Santo Domingo: Exploring The Oldest Colonial City In The Americas
A Journey through the “New World”
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The Domincan Republic has been on my travel bucket list for quite some. I have been around Domincan Americans all my life and I am very fond of them. My Dominican friends would often tell, me how beautiful their country is and urged me to explore their native homeland. I have been traveling the world quite a bit for the last decade, I have not traveled to the Caribbean islands as much as I would like to. My previous international trips have been to destinations mostly outside the Western Hemisphere.
This past year I vowed to explore more of the countries in the Caribbean and the rest of the Americas. In desperate need of a vacation, I went through my list and found one. The Dominican Republic (DR) was one of those on the list.
Many of my Dominican friends said I should visit the popular tourist areas like Punta Cana, Boca Chica, and Samana. Although I love beaches, I wanted more of a cultural experience, not the typical resort vacation many tourists take when they go to DR. I researched the city of Santiago and found that its beautiful architecture and nightlife provided a different experience. I was sold on Santiago until I started researching Santo Domingo.
