The BIG GAME in the DR!

'Beisbol' in the DR

www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com features an article by former professional Baseball Major League player Bill Bathe, which introduces Dominican Republic baseball...

Call it Baseball or Beisbol it is simply the 'biggest game' in the Dominican Republic...with many a family pinning their hopes on their sons shining in the sport!

Many of today's key players in the US major league hail from the Dominican Republic, and their incredible success has led to the growing pride and unquenchable passion for the sport...

Find out more?:

http://www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com/dominican-republic-baseball.html

R 28/03/05
Travel
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Dominican Republic on FIRE!

Weeks of dry weather have resulted in 'tinder-dry' conditions in the Dominican Republic.

Heat building up in natural humus, and inadequate precautions taken by small farmers employing 'slash-and-burn' techniques have possibly been causative factors in setting off devastating forest fires in the central mountainous forest regions, and elsewhere.

The fires have been burning for nearly two weeks and local fire-fighting teams have made little impact. The rising smoke can be seen on photos taken by a NASA satellite a week or so ago and shown here:

Dominican Republic on fire!!

NASA Observatories state that "March is typically the driest month in the Dominican Republic, but an exceptionally dry winter may have increased the fire hazard. The dry season usually runs from December to May for most of the island, but the first three months of 2005 were even drier than normal..."

The DR Government is seeking international assistance to stop the fires which have also broken out on Los Haitises and Villa Altagracia. The fires threaten to destroy the already much reduced forested areas. At least 16 separate fires are reported to be burning at this moment across the Island.

Find your preferred news source and keep in touch with Dominican Republic News via this link.

DominicanR 25/03/05
Travel
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Need to know about the Dominican Republic weather?

Want to find out what the weather will be like when you visit the Dominican Republic?...In case you hadn't found it already, a quick 'blog entry to make sure you know where to look...

Seasonal weather information, and live link to current conditions and forecast for the next week...at the click of a mouse:

The Dominican Republic Weather

Kind regards

R 21/03/05
Travel
Weblogs

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Dominican Republic Website - More Helpful Information...

Some quick links to pages we now include on our site which may be helpful to you if:

1) ...You are thinking about starting a business, or expanding a business, and want to find out more about the Dominican Republic's TAX FREE status!...Yes, your business can be TAX FREE if started in the Diominican Republic's 'FREE ZONE' - get more information here:

The Dominican Republic tax free zone for business.


2)...You are thinking of taking a Dominican Republic vacation...and want some useful 'tips' to ensure a happy and successful holiday..If you are from the US, take a look at our additional advice and links related to US passports NOW, and save a potential problem, before you set-off to the Dominican Republic:

Dominican Republic vacation 'TOP TIPS'!


3)...You've BEEN to the Dominican Republic and have something to pass on that might help future visitors...Our Dominican Republic reviews page is for any useful advice that recent visitors would like provide, whether it be about the hotel; the visits you made while there; about any other service, holiday company, air travel provider; whatever?...Just so long as it is 'fair, honest, and non-defamatory' and is not 'just a shameless plug'...We'd like to build a resource of reliable, personal 'reviews from real people' to help other visitors to our lovely homeland, check the page to get the 'idea'...

Dominican Republic reviews - our new page!



R 20/03/05
Travel

More information about the Dominican Republic...

Hey, something we meant to mention...maybe we did...but if so it was a while ago...

We have published a revised 'information center' page on our main site:

Dominican Republic information for travelers and tourists

Here is a direct link to the new information center, which links to a variety of Dominican Republic facts and figures and also provides an insight to Dominican Republic culture and much more!

Take a quick look if you have a few minutes if we don't yet feature what you want to know...then contact us at 'Visiting the Dominican Republic' and we'll try and get an answer if we can!

R 19/03/05
Travel

Visiting the Dominican Republic...new HIGH!

If you have followed this 'blog...or indeed found it recently and looked over our archives, you will know we started the site this blog aims to promote: www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com around 5/6 months ago.

You may also be familiar with the 'sister' blog: http://www.net-profit/blogspot.com In which we aim to pass on things we have learnt during the creation of the website, for those who may be interested in building a website themselves.

Well as of Thursday 17th March 2005 - www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com reached a new ranking 'high' of 79,833 out of Alexa more than 10million tool bar users. And we want to say a big thank you to everyone who has visited our site, and to all those who have sent us questions over the last months (another apology by-the-way for those whose 'e-mails' got held up in the post last week...and for anyone whose answer is still delayed!)

We are trying to make "Visiting the Dominican Republic" into one of the best information resources for anyone travelling to the Dominican Republic, whether it be for a vaction, on business, to find work, or to seek investment or retirement property!

If there is something we don't yet cover that YOU want to know (though we are still adding more pages, and more diverse info every week)...then please send us a note via the contact page for the fastest growing resources of information on the Dominican Republic on the Net...and help us to make it even BETTER.

Hasta mas tarde

R 180305
Travel

Don't be alarmed...but do get the facts...about 'malaria'

Malaria, Dominican Republic: Recent Developments

www.CDC.gov latest website update: from February 23 2005...in case you missed it!

(QUOTE BEGINS)"As of February 18, 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of 21 cases of malaria in travelers to resort areas of the Dominican Republic. Plasmodium falciparum malaria has been confirmed in 5 patients from the United States, 6 from Canada, and 10 from European countries, all of whom had recently traveled to areas of the Dominican Republic where malaria had not previously been reported. All returned home between November 3, 2004 and January 10, 2005...

CDC continues to recommend that all travelers to La Altagracia Province, including the Punta Cana resort area, should take an antimalarial drug (prophylaxis). In addition, an antimalarial drug is recommended for travelers to rural areas throughout the country. Chloroquine is the recommended drug for the Dominican Republic. Antimalarial drugs taken correctly and consistently, along with other measures to prevent mosquito bites, have been shown to be effective in preventing malaria. Therefore, CDC does not discourage travel to malaria-endemic countries.

However, CDC has rescinded recommendations for malaria prophylaxis for Duarte Province because no new cases have been reported from the area in the last 2 months, the epidemiologic investigation by the Ministry of Health of the Dominican Republic did not reveal any new cases, and their surveillance system did not detect any cases of malaria in the province in recent years..."(QUOTE ENDS) [source:www.CDC.gov/public]

For more information about malaria...

What is it?

How do you 'catch' it?

What precautions can you take to avoid getting it?

Take a look here now for: more about malaria - and keep your family safe on holiday

AS 17/03/05

Travel

"Why aren’t Dominican Republic holiday resorts more expensive?"…they asked

We replied: "Dominican Republic holiday resorts aren't more expensive because..."

Below we publish a heartfelt ‘article’ posted in answer to a query on ‘Thorntree’, the great forum run by Lonely Planet. This was posted in response to the interesting question of why the Dominican Republic holiday resorts and vacations are so relatively ‘cheap’ to compared with other Caribbean resorts, and why aren’t Dominican resorts better known as the great Caribbean options that they are!:-

“We started our Dominican Republic holiday resorts travel information site a few months ago now in our own small effort (as two Dominican sisters - currently out of our lovely country!) to promote the land we love...and to keep us in touch with home as we run our 'Information on Dominican Republic holiday resorts and more'- questions and answers 'service'. We agree that it may seem odd that the Dominican Republic was the first place 'discovered' by Columbus when he sailed to the 'New World'...but has become one of the last places recognized by tourists as being a major 'Caribbean' vacation venue!

Over the last few decades, say since the 60's, many other resorts in the Caribbean have developed from occasional 'stop-over' spots for 'real travellers' (rather than just tourists) to becoming the haunt of millions of tourists on a regular basis. It is probably the case that a couple of major influences have 'held back' the speed with which Dominican Republic holiday resorts have joined the 'fray'...and why the DR itself has remained for along time, so-called "the best kept secret of the Caribbean".....


