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Thanks for checking us out!If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.Tonight we went to see Guster perform at The Phoenix and all I can say is “Wow!”
After the show we got to meet the band; here are some pics:

Last night we attended the wedding of Kristin & Keith (soon to be a dot com as well… but not kristinandkeith.com or keithandkristin.com) at The Pines in Cambridge, Ontario. In what seems to be a growing trend, the wedding and reception took place in the same place, and there wasn’t a giant gap between the [...]

It’s been an amazing week here in Samana, but like many good things this has to end. We spent the day doing our best to relax and ensure we didn’t get a sunburn that we’d have to suffer with for the flight home
The afternoon was spent reading on our balcony (Leah) and drifting between awake [...]

Today we hit the road with Kevin & Wendy, and Scott & Krista. We arranged to have a minibus tour us around for $80 US… however there was a miscommunication and it ended up costing us $120 US… but still not bad considering there were six of us, and we had the minibus and driver [...]

Today we headed out into Samana Bay to go whale waiting watching. Samana Bay is where humpback whales come to give birth each spring.
We headed out at about 9am and spent nearly three hours on the water. We saw a few whales spouting, and a couple breaching in the distance, but nothing incredible up close.  [...]

Hola and Happy Valentimes Day from Sunny Samana! (Yes, I know that is not how you spell Valentine’s but if you watch 30 Rock, and you should, you’d know why it’s funny this way…)

Today we spent the morning hiding from the sun, before heading over to Cayo Leventado (an island in the bay directly offshore [...]

Tuesday was hot. And windy. Very windy! So windy that I think it tricked most people into thinking that it was not as hot as it was - evidenced by the number of people sporting vicious sunburns today! As it was extremely hot and sunny, Leah also managed a bit of a burn; and although [...]

Prior to departing, we read the reviews that were posted to tripadvisor.com, and were quite concerned that we had made a mistake in selecting this resort.
Boy were we wrong! From the minute we walked out of the airport in Samana we have been taken care of admirably.
The airport is small - one runway, minimal staffing, [...]

The weather, other travellers and staff are all wonderful! We started our day with a buffet breakfast, followed by a swim in the ocean, Spanish lessons (Chris only), aerobics in the pool, reading, swimming, eating, etc…
In the weeks leading up to our trip we had read some less than favourable reviews on tripadvisor.com and some [...]

Hello Hello from sunny and hot Samana!
After a long day of travel we have settled in to the resort lifestyle, and have decided to stay. Forever. And ever.
The weather, resort, staff, and food so far are great.
Keep it tuned to www.chrisandleah.com for updates as the week progresses.
Love Chris and Leah. (We’re a Dot Com!)