The south of the island
#BordeandoRD: Day 3. Today we go through the border with Haiti from south to north.
Almost without fear of making a mistake, this was the hardest day of the whole journey. In addition to the many kilometers traveled, in the route Barahona – San Juan de la Maguana, we found the road closed by a spontaneous strike, which caused us ...
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#BordeandoRD: Day 2. We continue through the south of the island.
This day began with the visit to the border point of Pedernales – Ans-a-Pitre. We approached with some caution. There had been some strikes in our neighboring country because of a failed attempt by their government to make unprecedented increases in fuel prices. Luckily, we ...
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#BordeandoRD: Day 1. 9 days roadtrip and 2001 kilometers
For a long time we wanted to do a roadtrip through all the coastline of the Dominican Republic. We knew of paradisiacal beaches that we could explore, different flavors to taste our palate, and why not?, see how the way of speaking of people, their ...
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Ruins of Engombe, hidden in the vicinity of Santo Domingo
It was only to get out of the car and tell the children: “We arrived.” Just at that moment the fun and exploration started all over the place. We began to listen to the stories that all of the sudden came out of in their ...
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“There is a country in the world”…with the only Larimar mine
In such a big world, and think that right here, southwest of this Caribbean island, in the province of Barahona, about 700 meters above sea level, in a town called Los Chupaderos. First thing’s first. The road to reach the mine. Making a little graphic ...
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Specifically four generations
There are places that are not fantastic by themselves, but rather the people that make them see and feel that way. At Senderos Los Martínez in San José de Ocoa, they received us with a big smile and an immense vocation of service by the ...
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Ocoa and four generations
It was Saturday afternoon; we did not know what we would do on Sunday. But something we did have clear, and was to go out and discover a new place. After sharing some ideas, one of our adventurous friends proposed to make a new route ...
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