The second day of the ecotour was another early (for a teenager) start, and very sleepy, coffee-fuelled breakfast. We actually had what is a typical Dominican breakfast of Mangu, fried cheese and a fried egg, however as I live in the city I don't usually have time for a big cooked breakfast so we barely eat it. We set off, but before we went off on the day's activities we went down the Malecon of Los Pedernales, which is really the smallest malecon I have ever seen! Being terrible with measurements etc. I cannot accurately say how big/small it was, but trust me, it was small. The malecon ended with the start of some forest, and turns out that literally just beyond our line of sight was Haiti, we were basically on the border, which was pretty cool.

We left the town of Los Pedernales and went off driving for about an hour or so. After a while, we came to this gorgeous little tourist port thingy. There were conches and pebbles all around the pier area and then beach further off after that, and the sea was this amazingly clear light blue colour, like you barely see at any of the other beaches in the country. We were kitted up with life jackets and all jumped into a boat, and then we set off towards the stretch of beach called 'Bahia de las Aguilas'. As we went further along the coast the sea turned from light blue to this AMAZING blue/green colour, like the most turquoise-y turquoise I have ever seen, and there were parts of rock disconnected from the main cliff-face and it really was just beautiful. After the rocks came the long stretch of white, mostly empty beach and, just like with Hoyo del Pelempito, I find it really difficult to describe it.

We chose ourselves a spot by a tree, and I wasted no time in going swimming. The sea was SO warm, I mean there were absolutely no clouds in the sky so it's not surprising that it was warm, it's more surprising that I didn't burn to a crisp! The sea was SO clear, it was difficult to tell when you got in deeper because the bottom always looked like it was just beneath my feet when really it was a lot further down, and it was just amazingly relaxing in general. The actual stretch of beach was very long and very thin, and where it ended began a whole load of greenery, so after a while of swimming we decided to walk for a bit along the edge of the beach. There were flowers and butterflies and trees and plants and just everything was so calm and natural and I absolutely loved it. There was also a watch tower along the beach, and from there you could see for miles along the coastline, and all across the green area full of bushes and cacti, right across to some cliffs which had these weird looking trees/plants on top and it was just brilliant.

At lunch time we left the little paradise and went back to the area where we parked. When we were there, we were served this amazing food made by the families who live and work and fish in the area, and the fish and the salad was so fresh and delicious and you probably don't want to know about the details of how nice all the food was, so just trust when I say delicious. After we had eaten, we saw my first iguana of the trip! It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be, and he kept posing for all the cameras which I found very amusing, I decided that I like iguanas. After that, we simply spent the rest of the day travelling to the next town we would be staying at, and we briefly stopped in the park area there just to look around because it was so lovely, and then on to where we were staying.

And that pretty much concludes day 2 of the ecotour! I hope you enjoyed reading about it and pictures have already been uploaded from the day, the picture I have used for this particular post is of the rocks and green sea out at Bahia de las Aguilas. Until the next time!

- Jazzy x