Puerto Plata Feature Articles
Whale season Jan 15 - March 15
Humpback whales wow visitors to Samana
15Jan2010 | They | 2 comments | Continued
Eco-lodge owner goes the extra mile for self-guided travelers in the Dominican Republic
“Quit trying to micro-plan from your desktop”, says this ecolodge’s owner, who gives his guests a country orientation, selected pre-inspected small hotels to move around to and a local cell phone to stay connected.
1Jan2010 | They | 2 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
Adventure travel in the Dominican Republic
Two hours into the mountains, Maxima Aventura is a wilderness dude ranch for adventure travelers and extreme sports enthusiasts
24Nov2009 | They | 0 comments | Continued
Photo Gallery: The women of 118 Sanchez St.
“They live on Calle Sanchez 118 A in Puerto Plata, a mother and daughter,” says Carina, from Sweden, whose profiles of life in her chosen city are both colorful and sensitive. “I follow them, and I take at least one photograph each day of them”
16Nov2009 | They | 1 comment | Continued
A family trip to Cabrera
You’d be surprised how much vacation you can squeeze out of a four-day getaway. Behold New York city designer Cynthia Rowley and her family, who spend a long weekend in the Dominican Republic hopscotching nonstop from surfing to horseback riding to swinging Tarzan-style through the jungle. And that’s just between breakfast and lunch.
26Aug2009 | They | 0 comments | Continued
People Making a Difference: Bob Hildreth and Lisa Ballantine
These two innovators, working independently, provide cheap, effective filters that make polluted water potable.
15Jun2009 | They | 0 comments | Continued
Luxuriating at Villa Castellamonte
How the rich live every day—you can rent it for a week. A correspondent recounts her experiences staying at the posh Villa Castellamonte in Cabrera near Playa Grande
6May2009 | They | 2 comments | Continued
Restaurauteur strikes back at online critic
After reading online a negative review about his restaurant, “I just had to write back!” says the owner of Cafe Cito
30Apr2009 | They | 2 comments | Continued
Our quest for the ‘right’ cigar
After a year of legwork we discovered an ideal combination of quality, price and consistency from a small, Cuban family-run factory hidden away in the Cibao Valley
1Apr2009 | They | 1 comment | Continued
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