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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,...
Alcazar de Don Colon Palace built for son of Christopher Columbus, Discover of the New World
This Palace was built as a present to the son of Christopher Columbus who raised his family in the substantial home when he was the Governor of the Dominican Republic when this country was still controlled by Spain. There are many rooms inside but there...
Tour Guide Alcazar de Don Colon,Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
The entry fee to this old home is only 100 pesos and includes a tour guide. This palace, set on the far side of the Plaza Espana, was built in the early 1500's for Diego Colon, a son of Christopher Columbus. In succeeding years it fell into disrepair and...
Cloud burst in Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
It rains in the Caribbean. This rain has blown in this afternoon and sends me sheltering under a roof overhang on one of the main streets in the Zona Colonia. People, on motorcycles, wrapped in large plastic trash bags, zip through the streets and...
Shoe Problem Impossible to clean
These are a pair of Scott's work shoes from when he used to work hard. Instead of being covered with paint, which was Scott's trade when public school teaching became intolerable,one of these shoes has residue from floor tile adhesive on its toe. The...
Mr. Postman utility bill delivery system
There is a Postal Service in the Dominican Republic but it is either not used, not trusted, or not helpful to the citizens in this old colonial neighborhood. In the United States, our Post Office is maligned with carriers driving expensive Post...
Fixing a Leak Plumbers are needed
The main water supply line from the street to the house is accessible from the sidewalk. You lift a little metal door in the sidewalk and quickly find a leaking coupling that joins the city part of the water line with the homeowners part of the water...
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