This week’s photo for our ‘Only in the DR’ post was sent to us by Lludmila Perez, and was taken on Playa Monte Rio near Barahona.
Etiqueta: Dominican Republic
Dominican-English Dictionary: Papi Shampoo
In this week’s Dominican-English dictionary post, Candiver Bienvenido, a very amusing young Dominican enlightens us about Dominican men!
Noche Dominicana: Costume Contest and more photos!
As part of the Noche Dominicana, which was held on Tuesday the 20th of April, we organised a costume contest – just for fun and of course with prizes for the winners!
Dominican-English dictionary: Un Chin!
In this week’s Dominican-English dictionary post, Candiver Bienvenido, our favourite young Dominican teaches us how the Dominicans use the word “chin.” Today’s word is for describing an amount – we Dominicans say it when we want a small amount of food.
Celebrating El Dia de Independencia: La Bandera Dominicana by Candiver Bienvenido
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 this beautiful country and so in this most Candiver Bienvenido helps us celebrate the Independence Day by sharing with us […]
Photo of the week – Sunset at Sea
This stunning photo of the sun setting on the Caribbean Ocean was submitted by Casa de Campo resident and proud amateur photographer Philip Silvestri during a trip to Palmilla, our own natural swimming pool.
Only in the DR – The world’s worst James Bond Impersonator!
The name’s Jeims, Jeims Bons, 0007!! England’s international man of mystery is here, in the Dominican Republic and he’s a painter! Jeims Bons as he’s known to his Dominican friends is actually a souvenir shop/shack on Dominicus beach.
Found Online – Playa Minitas ranked #3 of World’s Best Beaches!
Playa Minitas, Casa de Campo’s pristine-golden sand beach has been ranked #3 of the World’s top ten famous beaches, by the website of the name “Beach Lovers Guide.” Among the other top 10 beaches was Bondi Beach (#5) and Plage de Pampellone, in Saint Tropez (#1).
Only in the DR – Truck in truck
The Dominican Republic is a beautiful country and Casa de Campo must be one of the best places in the world to live, but every now and again we see something crazy going on! After living here for a while you can sometimes become immune to these wonderful oddities, so in an effort to chronicalize […]
Found Online – Brief but good description of the Terraza de Tennis
We’ve found yet another wonderful online description of one of our Casa de Campo facilities! This time around, the topic of interest is the La Terazza Tennis center. Though they refer to Casa de Campo as a “Tennis Resort” we’ll let it slide cause as we all know, Casa de Campo is what you make […]
Storm Track 2009
As we all know one of the downsides (if any) of living is such a beautiful Tropical Paradise is the yearly Hurricane Season which roughly starts on June 1st and ends November 30th. In order to better serve our community we have just launched a new page, Storm Track 2009, which you can now find […]
