Author Archives: Chris and Jessica Hanna

DR and PR day 12 and 13 – the wrap

Since “All good things must come to an end”(Geoffrey Chaucer 1374), today we’ll suffer through three flight legs (SJU-DFW, DFW-SFO, SFO-RDD) to get back to our home town of Redding California.  King Solomon (1000 BC) had it right when he … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 11

OK, so, at this point during our vacation, we’re feeling a little desperate to find some sort of souvenir to bring home.  But to be honest, we haven’t really seen anything that caught our attention.  PR doesn’t seem to have … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 10

We started our day on a three-mile long City Walk of Old San Juan as recommended by the 6th edition Lonely Planet Puerto Rico guide book.  The walk takes you past various city attractions before you see the toll-booth for … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 9

We’re in San Juan Puerto Rico, and four hours early!  We managed to mistake California time with PR time (a three hour difference ) and arrived at the Santo Domingo airport three hours early.  But through dumb luck, there was a … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 8

What a day this turned out to be!  During breakfast, Thaylor – the owner of the Village On the Beach restaurant that we’ve become friends with, suggested we meet Bruce after we inquired about a boat outing.  Bruce was also … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 7

Today we checked out of Hotel Garrant and into what we now refer to as “The Palace” for some peace and quiet, and a change in atmosphere (Hotel Garrant, while clean and charming, had thin walls and neighbors that liked … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 6

So we’ve left the big city of Santo Domingo and have made our way to Boca Chica to bring it down a couple of notches.  One thing worth noting about Boca Chica is that there is scant information about this … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 5

This morning we hired a taxi to drive us the 40 minutes or so from the Embassy Suites in Santo Domingo to our hotel in Boca Chica (Translation: Small Mouth) called Hotel Garant & Suites (www.Hotelgarant.com).  The 40 minute drive … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 4

On our last day in Santo Domingo, we walked several miles from the Embassy Suites to the Malecon.  The walk was hotter than a sauna, we weren’t too sure which way we were going most of the time, but we … Continue reading

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DR and PR day 3

Our first full day in Dominican Republic was spent taking in the sights of the old town, Zona Colonial.  Our first stop was the Catedral Primada de América where we rented a head-set tour for 120 DOP (less than $3 USD for two) … Continue reading

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