Solar Power

Solar Power

The Dominican Republic, obviously, has lots of sun. Yet electricity is largely generated with fossil fuels and, to a much lesser extent, hydro. There are shortages; the Dominican government is working on the construction of two coal plants. Coal! Whereas the country...
Water and Drought – Our Water System

Water and Drought – Our Water System

Here in the North Coast of the Dominican Republic we have now had less than normal rainfall for close to two years. The past year we’ve had a drought, with only some occasional light rainfall. When we decided to build the pool we though it a good idea to build...
Guests and Pool

Guests and Pool

We have had quite a number of guests through Airbnb over the past months. For several a contributing factor to their booking with us was that the pool area was ready, and they made good use of it! One couple, from Santo Domingo, actually came back to arrange for...
Communal Pool Area

Communal Pool Area

It’s been a while since we’ve gotten around to writing a blog, but here goes. The occasion is our communal pool area: among others thanks to payments for the second home, the octagon, we’ve managed to complete it! We started in 2017, had to stop the work for lack of...
Our pool is nearing completion!

Our pool is nearing completion!

It’s been too quiet on this blog page for the past two years or so. From here on we’ll try to do better! Greatest news: we are finishing our communal pool area! We have built a 6 by 15 meter infinity pool (about 20 feet wide and 50 feet long), with a tremendous view,...