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Sosua Dominican Republic Road Trip Ends With Car Wreck | Ep 86 Sailboat Life In DR
Sep 25, 2025
Join us as we swap sailboat life in Luperon for a thrilling $33/night Sosua getaway in the Dominican Republic. From chaotic mountain drives dodging cows and motorcycles to devouring tender T-bones at El Paso Grill and fusion sushi that blew our minds, this vlog captures the raw excitement of DR adventures.
We hit kite-surfing paradise Cabarete, plunged into the chilly Blue Hole lagoon, and beach-hopped at Playa Damajagua—plus a surprise car mishap that tested our grit. Persuasive proof: Sosua's affordable thrills will convince you to pack up and go. Rent smart, eat local, and embrace the tranquilo chaos!
Chapters
0:00 - Hitting the Road from Luperon
2:15 - Arriving at Sosua Airbnb & Pool Vibes
4:30 - Town Walk & Steak Night at El Paso Grill
7:45 - Grocery Haul & Rum for Evenings
10:20 - Drive to Playa Damajagua Beach
13:00 - Cabarete Kite Surf Spot & Nachos
15:45 - Blue Hole Lagoon Swim Adventure
18:30 - Sushi Feast & Shopping for Shoes/Rings
21:10 - Beach Day in Cabarete & Water Dip
23:50 - The Car Accident & Police Drama
26:30 - Back to Boat Life: Lessons Learned
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0:01
Okay, guys. Oh, that's bright. We're heading to Sansua. No, Sosua.
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Sosua. And we got our puppy and tow. We're taking a little vacay.
0:12
And uh this is uh Nino's car, rail car. But this girl, super prepper planner.
0:19
She has to have everything packed, everything right. and she Well, that's because when we get there,
0:25
I don't want to be like, "Oh, we got to go to the store and get toothpaste, toothbrushes,
0:30
uh underwear, shoes." So, yeah. But we're going to head there
0:36
and uh hopefully it's not like a a Mad Max driving there. No, we're going to be very very slow,
0:44
taking our time. Tranquilo. It is a It It's not These people drive
0:49
crazy around here. Yes, ma'am. So, we'll take you along the way and any stops on on along the way,
0:56
we show you what we see. If we don't stop, we ain't showing.
1:02
Only in the DR do they uh wrangle cows down the middle of the road.
1:09
So, that's interesting.
1:15
Look at them mountains, though. Oh my goodness.
1:20
Can't see it. Sweet. Okay, we're still heading there, but my
1:25
wife says no no nose candy and no massages. And this is wild driving through here.
1:32
That's what they ask you when you're in a a touristy area. And I'm like, do all
1:38
Americans look like we just want to do drugs? I don't know. But I'm not going
1:43
to do what? Nah, I don't do that Yeah. And you'll see the motorcycles.
1:49
The motorcycles here get insane. So, uh, they just they just make Yeah, they just and they keep going.
1:55
They they stop lights are okay sometimes. But yeah,
2:01
here we go. We're going to go now. Green light. Okay, guys. So, we made it.
2:08
We made it here. And uh yeah. So, we're waiting on uh the people
2:16
to come to let us in. But yeah, from out here It's uh
2:22
interesting, but uh hopefully inside looks uh pretty great.
2:29
Okay, guys. So, we're in our Airbnb and uh for $35 a night.
2:37
33. Not bad. So, it's got bedroom back there, window unit in the wall,
2:43
have everything you need. I mean, it's a little dated, but you know, I wasn't going to complain. kitchen.
2:49
Pool's really beautiful. This they've got like a little um balcony right there.
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Yeah. So, right here
3:00
it's like really really out here. It's very gardeny
3:05
and the pool's down there. Yeah, it's way down there. But yeah,
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but this is this is pretty nice and it's nice having AC. So Oh, yeah.
3:17
But yeah, there is no oven in here in our kitchen, but
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toaster toaster and a gas cooktop. But the important thing, we we're not
3:28
really planning on cooking. This is just kind of a weekend thing, so we're definitely going to be going out and
3:35
seeing some of the town. Yeah, there's sushi right down the road. Oh, yeah. So, that's happening.
