Rolling Cigars

At one of the tobacco factories we were able to watch them make cigars by rolling the tobacco leaves grown here. The Dominican Republic has quite a wealth of agricultural products that run the gambit from mangos to cocoa to sugar cane to tobacco and much more.

TheDominican Republic

April 14th 2011
Last time we communicated with you we had just arrived in Luperon in the Dominican Republic. As you may be aware this is a very large island made up of very impressive mountains. It has had a very interesting history that the United States has been very involved in. Both Janice and I feel like this is our first truly foreign port of call. Up to this point all the countries we visited English was t ... read more

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Explored and claimed by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the islan... ... read more

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