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Another closing on the Playa Dorada area -- the Allegro Hotel ( one of the original "luxury resorts" for the 1980s -- formerly called Jack Tar). Even as Caesar de los Santos (tourism minister) is touting the idea that tourism has returned and that there is 100% occupancy, another major chain...

First visit here was in 1970s right after US Marines landed in Santo Domingo. Never figured out whether the US stopped the good guys from winning or kept the society from self-destruction.The wife says one thing -- I think another. But she tells me at that Meeting Place center in Puerto Plata...

Best store for books about the DR in Spanish my wife says is Librer?a Thesaurus Ave. Abraham Lincoln esq. Sarasotain Santo Domingo. Don't know if they have a website. Best place for books about the DR in English she says is The Meeting Place in Puerto Plata (www.MeetingPlacePuertoPlata.com) --...

On Sunday Feb 12 at 3pm in Puerto Plata there will be a unique discussion of the story of the Jews in Sosua told by one of the original settlers as well as a slide presentation of some of the rare artifacts from the museum. During WWII one of the few places that Jews could find refugee was in...