3:41
Yep. Okay, guys. So, there is the pool. It's
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way down there. That looks like something I'd want to swim in.
3:54
So, Bella's got her lunch. We're going to go out for a walk. Danielle's settled all in this nice fancy kitchen here. We
4:02
got ice in the freezer. Not really. I'm used to my kitchen cuz it has everything that I want. And my
4:09
Cutco knives. I don't see knives. this.
4:17
Oh, I'm not cooking here.
4:24
And we have our charging station set up right there. Terrible. You know what? When we go to Haraco, I'm bringing some cockroaches.
4:33
This is not going to This is not going to cut a potato. That'll make a sandwich, though.
4:44
And then uh so we got our charging station set up there. I guess there's a TV. And uh then I have
4:51
this fan cuz the AC is only in here. So a fan. I have I brought extension cord so I can run that. But yeah, we're
4:59
pretty set up. Yeah, it has fans.
5:07
Yeah, I know. This is a ways down here, though. So, we're come out to the pool and you
5:14
sit right there. And actually, it looks really nice.
5:19
We're all the way up there. And look at that.
5:29
But it's a little too hot right now. Yeah, it's really hot. Too much sun.
5:34
Get totally burnt. So, we're going to do what we came here to do. We got to go get liquor and get
5:40
drunk. No. No. We're going to go try out some
5:46
restaurants. Go see the town. I look weird. You don't look weird. No, it's the sun above. Makes my hair
5:52
look gray. Oh my goodness. But yeah, we're going to head on out.
5:58
Got a rental car. Put our dog in the AC room. Water in there. She's probably whining right now, but
6:04
you can't hear her. So, we're good to go. Okay, so we parked at the dentist and
6:13
all this stuff and we're going to walk down to this little German bar. This cafeteria right here, but my wife says
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uh she's not digging that.
6:26
Okay, my babe saw that uh billboard back there and said, "No, we're doing a
6:32
steakhouse. We're not doing the German restaurant all the way in." So, what made you
6:38
change your mind, babe? We haven't had a proper steak.
6:44
So, hopefully it's a good steak. Okay, my babe is up in here. It's like
6:50
menu and food and stairs of food.
6:57
Okay, guys. We're chilling at this restaurant. My babe is in choice overload. They bring out a book for a
7:04
menu with tons of selection. And the beer here is extremely cold.
7:11
Oh my gosh, it's cold. Well, we don't know the name of this restaurant,
7:17
but it has a lot of pictures up. There's John Wayne.
7:24
I can't see anything. Oh, yeah.
7:30
Okay. My babe got her t-bone. Oh yeah.
7:35
Okay, so I'm going to try like Instagram. Okay, guys. This is a steak I've been
7:42
craving. I'm not going on camera, but man, this is tender
7:48
and American Angus. The carnage is done. That's a full
7:54
Danielle right there. I still have a lot left.
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And then the music the music turned from uh hip-hop to this.
8:10
Okay guys, so that's the Numbre of the restaurant right there. Oh, right there.
8:16
Yeah. No, that's the uh that's pizza. Yeah, that's pizza. El Paso's Grill.
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Authentic. But yeah, this is nice place.
8:28
Okay, guys. This is uh Barbbero. Is it Barbero? Play Era.
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Play Era. The grocery store. Yeah. And uh we've been here before.
8:40
Yes, we have. Last video. But uh yeah, we're going to get uh a little food on
8:46
our vacay cuz for breakfast.
8:52
Wait a minute. No, that's wrong. 88 pesos. This is real.
8:58
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
9:03
Okay, guys. My Bler. This is strong fruit beer. Oh,
9:09
man. They don't have the uh Oh, they don't have the flavor I like.
9:15
No deliriums for me. But my wife says we're going to get some.
9:22
So, we're getting two of these. These are big.
9:28
loads up. I think we're going to need one for the mountain. I got to
9:35
That one's got some kind of weird thing on it.
9:41
I got to take it off. So far, this is what we have. Liquor, eggs,
9:48
cheese, meat here for 3 days. But yeah, this is our deli selection.
