http://extremehotels.com Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:41:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently there are posts of forums complaining about the lack of tourism numbers to the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The quoted numbers are down 30% from last year, and last year was by no means a stellar year. In Cabarete we are a little more fortunate ... http://extremehotels.com/cabarete-is-alive-and-well/ A system has developed over top of Cabarete bringing a couple days of rain. Rain in itself is typically not a problem, but rain with not wind makes for a lazy day. The keen kiteboarding tourists are looking for things to do and eXtreme Cabarete is the one place ... http://extremehotels.com/a-couple-days-of-rain-in-cabarete/ The sun was shining and the wind was a steady 20 K out of the North East. Kite Beach had relatively few kiters, as town is relatively quiet for this time of the year. The PKRA was postponed until July making for a quiet June in Cabarete in ... http://extremehotels.com/another-gorgeous-kitesurfing-day-on-kite-beach-cabarete/ Summer has come to Cabarete, albeit maybe early. With the global change in weather patterns, sometimes summer can come early or late. This year we were fortunate. The end of May was fantastic kitesurfing conditions here on Kite Beach, as we had consistent winds and thermals making for a ... http://extremehotels.com/the-wind-keeps-coming/ The spring in Cabarete is also the second rainy season. Although it doesn't rain all the time, there is always a period between April and June when the rain comes down hard for a one week period, turning Cabarete and pretty much the entire Dominican Republic into a giant ... http://extremehotels.com/spring-flowers-bring-all-the-flowers/ With updates to Google maps, it is now easier for us to show you the exact location of eXtreme Cabarete from the sky. Below is an aerial view of Cabarete, and can zoom out to look at the entire north coast of the Dominican Republic. A quick glance ... http://extremehotels.com/cabarete-on-google-maps/ We are pleased to have a new team member join team eXtreme Cabarete, Deb Suwala.   Deb is a tropical gardener with extensive experience in tropical vegetable farming.  She will be helping us grow tropical vegetables for the restaurant at the hotel and for the general market in Cabarete.  She comes to ... http://extremehotels.com/tropical-gardener/ May continues to be a good month for kitesurfing here in Cabarete.  Today the wind was blowing 15 K out of the North East, the most favourable direction for Kite Beach, Cabarete.  At one poitn the wind picked up to 20K making for a fantastic Cabarete kiteboarding day.   All our school ... http://extremehotels.com/another-great-day-at-extreme/ Another excellent day in Cabarete.  I arranged for a group of four guest staying at Extreme Hotel and myself to go wakeboarding at CabWake.  We went before the wind picked up so we could still catch an afternoon kiteboarding session.  Cabwake is located on the river about 5 minutes outside ... http://extremehotels.com/no-kite-use-a-boat/ I took several of the Extreme Hotel guests to Playa Grande today.  Playa Grande is a beautiful beach located about 30 miles east of Cabarete.  We rented a car and headed out there with our kiteboarding gear.  The wind was forecasted to be low, but we were hopeful.   Once there, we ... http://extremehotels.com/road-trip-to-playa-grande/