Scott’s Adventures in the Dominican Republic
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...
Old World/New World Plaza Duarte, Santo Domingo DR Fundraiser
The old and new world co-exist, sometimes shake hands, but more often ignore one another. These kids are fundraising for a trip to Phoenix, Arizona for an International Hip-Hop Competition. These seniors,sitting on green crates in the park,close to them,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Larimar Precious stone found only in the Dominican Republic
Larimar is one of Earth's creations, formed by great pressures, huge temperatures, great shiftings of the Earth's crust over millions of years. It is found only in the Dominican Republic where it is mined, cut, polished, and fashioned into fine jewelry....
Street Music-Parque Colon-Santo Domingo Parmenio Diaz, Alto Sax
Playing Alto Sax is no easy affair. Playing solo, in public, with no supporting team, is similar to shooting a game winning basketball free throw, in a championship series, with everything on the wire. Parmenio plays with spirit. There is room, in music,...
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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