9:55
And look at all that. Okay.
10:00
Babe's got everything she wants. She says her dad. This is your dad's fave right there.
10:08
Why does this have tuna in in the description?
10:14
I like tuna, but I don't know about that. So, we got all our sandwich fixings and
10:19
stuff, and they offered the the bad boy a beer, and he's like, "Ah, no bueno. No
10:25
bueno, Travo." And I'm like, "Yeah, he is working." So, I thought I thought I guess what was he 16
10:34
He's like he's gonna have a hard time going back in the United States. Well, 16 is legal here. Yeah. Well, in my eyes, it's not.
10:43
But now we have to go figure out how fueling this thing cuz it is uh on some kind of
10:49
natural gas, propane. Uh here it's called gas. And uh if you want the liquid stuff, it's gasolina.
10:56
Okay, guys. This is our score for the our vacation. We got Presente Black,
11:04
uh Ramb Blanco, some tomatoes and eggs, and avocado.
11:10
But we decided we're going to eat out once a day at a special type restaurant
11:15
cuz we don't get that in Lebanon. Today we did steak. That was very good.
11:21
Tomorrow we're probably gonna do like sushi and then maybe the next day we'll do something that we can't get any
11:27
anywhere else. But this is just like some um breakfast
11:33
cuz we're not going to go out three meals a day. That's just I mean I I don't have that kind of money. And everybody needs rum for breakfast.
11:40
No, that's for tonight. We're about about to hit up some rum here in a minute. Oh, jalapenos, too. Jalapenos.
11:48
Okay, guys. We're heading to Playa D. M me m me m me m me m me m me m me m me m me m me mate me m me m me m me m me m me m me m me m me m me mate
11:55
we're we're messing it up. Yeah, it's uh this little got two mountains and in between cliffs
12:02
and then between is water and uh yeah, so it's real calm in the middle. Wonder
12:07
if you can anchor there. Oh, that' be a long long sail. It's about 2
12:14
hours from where we're at in Soua. So this will be like some of the furthest we've ever gone. And we're like, "Hey,
12:20
we have a rental car. Let's just let's do it. We don't have to stay in Su, but we are going to come back for um because we
12:27
have an apartment here and we're going to come back for sushi later." Yeah. So, we'll bring you on. We got the puppy. We're going to go have
12:33
an adventure. There's the puppy right there.
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Well, we're in Cabarete. Thought it was further than Sua cuz we
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were looking at an apartment here, too. But it's just down the road. Well, it's known for its kite surfing.
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Yeah. So, the the winds are supposed to be really good here and stuff like that. Yeah. Not very far. So, all y'all wind
12:57
surfers. We're not kite surfers. Yeah. Kite surfers or whatever. Yeah. It's not that bad of a drive.
13:06
Just the traffic. Yes. Now, we got to keep our eyes on
13:12
either. That one's stopping. I see him. Okay.
13:20
Okay, we're now in Veragua and uh I don't know if we're saying that right.
13:25
Yeah, still bikes everywhere honking. People driving down the wrong side of the road. A bike just cut us off. I'm
13:32
like they're crazy on these bikes. That's why this is probably the world's red. Yep, it's red. That one just went
13:38
through it though. It's It's a suggestion. But uh supermarket right there.
13:45
We're not going grocery shopping. No, we've got 71 kilometers to go. My head off. I look like just a head in
13:51
this. We're going just ahead. 71 kilometers. I got your body down here.
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Well, I'm going with my head. But, uh, yeah, I better get going. So,
14:04
got to get off this. Okay, we're at the ocean. It's a lot
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clearer out here than, uh, where we're used to. Not sure what town we're in
14:15
right now. Well, there's a billboard right over there. Oh, so Oh, that's sure.
14:21
Yeah. So, yeah. I don't see any sailboats. No sailboats.
14:29
It looks pretty calm out there, though. There's dogs here.
14:35
Okay. So, we made it out here and our dog is going I don't want nothing to do with you, Bella.
14:40
But yeah, there it is. So, it's pretty cool. It is a bar over here, too. We're going to
14:47
go get a beer. It's like a 100 pesos to park. And we're going to get some drinks.
