Category: Dominican Republic

Our quick stopover in Santo Domingo featured some pretty spectacular hospitality by Armando’s family, which extended right up to the door of the bus. Our five hour ride to Punta Cana was pretty uninteresting, but in conjunction with a short cab ride, was enough to see us into our resort – the VIK Cayena Beach… Continue reading Punta Cana, DR

Our road trip from Santo Domingo to Cabarete started with a full history of the Dominican Republic given by our friend, Armando. Veronica, another friend of Armando’s who is actually from Quebec, but studying in Chile also joined us and put in corrections about names/dates, since she is a Latin American studies student, trying to… Continue reading Cabarete, Dominican Republic

Our flight from Buenos Aires to Santo Domingo took a circuitous route. We flew first to Santiago, Chile where we had a long layover, and spent the night in the departures lounge. Christina had investigated the airport hotel adjascent to the terminal, but in addition to the pricey room rate we would also incur an… Continue reading Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic