http://www.bahia-principe.com/pdf/noticia_32_en.pdf
i didn't realize that pinero's hotels would all be tailored as 5-star.
i didn't realize that pinero's hotels would all be tailored as 5-star.
- Thread starter Jasper
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Four 5-star hotels for samana!
The Miami Herald drops another one:
Sun, Oct. 29, 2006
Looking for winter love in the Dominican Republic
Each winter, thousands of humpback whales made the long trek from as far away as Iceland to the waters off the north coast of the Dominican Republic to mate.
BY ELLIOTT HESTER
Special to The Miami Herald
PAT WELLENBACH/AP FILE 2004
FAMILIAR WATERS: A humpback whale flaps its tail in Samana Bay off the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic. The whales, which spend their summers in the waters off New England and points north, return here for breeding and calving January through March.
SAMANA BAY, Dominican Republic - Two males sing hypnotic melodies, vying for the female's attention. They pursue her relentlessly, each hoping the other will give up and go home. When neither does, and the flirtatious female fails to choose between them, the two suitors proceed to settle the matter like . . . whales. Huge, 30- to 40-ton humpback whales.
Engaged in a primal game of one-upmanship, the male humpbacks plunge beneath the water's surface. They might karate-chop one another with 15-foot-long flippers. Perhaps they'll slam into each other like humongous torpedoes. Or, with a flick of its powerful tail, one whale might slap the kelp out of its rival.
Each winter, 10,000 to 12,000 humpback whales migrate from the North Atlantic to the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Most come here to mate. ....
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