14:54
Okay, guys. So, we're here at uh Playa Damonte.
14:59
Damonte. And uh you can get uh Presidentes right here. My wife said the
15:06
manual experience was less than desirable. Oh, look at that. They're um searching for like things.
15:12
Oh yeah. So they're out. That's where all the uh the notes, but
15:18
that's where all the um us people come and lose Oh yeah,
15:23
I guarantee it. And they probably find lots of different things in there.
15:29
So yeah, it's uh it's a it's a great place to to come out uh for a day.
15:36
Um, not a lot here, but locals hang out
15:42
and uh locals and advertisements over there. I think that sounds like a vegetable truck.
15:49
Oh, okay guys, we're going to go explore elsewhere. We've uh exhausted
15:56
the vibes here, I guess. Trying to do stuff.
16:03
Bring a camera in my face. All tangled up.
16:10
So we made it to Capri. Capria. No, Cabar.
16:16
Cabarera. Cabarera. And uh yeah, it's a a lot of walk out
16:22
here. And uh a sign back here. See where is that's the sign.
16:29
The ocean sounds very sa sailable today. Oh, it does. Well, motor sailing
16:34
anyways. Oh, no. There was a nice breeze. Yeah. But then I do notice, see as
16:42
sailors, we now watch Yeah. But the breeze is coming from the wrong direction. Yeah. And And you can see swells.
16:49
Oh, yeah. And swells make you do this. Oh yeah. That that makes it more fun
16:54
on the ocean. But so once you know when you're a land lover and you think, "Wow, it's so
17:01
beautiful." Now you think like a sailor you're like uh yeah that that's probably not
17:07
comfortable out there. It's probably got about I don't know it looks like about three foot. I don't see any sailboats.
17:15
No, not at all. Well, you got to get your dispatch.
17:24
Okay, we're uh here at the Blue Lagoon or Blue Lake. Blue Lake. It says Aqua Aul on the way in. So, Some
17:32
kind of really deep swimming hole. They say it's really cold, so I'm probably not going to get
17:38
in it. Stick my feet in it though. 200 pesos per person. Yeah.
17:43
To get in here. It says dogs allowed, so Yes. Okay. So, we made it down to Blue Hole
17:50
and my wife says the water is quite cold. It's very cold. Yeah. Uh, excuse the
17:56
Now we have the sun raining our ass. We'll go we'll go uh the other side. See what it looks like.
18:04
Okay. My baby's going to go get in the water.
18:09
Okay, I'm coming. You loving it, babe?
18:15
I don't think I can do it all the way.
18:20
Okay, guys. We're in the water. It's cold. It actually felt really good.
18:26
Look, my hands are pruned up. our approach. So, but yeah, it's uh got to check this
18:31
out. This blue uh blue lagoon, blue lake. Now we got to go drive.
18:37
Yep. Well, we're back. We wore our puppy and now we're going to go out. Look how
18:43
burnt. Look how beautiful she looks. I'm just t-shirt. We spent a a little bit longer at the
18:50
approval than we were going to because we were talking to a local and Oh, yeah. He was asking a bunch of
18:55
questions about America and all that, but um yeah, so now we're going out.
19:01
We haven't had anything to eat since uh breakfast. Well, we had some chips when we got back in the house.
19:07
Oh, well that was just a little snack because or else I was going to be hangry. So, don't like Danielle hangry. But yeah,
19:14
we're going to get out and uh I don't know how busy it's going to be. Is the weekend so maybe we'll just take
19:20
pictures. Let's go see. Okay, babe. We got our sushi. My gosh.
19:28
Fusion sushi. My face. Okay, this this restaurant was the bomb.
19:35
Oh, that was so good. Oh my god. So, you're here. That's what That's
19:40
where you That's it right there. I think we look like pigs. Well, we got a lot lot of
19:47
Well, Chris is over here. He can't figure out the little chopstick, so he's just
19:53
Like I can't take you anywhere. No, can't. You're like a child, right? Yeah. That's why she cooks at home. That's why she cooks at home. So good.
