That Christmas chocolate you’re gorging on didn’t come from Oompa-Loompas operating magical machines inside Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory… Instead, companies like Nestle and Cadbury produce their chocolate from cocoa beans sourced from plantations in countries such as Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Indonesia or the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is an appropriate place to visit a … Continue reading
Now, I get bored pretty quickly on beaches, but this one was interesting to me (and not because they were filming an episode of Survivor when we arrived). Some historians claim that it is here, rather than Playa las Flechas, where Christopher Columbus and his crew landed. Playa Rincon from a distance: With the exception … Continue reading
It’s interesting walking on the same streets that were once strolled by Christopher Columbus and Sir Francis Drake… On the edge of this square is the oldest cathedral in the Americas (consecrated in 1521). Continue reading
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 