted to turn back like twelve times, for being the BEST TRAVEL BUDDY EVER!!!!
YOU"RE NOT HARD CORE UNTIL YOU LIVE HARD CORE!!!!!
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