Just outside the oldest church in America. Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo. December 2010.
Category Archives: Dominican Republic
Dominican landscape!
Julia lives in Enriquillo, Dominican Republic.
Encuentro en Enriquillo!
Enriquillo, Dominican Republic. December 22. 2010.
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General on the wall!
An art teacher and mural painter standing in front of his last work, the face of one of the national liberators.
Not far from here another latin American liberation protagonist Simon Bolívar has given his name to one of Santo Domingos many hopelessly poor slum barrios.
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Refreshing Presidente beer!
Playa Rincón. Dominican Republic january 2011.
Hey kid aren´t you a bit young to drink beer?? No why..thats my grandmother over there.. she gave it to me!
Divine Caribbean view!
Not to many tourists find their way to the southwestern coastline of Dominican Republic!
Got a feeling that this group, does not belong to the ordinary “all-inclusive” category tourists.
Had a short friendly conversation with the man. Cant remember the US state he mentioned as their home!
some christian faith group.. Mennonites? Anybody has a clue?
By the way, we are not far from Paraíso (paradise) You´ll find it between La Cienaga and Enriquillo!
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Vaya con Dios!
-Javier… How do you spell 70 mph.?? (Dominican Republic, heading southwest.)
Un café por favor
At nightfall we stumbled into this coffee plantation after many hours of climbing the Mogote mountain. The owner, an old Dominican and his daughter welcomed us with an excellent cup of coffee.
A group of Haitian immigrants took care of the heavy work. There is about a million Haitians in Dominican Republic looking for a better life compared to what they have in their extremely poor home country. There is tension between Dominicans and Haitians. Xenophobia and mistreatment are not uncommon. Luckily we didn´t notice any sign of bad atmosphere at this “cafetal”
Julia
Julia lives in the small village of Enriquillo, on the southwestern coastline of Dominican Republic.
I was told that she won a small fortune in the national lottery some years ago. Being illiterate, unaccustomed to numbers and perhaps a bit credulous, the money vanished in less than a year.
She kept talking about this and that, but the one expression she
repeated over and over was “y.. que no me venga nadie a decirme que no haya un Dios..” I dont want to hear anyone say that there is no God !
A night out in Santo Domingo
On the other side of the Ozama River “en aquel lado” you´ll find one of the busiest party strips in Santo Domingo, Avenida Venezuela . Loud music, lots of beer and couples dancing bachata..
Håkan Rönnblad 