Warm cruise memories a cold Boston winter- Samana, Dominican Republic by Celeste Sheffey

Now that winter has arrived in Boston I find myself happily reminiscing about warm sandy beaches, tropical breezes and aqua blue waters.

My family and I were on a cruise celebrating my oldest son’s wedding. There we are in one of the photos below.

One of our stops was Samana, Dominican Republic. We all piled into the tender for a short, fun boat ride to the DR.

Once we landed, we immediately looked for and hired a tour guide to shoe us as much as they could in three hours. We found ourselves walking in a hot yet beautiful tropical rainforest, heading deep within the mountains of the Samana Mountain Range, the falls are surrounded by lush green tropical rainforest, and small cocoa plantations. I never really thought about it nor had any idea cocoa grew on trees which is one of the many reasons why I feel so blessed with the love and means to be able to travel and experience life outside my front door that currently has a very cold winter wind blasting past it.