some typical cabarete scenes & signs

anybody need any shoes?



this guy set up "shop" a few months ago just beyond where our fruit guy has his makeshift stand. the stock of shoes seems to grow quite regularly. when he first started out, he just had a few pair of shoes, hanging in the tree. now he's taken full advantage of the chain link fence behind him to display his wears. i wonder what that first day was like when this guy set up shop. did the fruit guy nod at him in approval for choosing such a potentially lucrative spot? or was the fruit guy annoyed with having another vendor quite close by and possibly expanding at some point on to his turf?

speaking of selling stuff, this lady below is pretty famous on the beach. she walks around all day on the beach in the hot sun, selling the fruit that she carries on her head. i wonder how many people have taken her picture...has to be in the thousands.... i got this shot with my phone. it looks a bit like a colorized old movie shot.



here is a shot of the sports bar/pool hall in cabarete where the local dominican men hang out, drink presidentes or cuba libres, watch the latest baseball game, play pool, and listen to loud bachata music. it's up on the second floor, above a small grocery store, and right on the main drag of cabarete. the guys always seem to be having a blast in there.



there are many signs around town that make me laugh. now i know i am being mean because they are usually funny because it is written in english by a non-english speaker. one i love is -- "please no parking is private". i mean you could grammatically compose this sentence in so many ways to bring forth the emphasize where you want it. "please, no! parking is private!" or "please no parking. is private." or "please. no parking. is private."

here is another one that i get amusement out of:



i guess this sign can be likened to my confusion over when to use pronouns in spanish. still, veronica and i always get a chuckle out this when we see it.