PBS Series Black In Latin America – Haiti & the Dominican Republic: An Island Divided. This is the first part of the entire series. There are 4 episodes; Mexico & Peru, Brazil, Cuba and Haiti & Dominican Republic. Please watch it in its entirety. It is very interesting. The first part has many scenes from […]
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Long Night of Museums 12-8-2012
La cuarta edición en República Dominicana de La Noche Larga de los Museos./ The fourth edition of The Long Night of the Museums in Dominican Republic. This fun family event will be held on Saturday the 8th December,2012. 20 of the country museums and spaces will be open from 9AM until 12 midnight to celebrate […]
Anthony Bourdain in Dominican Republic
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on The Travel Channel – Season 9, Episode 9 – Dominican Republic. My favorite traveler-eater visits Dominican Republic. The show originally aired on October 29, 2012. Bourdain visited my favorite place to go for a sandwich whatever time of the night or day it is, Barra Payan located on 13 de […]
Lady of Mercedes Day 9-2012
September/ Septiembre 24 is Our Lady of Mercedes Day/ Día de las Mercedes. This holy day the faithful will make their trek to La Vega. Here, about 8 miles from the center of town, is located The Holy Hill/ El Santo Cerro. The hill top shrine build to honor this important patron saint. Since this […]
International Coastal Clean-up Day 9-15-2012
International Coastal Clean-up Day(ICC)/ Dia Internacional de Limpieza de Costas The Vida Azul Foundation will bring an estimated 25,000 volunteers together on Saturday, 15 of September. These people will be cleaning up the Dominican Republic beaches and rivers. Last year 21,734 people took part in the event and collected 239,074lbs of garbage from 78kms of […]
The Planet Meditates 9-9-2012
The Planet Meditates 2012/ EL PLANETA MEDITA 2012 Sept. 9 thousands of people around the planet will meditate at the same time joining together for world peace. This massive meditation is organized by the Art of Living Foundation/ Fundación El Arte de Vivir. There will be over 300 cities in different countries participating in this […]