Cabrera

We received some sad news that one of our neighbors had passed away the previous night. His name was Alejandro, Alexander in English. We received the news early the following morning when another neighbor came up the hill to our house. At the same time we were invited to addend the funeral. Over the years [...]

September 12, 2018 Balance Effects Everything I recently enjoyed a stimulating conversation with one of my mentors who lives overseas. It's now exceeding a decade and a half since first closing the TV and flexing the mind. Slightly over fifteen years spent researching for the sole purpose of seeking truth. Truth, objective truth, wherever the information [...]

Life through the eyes of a Centenarian I’m at the ripe middle age of 61 and still I connect with my mom every day. Whether it’s a quick email or a message even a call we somehow manage to link on a daily basis. For some this might sound a bit strange coming from someone [...]

Recently I had the opportunity to spend a week with Juan and his family. Juan and I first met about five years ago when unannounced he happened to be in Cabrera and initiated an invite to meet in person. Apparently Juan’s been following our blog for several years and always wanted to bring his family [...]

We met Joe and Maggie almost nine years ago. In fact it was Johnny who introduced us to begin with. Several year’s prior they both left Cabrera to pursue business options State side and eventually a percentage of these options blossomed. Turns out they’ve built an elegant second home in Cabrera. After quite a long [...]

Not more than five weeks since beginning the last cliff front section and I received a call from one of the partners to come on out and check out what’s come to fruition. I have to admit when I arrived at the scene I was blown away by the before and after. Have a peek [...]

Well summer’s here and boy the heat’s kicked in. A few days ago I received a call from our partner in the Montana Y Mar project. We’re breaking down the last ridge to expose the view and he suggested I come on down and lend a bit of assistance. While there I thought this is [...]

Well it’s Labor Day long weekend in the Dominican Republic. A happy Dominican Labor Day goes out to everyone who’s watching. I headed out to Loma Alta and thought I’d check out what’s happening in the developments. On my way out I ran into dozens of folks on horseback. These were fine horses well trained [...]

Well it’s that time again. Every six to eight weeks I like to put out a video covering some of the progress in the Montana Y Mar development. When gathering the final segments for this video it dawned on me just how fast things are progressing in such a short time. I can’t express how [...]

It’s been just shy of seven years since my first discovery tour took place. During that time span between the meet and greets, the discovery tours, the thousands we’ve met along the way, good folks hailing from every part of the globe one thing still remains intact. One commonality still remains unchallenged. For as long [...]

On the last segment of this mini-series I take a rarely used old sand road that will connect Boca Beach to Graveyard Beach. Graveyard Beach seems to be the popular choice when Liane and her friends get together for a ladies day. Every week or ten days they seem to untie on this as their [...]

Hop back on board and let’s continue. We’re picking this up at Sunshine Beach. I’m going to tour around the shoreline for a bit before meeting up with the main road connecting these two pristine beaches. I asked Liane to splice in some music while taking the journey it’s quite a long stretch. Even after [...]

After our last guests departed I had a bit of spare time so I decided to do what I enjoy most. Taking out the 4X4 (YOTA) and enjoying some out of the way beach roads.  Of course the back roads and mountain roads aren’t excluded in fact Johnny, Alduino and I will be setting out [...]

I’m sure by now you’re already aware that “ole” Barry in DR really gets around the region. Heck the entire country for that matter. Our team makes every effort to promote all aspects of the DR and not just concentrate on the ordinary or the mundane. So whenever I get the chance to give back [...]

I received an invite from a friend to come on down and Meet Francisco better known as Francis. Francis is the owner of a 700 plus acres property. Over the past couple of years Francis has developed this property into what’s become one of the most unique ways to enjoy a day in nature. It’s [...]

Many subscribers may recall an interview I did about a year ago with a great couple from Canada Rob and Michelle. About a year prior I met them on one of our excursion tours. Even though they’ve been to the country nine previous times never ventured into our neck of the woods. While very impressed [...]

Happy holidays to all our subscribers. While driving through town on Semana Santa (Easter) I bumped into Mayor Cavolli. After a quick twenty minute chat upon leaving it dawned on me how often I see our Mayor around town overseeing the many projects beautifying Cabrera. Whether it’s overseeing the new sidewalks or making sure the [...]

Early this morning I received a call and the caller mentions “Did you know there’s another lot breaking ground in Montaña y Mar.” Not surprising I didn’t so I went over to check out the scene and see what lot it was. When I arrived they were just digging the initial tranches for the foundation. [...]

Continuing on with part two Moe brings up several good points worth consideration regarding on what I term the simple mistakes. Quoting Moe “you know the simple mistakes to me can be quite traumatizing for the new comers.” Moe continues with a couple of examples of what he refers to as “being climatized.” According to [...]

We first me Moe about six years ago but it wasn’t until about two and a half years prior that we became good friends. I can say with the utmost confidence our families are there for each other. Continuing on with our efforts of supplying accurate examples of what on the ground everyday life is [...]

On 6 August 1991, almost twenty eight years ago, the World Wide Web became publicly available. This gave birth to a whole new technology which would fundamentally change the world as we know it. There’s a multitude of ways August 6, 1991 changed the world but one thing I’m sure we’ll all agree on is since [...]

