Today, the Dominican Republic celebrates its 171 years of Independence! The Dominican Republic, is a country which has, from the beginning fought for its freedom – having been colonised by Spain as well as been invaded by French and Haitian troops, so here we bring you the fascinating history of the Dominican Republic, Dominican Independence Day, as […]
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6 things you didn’t know about the Dominican Flag
Next week (on Friday February 27th) the Dominican Republic will celebrate Dominican Independence Day, and so in anticipation of that day, here we thought we’d bring you 6 interesting facts about the Dominican flag… A much more interesting topic than you would expect!
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Exploring the DR: El Mundo King – out of this world weird!
Having only heard about this place in TripAdvisor we were quite skeptical about this destination… Until we got there.
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Humpback whale watching in Samaná
It’s that magnificent time of year when more than 1,500 humpback whales visit the Samaná bay on the northeast peninsula of the Dominican Republic… that’s right it’s humpback whale season!
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Today is Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia Day
The day of the Virgen de Altagracia, is celebrated annually on January 21st, and each year thousands of faithful devotees of the Virgin travel from across the Dominican Republic to the cathedral in Higuey (the Basílica de Higüey), to worship, to pray and ask for health or miraculous protection.
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Dominican English Dictionary: Chapusero
Welcome back to your Dominican English Dictionary! This time we bring the third word of the year for us to continue learning about the sticky Dominican language.
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FIP World Cup Play-Offs open with devastating defeat
Yesterday Wednesday the 10th of December the FIP World Cup Play-Offs officially opened at the Casa de Campo polo fields with USA defeating Canada and Mexico victorious against the Dominican Republic. But it’s not over yet…
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Let’s celebrate the end of hurricane season!
While the last 6 months, termed as “hurricane season” in the Dominican Republic, we have only seen a few rainy days, and today Sunday November the 30th marks the official end of this rainy, windy season! Woohoo!
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Dominican English Dictionary: Empepillar
It’s time to take out your Dominican English vocab list once again! We welcome you back to this new edition of our incredibly amusing and educating Dominican English dictionary, just to refresh your memories we would love to mention the words that we have previously published (jumo, guayarse, deguabinao, jartura, yeyo, chepa, dique).
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Casa de Campo host of “Future 1” international tennis tournament
The Sporting Life here in Casa de Campo continues to be as active as ever, and now this weekend we have the first of many “Future 1” tennis tournaments that will be played throughout the Dominican Republic.
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Orca whales spotted at Saona Island
Earlier this week, Alido Luis Báez of FUNDEMAR (The Dominican Foundation for Marine Research) based in Bayahibe, spotted 2 orcas in the waters off of Saona Island.