I just felt my second earthquake in my entire life! Just sitting in my office in Colonial Zone working on the web site and the chair vibrated. It was just for a half second but it for sure shook. I thought at first that maybe there was something happening in the street, like something fell […]
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Sunday Walkabout – Fighting Fish
>I took my usual Sunday walk about and decided to cross the floating bridge and see what was on the other side that I had missed being in a car. I ended up walking on Avenida Espana pass the Naval base (after I was back home and looked at the map I realized I could […]
Santo Domingo Carnival 2008
>Carnival season is past and ended with another great “Best of the Best” Carnival/ Carnaval on the Malecon (Ave. George Washington) in Santo Domingo. The place was packed full of all sorts of people. Young and old alike. People dresses in elaborate costumes, some with painted faces, others maybe only sucking on a pacifier maybe […]
Independence Day February 27,2008
>I know I haven’t posted in a while. I have no excuse except to say I really didn’t realize that it has been this long of a time. Sorry…. Anyhow,Here are a few videos and pictures I took along the Malecon in Santo Domingo on Independence Day during the Military Parade. I use my digital […]
Crime in Pittsburgh PA, USA verses Santo Domingo
>I was talking to a lady a few weeks ago. She said how she didn’t like Dominican Republic because of the high crime rate and that noone ever talks about that.Well..I don’t have any information on the crimes in Santo Domingo but I was curious and decided to look at a city near where I […]
My First New Year in DR continued
Juan Antonio and I went to his cousins home for New Years Eve. They were really nice people. They made me feel very welcome, like I was family. Even though I couldn’t understand much that was being said. There was a few things that happened that I had to ask Juan to explain. One I […]
