Articles in Dominican Republic
The Fundacion Lirio del Valle is a charity project which was started only a year ago, but since then has already improved the lives of many poor children in La Romana.
This week’s ‘Only in the DR’ post was sent to me by Philip Silvestri, taken from his mobile phone in Santo Domingo.
One of the MOST glamourous events of the Casa de Campo social calendar, the Fundacion MIR’s ‘Magical Splendor for Life’ gala is this Saturday the 13th of March. Yesterday Lian Fanjul and her daughter Lyanne …
In this week’s ‘Memories of Casa de Campo’ post, Carol Burke recalls the day Hurricane George arrived, largely destroyed and left Casa de Campo and La Romana. Her memories are fascinating and the photos quiet …
While Cadaques is not your typical dreamy soft white sandy beach resort, it is a unique, fun and interesting place ,which is quickly becoming a great new hot spot in the La Romana-Bayahibe area.
Last Sunday the 28th of February, La Romana came alive with the banging of drums, the blaring of music and over 20 Carnaval comparsas dancing, marching, jumping and prancing along the streets.
This week’s photograph was taken by myself on a romantic golf cart ride around the Teeth of the Dog golf course.
Last month we reported that the famous Italian singer Eros Ramazotti may be coming to Altos de Chavon to perform – a rumor which we can now confirm is TRUE.
Tomorrow Sunday the 28th of February the streets of La Romana will come alive with music, dancing and the banging of drums as the La Romana Carnaval ‘Gran Desfile’ marches it’s way through the streets …
Today February the 27th is Independence Day in the Dominican Republic or rather ‘el Dia de Independencia.’ As I am not Dominican I confess that I am a little ignorant as to the history of …
Most, if not all of our ‘Only in the DR’ posts are utterly baffling and this week’s photograph is no different.
Last Saturday the 13th of February, the Hogar del Niño fundraising weekend final event – the dinner/dance took place at the La Romana Country Club.
In May this year the Ferries del Caribe and the Marina Casa de Campo will once again join forces to host the 6th annual ‘Ferries del Caribe’ fishing competition.
In this week’s ‘Memories of Casa de Campo’ post Carol Burke our wonderful weekly columnist reminisces about the beauty of Casa de Campo – the beautiful gardens, and all the different trees and flowers.
Happy Valentines Day! Today Casa de Campo Living celebrates the day of love and friendship with this adorable photograph!
The Procigar Festival has been staged every year since 2008 by the Dominican Republic’s Cigar Makers Association and takes place in both Casa de Campo and Santiago.
This week’s ‘Only in the DR’ post continues our goat theme and so it seems the Dominican Republic and/or Casa de Campo Living is indeed obsessed by goats…..
Ramon Tilanus, a 10th grade pupil at the Abraham Lincoln is selling ‘Leave Your Clothes’ T-shirts to help raise money for Haiti – in this article Ramon explains the scheme and exactly how you can …