Hi guys it’s Barry in DR. As promised I’d be keeping our subscribers in the know whenever I find something really worth a second glance. Not long ago I ventured into another agreement where I was involved in subdividing a property. As always is the case my responsibility was to determine its highest and best [...]

One question I’m often asked is what entailed in the DYD tour. Where will we be going, what will we see? You know the general questions you’d think might have an easy answer. Turns out these questions don’t have simple answers. Over the past six plus years I’ve done close to 700 discovery tours, met [...]

I’m often asked “with all the countries you’ve been in and after living in six different countries what made you settle on the DR?”A good question that’s always trailed by another “out of the whole DR what is it that made you pick the town of Cabrera?” Perhaps even a better question and I’ll attempt [...]

Wednesday February 14th 2018 the US suffered its most recent incident involving yet another school shooting. What seems to be taking on the appearance of an ongoing weekly TV series recently featured its 18th episode of the year.  Just so were all on the same page here I’m saying that this totals eighteen separate school [...]

Nancy and Jerry are carrying out a project that many would find hard to even consider. They’re building a 2,200 square foot pool cliff home while still living abroad. Here’s a brief history on how we first met. It’s really kind of cool how it occurred. We met Nancy and Jerry several years prior. Their [...]

Both the Something FeelsWrong website and YouTube channel is all about keeping people in the know. Letting the folks know whenever a new endeavor reveals itself we’ll be sure to keep you up to date. With that in mind here's’ the latest in an ongoing series “the Wise Old Gringo” Over the years I’ve listened [...]

Going forward with Liane’s idea we’re making this our first video of the series. While buying tires isn’t really a subject worth a video we decided to make an exception. The entire series is about general unbiased information. No bashing and no praising remember this is all about folks helping other folks. It’s truly our [...]

We’re going to begin creating a series of videos that should prove useful to a large amount of folks. It’s going to be a continuous series of what we hope will be helpful bits of information acquired over 35 plus years of living as a foreigner. By no means are we saying our way is [...]

A fair while ago I did a YouTube featuring the Dulce Vida restaurant. During that time the food was superb. As with most businesses (mine included) things tend to go along smoothly for a while and so you just coast along and do little in the way of improving things. After all why change what’s [...]

Many of you who take the time to read my posts already know I’ve said countless times that the most dangerous weapon any nation has is an ignorant citizenry. At this point anyone residing in the West and still has the slightest inkling that they’re living in a free democratic society is simply choosing to [...]

After a three and a half week run of visitors it’s nice to be back in the saddle once again. One of the many things I like about what I do is when I’m tired I get to hang up the “Gone Fishing” sign and I get to do this almost whenever I choose to. [...]

I would like to take a moment and introduce you to our latest visitor Dave. Dave recently came down and paid the DR Escapes team a visit, which I don’t think he’ll soon forget. Dave’s a colorful personality who has recently discovered there’s more to life than the big trucks, the large home and owning [...]

I recently received a request from one of our subscribers. They thought it would be a good idea if I filmed some of the construction currently underway around the town of Cabrera. I took a couple of hours and just drove around the various neighborhoods. I simply snapped a few pictures of the homes currently [...]

With the 2017 year coming to a close I wanted to take a few minutes in efforts to keep our subscribers up to date. Amid the many happenings around the town, Cabrera is facing a modest but sustainable growth. With the Discovery Corporation buying out the entire Playa Grande project, a lot of media coverage [...]

With eight exotic beaches to choose from, it’s easy to see why so many get hooked only to find themselves visiting their favorite on a regular basis, but what about the other side of the road.   The landward side, the side I like to call the alternate view. So many forget about the fresh water [...]

The last couple of weeks have been harsh. The passing of a good friend is always a hard-hitting experience. All those who knew the recently deceased will miss him immensely. By living large, by living in the NOW he understood better than most that death is not the greatest loss in life, the greatest loss [...]

It’s late August 2017. I’m composing this post while the thermometer is reaching the mid 90’s.  Yes it’s hot and the air is thick. At times you’d swear you could cut it with a knife. For all who dislike humidity August and September are the two most uncomfortable months in Cabrera. This especially holds true [...]

Between our NW video tour followed by a ten day family reunion in Canada it's nice to be back to the normal smooth pace of Cabrera. Liane and I took advantage of the off time, the summer time in Cabrera and headed up north to Timmins Ontario. Thought we’d enjoy the cooler temps while spending [...]

July 15, 2017 Since returning from our latest tour of the NW coast and neighboring inlands I finally caught up with all the necessary maintenance around the house and property. I had some extra time this morning so I reached out to my buddy to see if he was game for a coffee in town, [...]

I want to cover a subject that I should have covered a long time ago. I want to talk about the amount of ridicules accidents I see when I’m out on my excursion trips. Many of these accidents are located on open straight highways with exceptional pavement. The main highways in the DR are actually [...]

I was enjoying a laid back kind of day so I thought I’d crank up Yota and take a ride over to meet my friend Alduino. Whenever I’m in the area of Rio San Juan I usually take the time to have a drink or two, sit back and chat while enjoying a fine cigar. [...]