Pilar with crazy shoes

After my first weekend

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August 25th 2009
I just experienced my first Dominican weekend these past two days and it sure was an experience! It was great! Friday I went out to a bar with my American friends and then to a discoteca (a dancing club?). It was kind of stressful because we were a very large group and it was hard to handle what everyone wanted to do. It was full of lots of drama and I really didn't enjoy it so much. But dancing w ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Dominican Republic » Santiago

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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