Hi,
Although I’m still planning on going to Moscow and St. Petersburg (I already have my tickets, leaving May 15th), I couldn’t stay put for long, so I took a quick jaunt to Santo Domingo, the capital of The Dominican Republic.
“Why choose Santo Domingo? (From in online source:)
Santo Domingo is the oldest city in the New World, where the settlement of all the Americas began. See the first cathedral, the first hospital. Wander down cobble stone streets among the Spanish colonial architecture and imagine how things were back in the 1600s.
No other city in the Caribbean has a greater variety of restaurants and night life. There are so many restaurants in this city that it is practically impossible even for those who live here to have visited them all. And it’s a great place to meet people. A lot of young single executives who come here to work end up leaving (if they leave) married to a Dominican.
Santo Domingo is the most bustling and diverse city in the Caribbean. It has a population of over three million inhabitants within the city and the Province of Santo Domingo and sprawls out over 250 square kilometers. “
A bit like Tijuana in the tropics, in a good way.
View from my hotel room window:
The first hospital in the New World:
The first Cathedral… with statue of Columbus. (His brother founded Santo Domingo, this first city in the New World in 1498)
Fresh seafood:
Friendly locals…
Sunny beaches…
Cool kids…
…a bit of tropical rain…
And some diverse culture…
…with a cherry on top!
Until next time,
Christian!