20:00
Cuz I can't take I can't go out that way or that way. Uh
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uh one way. Yeah, some way. That's the reason why every time I was like, you know, should just get frozen
20:13
yogurt. Yeah, she got already. I know. I It was there.
20:20
I just wanted to test it. I've I haven't eaten ice cream cone in like I don't know. But we had to get out of town. The uh
20:26
people are starting to ask for things. We're getting approached. Yeah. So, we're already giving away 200 pesos.
20:33
It's probably going to start being out. Do you want massages? You want nose candy? Is
20:38
we already got the nose candy guy? Yeah. We got to go.
20:44
Okay. Double something or another. But my
20:49
wife, last video, she lost her shoes. So, we're going to see if we can find her some new shoes. Then, we're going to Cabarete. I think this is really fogged
20:57
up. So, I had to clean that lens, too. My babe is looking for shoes.
21:03
Us.
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Okay. They pointed us towards water shoes. I don't know. I mean, it works.
21:18
We're going on a I don't know what kind of hike. I mean, my last shoes I mean pretty much
21:24
gone. My babe found her some shoes.
21:30
Yeah, I don't have very many. I have little feet, so I have to go with the
21:35
38. That's a European size. I think this store is pretty much for
21:40
women. There's my wife. But this is the size of
21:45
it. I didn't know how expensive this hair crap was. It's pretty damn high. Okay,
21:54
my babe has her shoes. Now we're going to go hit this grocery store. Let's see if those fall apart.
22:00
They already falling apart. The insole was coming out. No, no, it was just the material over
22:06
it. It's all about presentation.
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We're done with the store. She got all the stuff she needs. Okay, guys. We're going to head to
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Cabrito. Cabrietto. Cabarete. Cabarete. Uh, kite surfing capital of the VR. I'm
22:28
guessing kite surfing wind surfing. Yeah,
22:33
she's she's done our research. We're going to go check it out. It's about 16 km from here, I think.
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It is. Yeah. So, we passed it yesterday, but we were so exhausted from the other going
22:44
all the way to Camra and backs that we were just like, h, we're ready to eat.
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So, we came back. So, today we're going to go do it. Yeah, we are. And uh so, we'll see you
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there. Why not? It's better than a minute. Okay, we made it to Cabrito.
23:03
What is it? Cabarote. Cabarete. So hard for me to say these things. And
23:08
uh yeah, they uh they have the prices advertised here for parking. So maybe we
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won't get gringo prices.
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I think we got I think we got gringo prices at the other place, the park. We went to the
23:24
lake. Oh yeah, we did. Supposed to be 50 and it was 200.
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Okay, so my wife says this feels like a little vacation. Kite surfing is over there in the beach.
23:36
over there. We're in the wrong area. But uh no, we're in the right area because they sell uh they serve mojas
23:42
here. So that's pretty much the right area for us. That is it's beach day.
23:51
Okay guys, my babe got us some new wedding rings. This is our I guess got suckered in. Yeah,
23:58
we're actually looking for something to kind of replace our more expensive jewelry because in Lupron
24:06
I literally don't wear my rim because um it's so poor there that I don't like to
24:12
be flashy. So, we got ourselves some um they're made of lava rock. They're really really
24:18
light. They're uh polished and stuff. I have a good amount of We got a pretty good price for two of
24:24
them. I think we paid what like 30 bucks. Yeah. So, which is not bad cuz we were going to
24:29
about to purchase silicone ones that were about 20 a piece. 25 a piece. So,
24:36
these are pretty. So, but we're keep getting bothered about a million other ones, too.
24:45
Hey guys, my wife's going to show us what these rings look like.
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This is our 28-y year anniversary. Belated.
24:56
I wouldn't be wearing my, you know, that flash earring right there. But it's pretty nice.
25:01
And then Chris got more man flatter version. It's so the barracuda won't eat my
25:07
finger off. Okay, guys. We ordered the mini nachos.
25:16
That's the mini. You're supposed to take a picture of it. I will.
25:22
I dug into it. Yeah. I'm sorry. They even give you salsa.
