Fiesta 151

Finally we have the tour ready to go. The tour you say? yes the tour. I am what is called a Welcome Partner in this tour which is called Fiesta 151. A Welcome Partner is someone who invests in a business but does not have any say in it. Kinda like a silent partner but I am invited around quite a bit for consultations. Anyway, we have had this tour in the process for the past 2 years and finally it is ready to roll. It has taken a long time to work out all the kinks but they are now finished.
We have the location and my Partner Will who is the majority reason we are in this country. He is the main person who has developed this tour. He has built a fabulous ranch that is complete with palm trees, a crocodile cage with 4 baby crocs, a petting place with a donkey and a couple of goats and a kitchen, bathrooms, and a beautiful thatched pavilion for the fiesta. Let me tell you a little bit about it. We have had two trial runs and each time it is improving. What happens is this,
When people arrive to the ranch there is a little place to meet to go over the rules and regulations for safety. Then we climb into a specially made sugar cane wagon that will take us up into the mountain to hear about many of the vegetation and the history of how some of the animals got here. you have to go on the tour to hear this haha. This trailor is pulled by a huge tractor. It reminds me of the times I went on hay wagon rides at summer camp without the hay. The trailor of course is fixed with benches for us to ride on. We make a couple of stops and the two best are a typical country school where the kids sing their national anthem and raise their flag. Our merchandise sales help so sponsor this school as we are building a new bathroom ( Mariah would not even go in it as she really had to go at that time) and paint their two buildings and much other needed work. then we go to a typical house where they show us how they make coffee from their home grown coffee beans. All is great and then we head back to the ranch. As we head back we go throuch the Haitian town of Munoz. This is one of the poorest part of the North Coast yet the people look very happy. We arrive at the ranch as the sun goes down and here we are treated to a very delicious meal of(i have to go back to remember the special Dominican foods names) but appetizers, soup, salad, and fried chicken, brown rice and beans, and macaroni and cheese for the kids. While we eat the girls who serve us also do 3 folkloric dances and the last one Maraca is very lively and we all get up and do the conga. It is fun and high energy. We are also able to see and hold the crocodiles and pet the goats and donkey as well as taste the various rums that are made here on the island. Mariah really loves the dancing and she gets up and imitates the girls as Drew loves the food. All in all it is now ready for the paid customers and they will begin Jan 15 or 20th. I am looking forward to this part. Yeah.

ps. Drew thanks for correcting my Spanish. I am sure this will be an ongoing occurrence.
doug