Scott’s Adventures in the Dominican Republic

Under Construction local barrio outside Zona Colonia

Under Construction local barrio outside Zona Colonia

    Having worked construction for years, customers have always appreciated a clean work place. Construction sites go through a lot of stages and there are times when clean is the last thing on a builders mind. There are times it is best to leave a room...

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God Bless Santo Domingo Jardin Botanico snack stop

God Bless Santo Domingo Jardin Botanico snack stop

    At the Jardin Botanico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, it is lunch time. On the menu is one part indigenous people, one part Europeans, one part Hispanics, one part black Africans. Combine the European, African, Caribbean and Dominican recipe and...

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Jardin Botanico Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Jardin Botanico Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    A ten minute taxi ride to the north of the Zona Colonia are the National Botanical Gardens of the Dominican Republic.   The gardens are huge and narrow city sidewalks are traded for wide foot paths to walk freely in wide open spaces This Sunday...

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Plazas in the Zona Colonia Sunday evening,dinner time

Plazas in the Zona Colonia Sunday evening,dinner time

    Shadows begin to form in the early evening, thick stones in old city walls seem less heavy and ancient, a softness wraps itself around the Parque Colon, the Santo Domingo Cathedral, the bars, restaurants and hotels in the Zona Colonia. This World...

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Fishing by the Napolitano Casino Fishermen rise early

Fishing by the Napolitano Casino Fishermen rise early

    Before seven in the morning, a kid passes me on his old bicycle, carrying a five gallon plastic bucket, with bait and tackle inside, on his bicycle handlebars. His fishing pole sticks out of an empty milk container secured to his back bike fender with a...

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Trip to Sanoa Island From Santo Domingo

Trip to Sanoa Island From Santo Domingo

    Those going on this day trip from Santo Domingo to Sanoa Island start at the Pizzerelli Pizza Palace at six forty five in the morning. There is no one on the street this morning when I walk to our assigned pick up point, but, at the pizza place, there...

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Museo of Cacao Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Museo of Cacao Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Cocoa is grown mostly in West Africa but is also cultivated in the Dominican Republic,Grenada and Nicaragua, all located in the same geographical band circling the waist of our planet. Cocoa is labor intensive to grow and turn into products people will...

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Plaza for a Poet Pellerano Castro

Plaza for a Poet Pellerano Castro

    This little plaza is dedicated to an important poet with a simple stone inscription. Pellerano was a man who moved to the Dominican Republic from Curacao, stayed, and also raised a daughter, Luisa Castro, who was one of the most influential woman writers...

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Calle Estrellita In the neighborhood

Calle Estrellita In the neighborhood

    Yes, there is trash on the sidewalks. Yes, you have to watch your step. Yes, people live close together with no yards,few garages, a myriad of empty buildings waiting for bank money and investors to fix them up. Yes, there is noise and congestion. Yes,...

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