Dominicana to Puerto Rico So, the trip to Cuba got cancelled on a short notice and instead of Cuba, I ended up in Puerto Rico. I was totally unprepared for visiting it. I did not read guidebooks or look at the map. I did not plan to go there at all. In any case, the […]
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Zona Colonial, St. Domingo The COVID test result came negative. I filled out an online form required to enter Puerto Rico, uploaded the electronic test result and received a QR-code. My last day in Dominicana was spent again in Zona Colonial. There were plenty of streets in it which I had not seen. As it
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Santo Domingo The sudden change of plans to go to Puerto Rico instead of Cuba left me with only 2 days in Dominicana. I spent them exploring Santo Domingo’s Old Town called Zona Colonial. My hotel was 15 minutes away on foot from it. Almost all museums and attractions were closed because of the pandemic.
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Samaná, Dominicana After 2 nights in Punta Cana, The Greek Resort hotel called a taxi to take me to the bus station and paid for it. I don’t know if it was the hotel policy to provide free transportation or if they did that because the visitors were so few that they took the utmost
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Denver to Dominicana The pickup at the hotel for my daytrip was at 7 a.m., too early for the hotel restaurant to serve breakfast. I hate sightseeing on an empty stomach and asked the night before if they could cook something quick for me in the morning. The restaurant staff went above and beyond my
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Having spent 2 months at home in my cold Colorado, I began missing the warm seas again. Dominican Republic was one of the few countries that did not require COVID test results or quarantine amidst the pandemic. Moreover, it provided free healthcare and reimbursement for cancelled flights if a visitor got sick there. Not knowing
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The weather was pleasant, not particularly hot. It rained several times a day, very much like in Barbados. I divided my time between swims in the bay, work on the computer, walks on the hotel grounds, and chats with the other guests. I cannot say I was bored but all days were the same and
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After the quarantine at a government facility in Barbados, I wanted to try the other option – to quarantine at a private hotel. A 14-day quarantine was mandatory for everyone in St. Lucia. This meant staying on the hotel premises and no mixing with the locals. I could go to the beach, hike around, participate
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Barbados After a couple of lazy days, I suddenly realized that I was running out of time to make my next travel plans. My stay at the Airbnb room could not be extended; the host was expecting another guest. I had to either move to a hotel in Barbados or to go elsewhere. Stricken with
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Barbados was once populated by the indigenous people who probably came from Venezuela. The first Europeans to reach Barbados were Portuguese and Spaniards. They completely wiped out the local population, made the island uninhabited and left. The British settlers appeared in 1625. They turned the land into sugar plantations and brought slaves from West Africa
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