Luperón, Dominican Republic

... be large black clouds on the horizon. An ominous sign before realising that these huge clouds were in fact the outline of the Dominican Republic. Apart from Jamaica, one has got used to 'scrub' islands that but for some ten or twenty feet would not be ...

... idea about. After about 15 minutes we had been relieved of another US$50 and had again cleared into and out of the Dominican Republic. The absolute classic extortion came from the quarantine guys who, when Pete asked why there were two charges of $10 for ...

... , who is best known for being a Dominican military and state leader who was the main leader in the restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spanish annexation in 1863.  My trip to the North included many other stops along the way, before I ...

We anchored in Luperon harbor for about a week.