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Dominican Destinations - Barahona Region

Central America Caribbean » Dominican Republic » Barahona December 13th 2010

Greetings to all! I wish to tell to you about our big travel to area Barahona which is in the southwest of Dominican republic. This region is completely not similar to tropics. Here around the droughty savanna and is a lot of cactuses. I was not in Texas, but the same seems to me there. img=http://www.dominicana.cc/album_maps/Barahona_Expedition_map_Dominican/map_dominicana_Barahona_21.JPG img=http://www.dominicana.cc/album_maps/Barahona_Expedition_map_Dominican/map_dominicana_Barahona_22.JPG img=http://www.dominicana.cc/album_maps/Barahona_Expedition_map_Dominican/map_dominicana_Barahona_14.JPG Our trip was long, we have passed all this big peninsula on a circle and have looked all sights which could reach by the car. img=http://www.dominicana.cc/album_maps/Barahona_Expedition_map_Dominican/map_dominicana_Barahona_17.JPG img=http://www.dominicana.cc... read more

Barahona Blues

Central America Caribbean » Dominican Republic » Barahona May 28th 2007

Pico Pollo

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24 May 2007 The 415 km bus ride from Rio San Juan to Barahona started at 8 am. It would take us back thru SDQ. At the tiny bus terminal in Rio San Juan, we met the nicest guy - Manny. He helped us store our backpacks and took us to the only open breakfast spot - Pica Pollo Benito - aplace we would have normally bypassed in our search for culinary delights. But Benito seemed to be a local favorite and that morning he served up hot boiled yucca and bacalao with egg (saltfish and egg). Another specialty was deep-fried cheese. We passed up on that one. At the station again, we wolved down some of the goodness before saying 'adios' to Manny and then we were out of there. What a pleasant little village. ... 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...more history

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