Chapter Five
But I was not completely alone. As the sunrise reached its most perfect, crystal clear moment of the first lightening of the day, I looked up to see a hot air balloon in the distance serenely floating through the morning sky. It felt like layer upon layer of beauty and happiness. I crested the long, gently inclined hill without a problem and from that height, I was delighted to see the city of Santo Domingo ahead of me in the distance.