Places to Go & Things to See
Columbus Wuz Here Columbus Lighthouse, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
There is controversy whether this is a lighthouse and whether Columbus's bones are really inside the not so small ornate iron box in the center of this ornate display. Columbus found the Dominican Republic on the first of his four voyages to the New...
Mineshaft Tavern Local Watering Hole
State Road 14 takes you to Madrid,New Mexico, and to Cerrillos,New Mexico, if you stay on it. All the way to Madrid we are passed by overweight motorcycle riders wearing pony tails and Bandito Leather jackets. Madrid is an old New Mexico mining town that...
Cerrillos, New Mexico Road Trip
New Mexico, before statehood, was an American territory wrested from Mexico in one of America's many wars. In 1912, we became a state and were lucky to do so.There were plenty of critics, then, as now, who suggested New Mexico has more in common...
” The Fountain “ Fountain Hills, Arizona
This morning, the Fountain goes off at nine sharp, the same time as all the local businesses open. Ducks cruise past it like little feathered boats as a steady geyser of water is propelled several hundred feet into the air. I film the eruption from...
Morning Stroll Lake in the center of Fountain Hills, Arizona
The landscape in this part of Arizona has few trees and even less water. It has jagged rocky hills that rise from the desert floor like turtle heads coming up out of their shell. The tallest vegetation, for miles, is the saquaro cactus that we first...
Happy Home 19th Century Museo of Tostada
Across from Billini plaza is a well to do man's home of the nineteen hundreds. His home, which I am shown through, is several hundred years older than the Alcazar de Don Colon and several hundred years behind homes you find now in the Zona Colonia with...
Museo of Rum In the Zona Colonia
Rum has been around for centuries. Columbus brought the first sugarcane to the new world, and, shortly after, the first sugar cane plantation, worked by slaves, was begun in the New World in the Dominican Republic. A trade route was begun with...
Plaza Espana On an evening in March
Plaza Espana is a popular night spot in Santo Domingo. There are events and live music here. but, this evening, early, people are just beginning to arrive as the moon rises just above Columbus's right shoulder. The Alcazar de Don Colon is closed and...
Arturo Fuente Cigar Club Cigar Expedition Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tobacco farms and factories are actually located closer to the city of Santiago but you can get a whiff of the industry in Santo Domingo. The Arturo Fuentes Cigar Club, in Santo Domingo, is a retail smoke shop, but it is also a gathering place for those...
Godfather street Zona Colonia- Calle Hostos
According to one of my first guides, Alberto, this Godfather Street is where parts of the movie " Godfather " were filmed. Alberto, who is missing one leg, but transports quickly, even with crutches,took me on a tour the other day to the Plaza Espana,...
Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria le Menor Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
There are, according to the web, 1.2 billion Catholics in the world today. This number, of course, changes every second because people are born and die every second and because counting anything is never easy. This Cathedral, in the middle of...
Museo of Amber Zona Colonia, Santo Domingo
Pat reminds me to dig deeper into amber, when I'm in the Dominican Republic, highly valued by Kings and royalty way way back when we had Kings and royalty. Tunneling deeper, I walk myself to the Museum of Ambar at 454 Calle Arzobismo Merino Street...
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