WARNING: This week’s “Only in the Dominican Republic” photo is a bit disgusting!
Category: Dominican Republic
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A Day of Fashion and Glamour: Trip to Dominicana Moda and Champagne Cocktail with Louis Vuitton
This Saturday the 22nd of October, the Hogar del Niño invites you on a “fashionable and glamourous” day out to Santo Domingo – to see the Altos de Chavón graduating students fashion show “The Silk Road” at Dominican Moda, followed by a champagne cocktail at the Louis Vuitton store in Blue Mall. And best of […]
Posted inCasa de Campo Resort, Dominican Republic, Lifestyle, Local News, Sports
FEDOGOLF announces the 2nd Annual DR Open Golf Tournament to be played in Casa de Campo and La Estancia
The Dominican Golf Federation (FEDOGOLF) has just announced that the 2nd Annual “DR Open” golf tournament will take place this year from the 7th to 13th of November and will be played in both the Casa de Campo and La Estancia golf resorts.
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Only in the Dominican Republic: Crazy Cross Breeding!
What do you get when you cross breed a cow with a horse? A Corse? A Horow? Well if the naughty animals photographed in the above picture are successful, we may well have to come up with a real name for this new mystical species!
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“Aqui to’somos Toros!”: The Dominican Baseball Season Starts Friday!
This Friday the 14th of October the 2011-2012 Dominican Baseball Season opens in La Romana town, home of the “Toros del Este” the “Campeones Nacionales 2011.” The celebration kickstarts with the inauguration celebration complete with parade and fireworks, as well as the first of many games between local La Romana team “Los Toros del Este” […]
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Photo of the Week: Playa Blanca
This week’s photo of the week was taken at Casa de Campo’s mysterious Playa Blanca previously know as “Oscar’s Beach”, which although the property of Casa de Campo is actually located outside of the Casa de Campo resort.
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Rainy days and a flash flood in Casa de Campo
At this ‘rainy’ time of year in the Dominican Republic and Casa de Campo – when it rains it pours! And one rainstorm recently was soo fierce that a mini ‘flash-flood’ swept through our beautiful Casa de Campo resort. (Ok, ok it wasn’t so much a ‘flash flood’, more a river of water that ran […]
Posted inCasa de Campo Living, Dominican Republic, Lifestyle, Local News
Only in the Dominican Republic: Help, where did I leave my ladder?
When driving in the Dominican Republic, it is always advisable to “expect the unexpected” – you really never know what weird and wonderful transport solutions you may encounter and equally you never know what random objects may be randomly placed in your path – like a ladder for instance.
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Summer Camp at the Orfanato Niños de Cristo
This year the the children of the ‘Orfanato Niños y Niñas de Cristo’ (orphanage) in La Romana enjoyed their first ever summer camp with 5 volunteers from the United States who shared 3 unforgettable weeks with the children, exploring a variety of exciting and different activities!
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The Taiwan Acrobatics Show: SENSATIONAL in Altos de Chavón!
WOW! The Taiwan Acrobatics Show in Altos de Chavón was absolutely awesome! The show was varied, fun, captivating and action-packed, so much so that it could more accurately be described as a Circus, rather than just Acrobatics!
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Dominican swimmer completes “coastal swim” in support of International Clean Coasts Day!
Saturday the 17th of September was “International Clean Coasts Day” and all over the Dominican Republic, passionate communities, organisations and individuals came together to support this great cause and help get the coasts and oceans of the Dominican Republic CLEAN!