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I screamed the motorcycle toward home and made it to the large Caribbean port city, Azuaa and a sleazy $11 hotel before dark.
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The Dia Independencia celebration noise is blasting in my room. But my body is toast and the only thing I want to do is drink a beer at the hotel and reminisce about the ride, and that works for me.
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Today I'm heading home to Heidi starting on the shores of the Caribbean Sea and ending up on an Atlantic Ocean beach, cool.
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Dominican Republic road-side coffee, strong and pre-packed with lots of cane sugar. Why does coffee always tasts better on the road?
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Empanadas!
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While eating an empanada I see this person doing a rear tire skidding halt. He quickly answers his cell phone and is just as quickly off again. Americanized ?
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If you stay off the main highway in the Dominican Republic, you are guarantees a scenic ride
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This is a view of where I camped several night ago.
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My motorcycle developed a new noise, its coming from the rear wheel. I check out the noise, the rear tire is rubbing on the chain guard. This is weird. I adjusted the chain tension slides to straighten out the wheel but I'm afraid a wheel bearing is failing or maybe the mono-shock, Its still a full day's ride from home. I take it cool and slowly ride on.
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Heidi and I tried this road a few weeks ago but we turned back, it was too brutal for riding two-up.
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This ride is almost over. I do not think I am the same person. I try to make the ‘face’, the face that says ‘Oh freaking yeah! What a ride!’
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Almost home to Heidi. I feel as giddy as this kid on the horse.
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The Dominican Republic will forever feel like a dream.
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Now that was fun! This is a do it again ride for sure, maybe combining it with a circumnavigation of the country, Oh Yeah!
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Tom and Heidi Junkans - Dominican Republic Motorcycle Adventures 2011' -
I hope you enjoyed riding along - The Border with Haiti -
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Here is a map of my route, color coded by day
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