Extreme Adventures: A few things I've learnt

I've learnt a few things around here. Some of them good, some of them…great J

-Everyone owns a machete. It’s like how everyone in Nanaimo owns chap stick. If you don’t have one, a friend can surely loan you one.

2. The word “necesario” is somehow always involved in most conversations. Translated, I’m usually saying things like “it is not necessary to clean the blinds every day, but it very necessary that the fridge needs scrubbing” or “ it is not necessary for me to buy 15 bananas, it is only necessary that I buy 3”.

3. Things can be cleaned just as well with only water…(TBD)

4. If you know you are running low on cellphone credit, call the person and hang up immediately; they will call back and it will be free for you.

5. All men know how to dance in Cabaretta, just like how all men back home know how to check the oil/

- -Women in this town get a significant amount of attention purely because the ratio is 5:1. However, it is very important to keep in mind that every Dominican boy has a dream of one day being the father of a famous baseball player…the nation’s favorite sport. There have been many great baseball players in America who have come to the Dominican Republic. Therefore, if you are over 5’8”, 140 lbs and have some muscle definition… you are a baby making target.

Crossfit demonstration at the de la Costa Fundraiser for the Jiu Jitsu boys going to compete at the Pan Am games