Santo Domingo

16 Aug We had a very peaceful night parked in beach parking last night. We got up and took a walk down the boardwalk, had it mostly to ourselves except for the guys busy sweeping the boardwalk and picking up trash. When we got back there were two men looking at our RV. They were brothers from Santiago and we talked about how nice it was in Santo Domingo. There's a lot of money here, just based on the size, style and location of the homes. Muy tranquillo. They were both stock brokers on the Chilean stock exchange. One brother owns a vacation house in Santo Domingo, the other was just down for the weekend. I told them we were trying to sell the RV and he took our number thinking he might have a buyer. I just think he was being polite. They both said "que linda, su casa rodonte." Mid-day we went for a drive to find another beach, just to have a change in scenery. Unfortunately, Las Brisas is a gated community, despite being on the national roadmap. So we turned around and headed back to Santo Domingo. This time we parked further down the beach and found cell signal. It's interesting to note that Claro had the best reception in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. However, the brothers told us that it is still too new in Chile and Entel has better reception. Live and learn. Today was a relaxing day to just get the RV organized for ship transport early next week. Roger and I also did some reading, which is quite a switch from long hours on the road.