Rejoice my friends! After what has felt like weeks and weeks of endless rain, which caused the Chavón river to flood, it seems that this weekend we can look forward to enjoying a largely sunny weekend!
Tag: Weather
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Photo of the Week: A Storm Rolls In!
It’s official, hurricane season is here and despite June historically being the ‘warm-up’ month, when the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean normally experiences a minimal number of storms and bad weather, here in La Romana and Casa de Campo this so called ‘warm-up’ has been rather fierce to say the least!
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Weather Warning: “Earl” will be passing close by….
Hurricane Earl, which is currently over Puerto Rico, will be passing to the NORTH of the Dominican Republic later today/tonight. There is NO need to panic, but because of the close proximity of Earl, it is almost certain that the Dominican Republic during the next 24 hours will experience some heavy RAIN and winds. We recommend that […]
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Memories of Casa de Campo: The Skies of Casa de Campo
In this week’s ‘Memories of Casa de Campo’ post Carol Burke seduces us with images and words recalling the simplicity, nature and beauty of Casa de Campo 20 years ago – of course Casa de Campo is still very beautiful, just a little more cosmopolitan than it was back then!
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Memories of Casa de Campo: Before and After Hurricane Georges
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 incredible. The above is a ‘before’ and ‘after’ shot of Carol’s back yard – totally unrecognisable! No wonder their dog […]
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Something to be Thankful for – End of Hurricane Season
While its techincally not really over till the 1st of December, we’re going to go ahead and be the first ones to call it. THE 2008 HURRICANE SEASON IS OVER!!! We’ve been lucky this year, so today of all days is a good one to really give thanks for the fact, that aside from a […]
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Just a little sprinkle.
We’re at it again. Luckily as I write this, the rain has subsided. But here you can catch a glimpse of what we had today. While in no way, shape or form was this a ‘major’ storm, it seems not to have gotten the memo. I mean it poured today. A lot. Luckily, it will […]
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Casa de Campo offers visitors 105% Hurricane Guarantee
Anyone familiar with Casa de Campo will know that renting with the hotel directly can provide you with many great benefits, along with the peace of mind that your dealing with a reputable company that cares about its clients*… one of said advantages is their 105% Hurricane Guarantee! If you think about it, this is […]
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Hanna Banana
Photo of the Chavon river after Tropical Storm Hanna Banana rained for almost two straight days. As Tropical Storm Hanna pounded the Western part of the island known as Hispañola (as most news sites lovingly call Haiti / the Dominican Republic), we sure did see our share of rain in these here parts. Though looking […]
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2 months to go…
Image poached from http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Nobody likes to talk about it I know, but its a reality of life, especially when living in the Caribbean, hurricanes blow. And boy can the blow hard. Typically the Dominican Republic does not get hit directly, and when it does, a very low percentage of the time is it in […]
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Farmers’ Almanac predicts that Casa de Campo is the perfect 2008 / 2009 winter hot spot.
Well, perhaps that’s somewhat open to interpretation, but the fact of the matter is that the Farmer’s Almanac has in fact come out and is predicting a very VERY cold winter up north the the good ol’ US of A. While this means that there will be many people freezing their behinds of in the […]