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It's baseball season in DR! The Fall-Winter Dominican Baseball League starts every year in late October and extends thru January when the Championship series takes place. The 2011-12 season is dedicated in the memory of Reynaldo (Pappy) Bisono.

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Juan Pablo Duarte On January 26th, the Dominican Republic commemorates the birthday of the Founding Father of the Dominican land: Juan Pablo Duarte. Juan Pablo Duarte & Diez was born in the colonial zone of Santo Domingo on 1813. He is the son of Manuela Diez (originally from El Seibo) and a Spanish father Juan Jose Duarte.  
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Did you know? 85% of the North West Atlantic humpback whales are born in Dominican Republic’s waters. The Humpback whales return every year to Dominican waters to breed and give birth. Visiting the whale sanctuary in the Samana Bay and the Silver Bank in the North East of the country is one the most beautiful excursions to enjoy while visiting the Dominican Republic. Around 3,000 Humpback whales visit every year from January to March delighting visitors and spectators in the Samana Bay area.
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Photo of the Week


Cachon de la Rubia, Santo Domingo.

Photo Courtesy of Oliver Oller
 

Dining out

Dining out in Dominican Republic has always been characterized by having excellent restaurants of every variety of food from the local flavors to the international, but when the time comes to select where to go, it’s always a tradition to visit the restaurant El Meson de la Cava. Read More

SUGGESTED READING

“In the time of the Butterflies” (En el tiempo de las Mariposas) is a novel based on true stories of the lives of the Mirabal sisters during the regime of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo in Dominican Republic. Julia Alvarez is the author of this best-seller novel who made it to the big screens on a movie with the same name that Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos and Marc Anthony starred. Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist who wrote this story in a unique way to resemble some of the thoughts, life experiences and tragedies of the Mirabal sisters during the oppressive regime that the Dominican Republic was living back in the day.

 

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Spanish on the Go!

Dominican Urban Dictionary / Local Slang: "Acotejar"> This term is often used by locals to refer to the word: accommodate. The correct word will be "acomodar" but more often you will hear the term "acotejar". If you want to sound like a real local be sure to include this term in your vocabulary.

FAQ: Ask the Experts!

Which is the best way to arrive to the D.R.? The best way to get to the Dominican Republic and the easiest is by plane, there are direct flights almost from every part of the world to the country. There are five international airports so you can choose the one that suits you better.