Whilst I do not like to be the bearer of bad news, I do really like talking about the weather (even if it is bad) – it’s a British thing, and so when I was casually perusing my favorite websites (weather.com/hurricanecentral and wunderground.com) just now and I noticed some rather ominous satellite imagery of the […]
Category: Dominican Republic
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Going for gold! Taekwondo champion Gabriel Mercedes to compete tomorrow in the Olympics!
UPDATE: Unfortunately this morning (Wednesday August 8th), Gabriel Mercedes, who according to the Dominican Taekwondo Federation had a real chance at bringing home an Olympic medal, pulled the ligaments in his right knee during his first fight and was subsequently defeated by Tameem al-Kubati from Yemen, thus ending the Dominican Republic’s and Gabriel Mercedes’ dream of an […]
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Weather update: Tropical Storm Ernesto forms…but is predicted to pass South of the Dominican Republic
Following the popularity of yesterday’s weather update article and given that “Tropical Depression 5” has just formed into “Tropical Storm Ernesto”, the 5th named storm of the 2012 hurricane season, I thought you may enjoy another weather update!
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Grey grumbling skys….a Tropical Wave and a Tropical Cyclone
Well well well, following an unexpectedly hot and sunny month of July, it would seem that the rainy “Hurricane Season” has now arrived to the Dominican Republic – in the form of a Tropical Wave which is now hovering over us with a “low pressure system”, predicted to become a Tropical Cyclone (most likely a […]
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Happy Dominican Father’s Day!
Today, Sunday the 29th of July 2012, is the official Father’s Day celebration in the Dominican Republic, which is why we (Casa de Campo Living) would like to wish a very happy Father’s Day to all the good daddies, who have done and still are doing a wonderful job raising their children with much effort, […]
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Meet Corazón; a cute bottlenose dolphin that lives between Bayahibe and Samaná!
As part of the International Day of the Oceans, celebrated last Friday June 8th, we received a cute and peculiar story about Corazón, a beautiful bottlenose dolphin, who loves visiting the warm coasts of Bayahibe, only 30 minutes away from Casa de Campo and Samaná, located on the North East coast of the Dominican Republic, […]
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Are you and your Casa de Campo villa prepared for Hurricane Season?
The Atlantic hurricane season lasts every year from June the 1st through to November the 30th, which means that Hurricane Season 2012 has already started and although the weather seems nice enough just now (if a little hot and very humid), you never know what the rest of the season has in store for us […]
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Blooming marvelous! The flowery Flamboyan season has begun!
The Casa de Campo summer season is upon us and with it has arrived the beautiful flowers of the Flamboyan trees!
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Today the Dominican Republic celebrates Corpus Christi!
Today, Thursday June the 7th, the Dominican Republic celebrates “Corpus Christi” Day, a feast day based on Catholic traditions and religious beliefs – also shared among many European and Latin countries. On this day many attend church to commemorate Jesus’ last supper as a way of showing love and gratitude; a principal Christian ritual.
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The Casa de Campo community fondly remembers Ruth Grossman
Ruth Grossman and her husband Bernie first came to Casa de Campo in the early 1980’s, becoming over the next 3 decades popular and beloved members of the community, who through their passion for art and benevolent personalities really made a difference. Today, following the passing of Ruth on May 1st 2012 we share with […]
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Hurricane Season starts today – Friday June 1st
Today Friday June the 1st marks the start of “Hurricane Season”, which despite what some people think does not mean that it will rain constantly for the next 6 months, rather that when it does rain will in general be a little more fuerte (strong) than at other times of the year and it is of […]