Monday, May 18, 2009

Day 14: Santo Domingo to Beldorado (541kms to go)

Hannah´s points of interest for today:
  • People generally leave in a cluster around 7:00am, then spread out during the day based on their pace.

She got distracted... no more points for today. X-)

My points:

  • It´s common to see new houses built beside old houses, who´s roof & walls fell in hundreds of years ago. Some of the old houses may only have a single wall at the front, and are just stone rubble at the back, and have "for sale" signs ("Se Vende") on them. Definite renovator´s delights!
  • Meeting Ellen, the Dutch lady, for the third time. We last saw her about a week ago and thought she´d left us far behind. She prefers a slower pace than many people are doing... 12kms per day instead of 20 to 30kms per day. We decide to follow her lead and break tomorrow´s walk of 24kms into two separate days.
  • It´s common to see the branches from trees spliced into the branches of othe trees, generally along pathways and avenues. In the main plaza in Beldorado about 100 trees have been grafted together creating an elaborate maze structure overhead.

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