Dominican Republic Day 1

I will be living in the Dominican Republic for three days with a family who was nice enough to let me stay in their house. They live on a farm that grows coffee and sugar, because they are now the Dominican Republic's most important crops. Instead of large more efficient plantations, the coffee and sugar industries mainly take place on small farms, such as the one that my family lives on. For today, I had decided to go out and find some of the wildlife in the Dominican Republic. The first place that I went was the forest. There I found some notable birds, like the Hispaniola lizard cuckoo and the narrow billed tody. Next, I went to the shoreline and saw a few iguanas running around on the beach. I also saw a manatee in the ocean. When I returned back to the house, the mother had prepared a special dinner for me. We were having plantains with sancocho, a very popular and traditional soup made with vegetables and meat. It was my first Dominican Republic dish and I loved it! After that, we had a Dominican Republic dessert called Majarete, which is a silky corn pudding sweetened with condensed milk and coconut milk.

The Hispaniola Lizard Cuckoo