Category Archives: Dominican Republic

Constanza, Dominican Republic

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A mountain region north-west from Santo Domingo. One of the specialities in Constanza is strawberry cultivation.  January 6. 2011

2012 in review

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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

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4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 21,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 5 Film Festivals

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Put on your walking shoes!

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 This is Katja exploring the mountain regions of Dominican Republic. Jarabacoa to be more precise.

According to rumours she is right now doing another trail on a different continent!

The children of Simon Bolívar!

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 A boy and his sister standing at the door of their house with daddy!  Santo Domingo/ Dominican Republic.

 

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Simon Bolívar and sunflowers

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 Simon Bolívar. One of the poorest “barrios” of Santo Domingo named after the liberation hero. Conditions are worse than bad.

The president’s wife is leading a project in the slum area. The most visible change has been paintings of sunflowers on the walls of some houses!

The hula-hoop!

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 Pleased with herself playing skillfully with the hula-hoop.. just like any young girl around the world. Though she happened to draw a blank in the life lottery growing up in one of the poorest slum areas in Santo Domingo, Simon Bolívar.