Salcedo, Dominican Republic

Travel Blogs from Salcedo (3)

My Visit to Another Peace Corps Volunteer, La Ermita, Dominican Republic travel blog
My Visit to Another Peace Corps Volunteer
Sep 30, 2003

... It is good thing they did not mention how long it would take to get to her site.  I guess distance is relative in the Dominican Republic.  Someone could say, "It is just down the street."  Try a few miles or over a mountain.  Come on, ...

A travel blog entry by wylycm
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Dominican Heroines and Butterflies, Salcedo, Dominican Republic travel blog
Dominican Heroines and Butterflies
Apr 10, 2007

... Trujillo era.  The Mirabal sisters aka. the Mariposas or Butterflies fought against the Trujillo dictorship in the 1950s in the Dominican Republic.  Their family lived in the northern part of the country in a small town called Ojo de ...

A travel blog entry by maritakane
In the Time of the Butterflies, Salcedo, Dominican Republic travel blog
In the Time of the Butterflies
Jan 31, 2009

Today we took a brief excursion to the museum of Las Hermanas Mirabal - The Mirabal Sisters. These women heavily opposed the dictatorship of Trujillo and headed a revolutionary movement. Tragically, three of the sisters were killed by Trujillo ...

A travel blog entry by aprilrenee

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