25:27
What? Oh, I don't even know what this is.
25:33
Sour cream with something in it. I can't see.
25:38
So, we got kiteboarders out here. They're way back over there. And uh Marty, this is where you wanted
25:44
to come. So, this is in the DR. It's very windy. Very windy. And uh my baby's going to
25:51
take a dip. She's uh Oh, maybe. She's got all her stuff on.
25:56
The dogs trapped her in here. There she goes. Look. There she goes.
26:02
So, we did get in the water. See, she's drying off now. And uh
26:08
look at all that. Yeah, look at all them kites. Let me zoom in on that. There we go. A lot of kites out here.
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This kite area. But zoom back out. There's my babe right
26:22
there. Oh, look at him over there. I know. That's why I just got voted. That's why I zoomed in on Wow.
26:31
Okay, so we just had an accident. Somebody tried to pass us when we were turning
26:38
and you hit the front of our car right here.
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Okay, it's the next day. This is the police station. It's not on the map. The
26:49
new new Evo police station is still being built. So, and of course, like
26:56
usual, it takes forever for the them to get here. So, Austa Mñana or Aasta Ma is
27:03
a big thing here. But, uh, get the police report done. And then, uh,
27:09
Nino, the guy we ran the car from, he's going to come fix the, uh, suspension on this car. And uh we're going to get a
27:17
ride back to our boat. So guys, we're safe. Nino's cousin
27:24
picked us up. Please report to Don
27:30
and that was a great little mini vacation. Okay guys, we made it back to Loop.
27:37
We're in Las Vegas and yeah, it was a
27:42
feels like home because we've been here for so long. Let me tell you, it's uh I love the DR,
27:50
but Lupron is so laidback. I It didn't occur to me how crazy it was
27:58
out there. That's pretty crazy. Yeah, it was. It was wild. But yeah, we
28:04
did have a good time. You know, we don't know how much this vacation is going to cost, but cheers to Cheers to that.
28:12
Wow. We don't know how much we're going to have to owe for like a deductible or whatever on the um
28:18
yeah, the car rental damage. So, yeah, insurance here insurance here works a little different than the US.
28:24
Way different. So, so yeah, just keep that in mind when you're renting a car. Rent from a reputable person, somebody
28:32
who actually does it for a living. Cuz there's tons of people here who want you to rent their car. And if something like
28:39
this would have happened with that car, we would have been stuck there.
28:45
Yeah. We would have been stuck. We would have had to hire like a taxi. We would probably had to tow that car all the way
28:50
back here. Yeah. So, rent from a rental people. Mhm. Yeah.
28:56
That that that is what I've learned cuz when we first got here, it was constant. You want to rent my car? You want to
29:02
rent my car? And it's like, not really. I have insurance. Yeah. That means
29:07
nothing here. So, yeah, we're going to Nino, he took care of us. He got us back
29:12
home. And uh now we just have to wait and see what the body shop repair man says. Yep. But we're going to get our stuff
29:19
back to the boat after some beers. And I think this little lady's hungry. She didn't She messed up.
29:25
We were supposed to go out for tacos last night and we wounded up not being able to do that cuz the car was wrecked.
29:32
Yep. So, so yeah, and the taco uh sundae.
29:38
So, we did have a really nice steak and sushi though. Oh, yeah, we did. I I ain't sad. We had a good trip.
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Yes, we did. So, we'll meet we'll see you back on the boat. And uh yeah,
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next next time we're going to um Herabico should be a little bit more peaceful up
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there. Yeah, I'm not driving either. Somebody else is driving because I was supposed to drive but I wrecked the car so I'm no
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longer driving. They had to get a new round car.
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But uh yeah, we'll y'all meet us up there uh next video and uh hopefully uh
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you enjoyed this tour and all the uh trials and tribulations we had here.
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Lot to offer. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. A lot of different areas. A lot of different stuff here. depends on what you want to do.
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And if you're going to be here a short time, just don't rent a car. Just take taxis and stuff. Taxis or hire a driver.
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Yeah, I highly recommend it. Yep. So, y'all y'all take care.
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Heat. Heat.
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