Archive for December, 2009
Puerto Plata Region at a glance
What to expect on a visit to these shores
31Dec2009 | They | 7 comments | Continued
Spanish Galleon That Sank Around 1700 Found near Nagua
A research team has discovered a Spanish galleon that apparently sank near Nagua between 1690-1700
29Dec2009 | They | 0 comments | Continued
Missing Hamilton man found
Ex-Hamilton man says he was kidnapped, held for 16 days
29Dec2009 | They | 0 comments | Continued
Cigar factory photos: “Made by Hands” in Dominican Republic
Post card collection depicts the hands of people at work rolling fine cigars in the Dominican Republic. Photographed by Owen Franken in 2007 at Luis Cuevas factory, a duotone treatment of these recent pictures emphasizes how this caring, handmade process is a tradition that has gone unchanged since its very beginnings.
27Dec2009 | They | 0 comments | Continued
La Citadelle
Cap-Haitien, Haiti.- The sun rises slowly over the bay in Cap-Haitien casting a soft golden light over the town as the car trundles laboriously along potholed streets. All around us the city begins to stir, vendors appear on the street corners and groups of schoolchildren, books in hand, shield their eyes against the glare as [...]
9Dec2009 | They | 0 comments | Continued
Dominican Republic’s bad boat rep hurts marinas, hotelier says
PUERTO PLATA.- “The Dominican Republic has a bad reputation as maritime destination due to the inconvenience of its ports, the problematic entry procedures and the regulations for tourist boats,” the vice-president of the company Ocean World Marina & Casino Stefan Meister, affirmed Wednesday.
He said more than eight agencies or authorities receive a boat when it [...]
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