2006 Travel News Archive – Page 22

Laser sailing in Cabarete

2003 Pan American gold medalist Raul Aguayo has won the 4th Caribbean Laser Midwinter Regatta 2006, held in Cabarete 13-15 January. Runner-ups were Ari Barshi, Tim Landt, Ken Brown, Jorge Abreu and four-times world laser champion, Peter Seidenberg. The event was organized by the Dominican Sailing Federation. Competitors from the DR, US, Canada, Ireland and …

A wedding at the top of the Caribbean

Dominicans Catherine Kelner and Carlos Abreu chose to tie the knot at an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) last November. They had met during an excursion to Pico Duarte and chose to formalize their relationship at the same spot. The wedding, which has made the news, came after a four-day excursion to the mountaintop …

4th Caribbean Laser Midwinter regatta

The 4th Caribbean Laser Midwinter regatta will take place in Cabarete 13-15 January 2006. Sailors from North America, Europe and of course the Dominican Republic will participate. The Laser is a one person Olympic sailboat. Cabarete, long famous for windsurfing and kitesurfing, is slowly becoming a hot spot for Laser sailing as well. This international …

Speculation on Clinton’s buying in Punta Cana

It is said that their special lot is reserved. The New York Daily News comments that the former US President and New York’s senator “are so enchanted by the Dominican Republic’s exclusive Punta Cana Resort that they are discussing buying a home there.” The Clintons made their fifth visit to the DR for the New …

Casa de Campo in Chico’s catalogue

It is difficult to tell what looks better in the catalogue… Chico’s clothes or the lovely sights of Casa de Campo as photographed for the Getaway 05/06 catalogue of the Spanish clothing company, Chico’s? Photographs were shot from 12-15 October for the catalogue that has just been released. See http://www.chicos.com

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More winter super fare sales

JetBlue joins Spirit Air in offering excellent fares to the Dominican Republic as part of its winter clearance sale this winter. Jetblue is offering fares of US$92 each way plus taxes and charges from John F. Kennedy International with connecting service to Boston into Santiago. Santiago is about 40 minutes from Puerto Plata and other …

The Washington Post focuses Puerto Plata

Travel writer Taryn Luntz in a Sunday, 18 December feature in The Washington Post Sunday edition focuses on the time she spent staying in the beach area of Cofresi, Puerto Plata and the time she took off to experience “what I had heard were the country’s greatest attractions – a rich culture and truly generous, …

Greatest discount fares to DR

Spirit, marketing itself as the discount airline for flights to the Caribbean, is offering incredibly attractive fares to the Dominican Republic from several US cities this winter. They are advertising the following fares: Atlantic City for as low as US$198 R/T into Santo Domingo and US$158 R/T into Punta Cana; Washington D.C. from US$238 R/T …

Master of the Ocean

The Master of the Ocean will again take place in Cabarete, Puerto Plata. This event is a wave riding triathlon – combining windsurfing, kitesurfing and surfing. Luciano Gonzalez of the Dominican Republic, who won the event in 2005, will try to repeat his feat. The event was created to select the world’s best overall water …

Puerto Plata cable car repaired

The cable car ride to the top of Loma Isabel de Torres has once again become one of the North Coast’s top attractions, following repair work costing RD$20 million. The only cable car in the DR was out of service for 45 days during which time its cables were replaced. The work was carried out …

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