First a bit of a history and geography lesson. The Dominican Republic (DR) occupies the eastern portion of Hispaniola, the second largest island in the Antilles. It is shared with Haiti, but they are quite different and have little in common. The DR occupies 2/3 of the land with over 10 million people, at least 3 million live in the capital - Santo Domingo. (BTW my figures are probably off, but it gives you an idea) Dominicans speak Spanish and Haitians speak Creole - a corrupted form of French. Christopher Columbus discovered Hispaniola December 5, 1492 and his brother founded Santo Domingo in 1496, thus Santo Domingo has become the oldest permanently occupied town in the Americas.
We are currently staying in a hurricane hole (inland water for best protection against hurricanes) in the city of Luperon. There are a few thousand of the nicest and most friendly people here. There is a website that gives some info on the town and a video. If you go to the video, don't be shocked - it is poor here, but safe! www.luperon.info
Entrance to Luperon Bay.
You enter the channel and then go down away into the harbor. You can see from in the distance the cruisers that are anchored in the harbor.
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