Post of the Day--Miches

Last Friday, Sandy and I headed to Miches.  It had been raining a lot in Santo Domingo and in Miches (thanks Thomas).  As Sandy said,  "it's not a good day to travel."  But, we did it anyway.  It is sometimes a little faster to take two guaguas (one-stop along the way) instead of the guagua that leaves Santo Domingo and goes to Miches without the change of buses.  I'm not convinced, but I went along with the idea.

Sandy caught me in the first guagua between the apartment and La Duarte (area of town where there are vendors, stores, many bus stations).

 The beginning of our ride.  I'm not sure why I look so sleepy, but I do...oh yeah, the night before I worked on homework and postings of this blog for the days when I was going to be absent until about 4 a.m.  That could be it!

We left La Duarte at about 1:30 p.m.  Then we headed to El Seibo, the town's name I think, but maybe it is the province or the municipality, I'm never quite sure.  

These were the flowers we saw at the rest stop cafe where the guagua stops for restrooms and food.

In El Seibo, we were barely off the one guagua when Sandy and I were running down the street to catch the other guagua for Miches.  Thankfully, we did get on that one or we would have had to wait for up to an hour for another.  This guagua was much smaller and less comfortable than the first one or the ones that go directly from the Capital.  I'm just saying.  We arrived in Miches at about 5:15, in a torrential downpour.  We waited in a little store until we decided to brave the walk to Wil's office.   

Sandy and I were fairly hungry after our trip.  One never knows when one is going to eat in Miches, so I always pack snack foods.  This time I also cooked up a couple pieces of pork, since our fridge is not working and I didn't want to waste it.  Sandy appreciated my snacks.  Wil suggested that we get some cheese to go with the crackers that I brought.  

Many of the colmados have fresh cheese.  There are also vendors walking up and down the streets with cheese.  It is a mild cheese that looks and tastes a bit like mozzarella.

Our cheese chunks.  The power went off, so I believe I had to use a flash for this one.  

That day the power was off from the early evening until the next morning.  Thankfully, it is always a little cooler in Miches, and it was quite a bit cooler due to the rainstorms.

Sandy was put on cooking duties.  He is a great cook and likes to do it.  Wil and I helped clean the crab meat for dinner.  It was a tedious process.  They had purchased fresh frozen crab meat.  I'm not sure how it is taken from the legs or bodies of the crabs, but it still had all of the little teensie tiny cartillage and bones to pick out.  We did our best, and the end results were delicious.

The crab meat post-cleaning.  Sandy seasoned it with herbs.

In the pot, Sandy had onions and peppers sauteing before the crab was added to the mix.

Cooking the crab meat.

The crab was so delicious.  I only wish I could have eaten more of it.  Really, it was divine!!!

Though we didn't have any electricity that night, there was enough candlelight for Canasta!

 We played on the floor, where we had set up mattresses for a slumber party. We enjoyed Oreos dipped in the leftover fudgy frosting from the cake the week before.

Sandy was wearing this shirt that night.  I thought it was pretty funny.  But, he wanted me to know that I am not a turista, I'm a Dominicano now...