The whole text of this article is now published at:

http://www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com/dominican-republic-holiday-resorts.html

Together with links to information we have published about several Dominican Republic holiday resorts...with more to come soon!

R 15/03/05
Travel

Just want to say HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Just quick blog entry to announce the beginning of a new section on our fast growing website:
http://www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com/

If you've just come upon this blog then we are trying to develop one of the best 'one stop' resources of Dominican Republic travel and tourist information on the Internet.

And OK so it's March...you might say 'what a time to be thinking of Christmas!'...but we know there are hundreds of people every month checking out what happens in the Dominican Republic at Christmas time.

People even ask 'Do the Dominican Republic celebrate Christmas?' (YES I KNOW...its terrible English...but seriously several hundred people actually asked this very question on search engines last month!!!!)

Why? Well NOW is the time to be booking that Christmas break to the "...most beautiful place that man has ever seen" (C.Columbus, c.1492)...the Dominican Republic...So if you are worried that you'll miss out om Christmas fun...worry no more just read our NEW PAGE (with more to come soon):

Christmas traditions in the Dominican Republic

Ans why not drop us a line and ask us for information on the Dominican Republic to take the worry out of your vacation to the Caribbean jewel!

R 11/3/5

Travel

Have you got the DRIVE to really enjoy the Dominican Republic?

Good news for confident visitors to the Dominican Republic who want to get out and about and see more of the delights the country has to offer...

www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com has teamed with a premier Dominican Republic rent a car company to offer a simple solution to booking safe, solid, reliable, capable motors that can handle the Dominican terrain.

The Dominican Republic is a wonderful country with a wide range of challenges for the keen motorists! Mountains, deserts, rough tracks, pot-holes, winding roads, etc., etc.! It's a thrilling place to drive around, but not for the faint hearted! You need a good, tough vehicle to do the job, and give you the confidence to handle anything the road conditions can throw at you!

And that's not to mention the the typical Dominican driver's 'full-on' approach to driving...it sometimes seems that Dominicans think the car horn is musical instrument it gets so much use!

So if you are looking for a reliable vehicle, and a trustworthy car rental in the Dominican Republic, then take a look at our rent a car in the Dominican Republic page, where you can select from a wide range of 'all terrain' vehicles, and take the hassle and worry of booking Dominican Republic car hire with the simple push of a button.

Post by A 9/3/5
Travel

Going to Punta Cana?...or Bayahibe?...or Juan Dolio? Don't miss this tourist treat!

Check out our latest webpage for information about the amazing creation of an wealthy American magnate! Inspired perhaps by his companies many famous celluloid successes...Charles Bluhdorn spent a small fortune creating an extravagant 'gift' for his daughter...an 'authentic' medieval European village!...or a 'film-set' sprung to life? You decide...

Altos de Chavon, in a remarkable elevated setting, with marvellous views and perfectly placed to enjoy awe-inspiring sunsets, may be 'kitsch', but its cobbled streets play hosts to a myriad of galleries providing a variety of 'creative' pastimes and products...

Here many artists now dwell, work and study...and tourists can stroll, relax and just enjoy the enchanted setting:

http://www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com/altos-de-chavon.html

If you are 'visiting the Dominiacn Republic' soon...why not plan a visit?

RR

20 million good reasons to visit the Dominican Republic!

It has just be confirmed that the Dominican Government has allocated US$20,000,000 to promote the Dominican Republic as a premier vacation option on the 'worldwide' stage.

The tourism minister, Felix 'Felucho' Jimenez, announced that promotion throughout the United States and Europe would be taking place by both radio and TV media.

The promotional budget will also include a twenty date tour by the 'World's best known' young Dominican bachateros - "Aventura" - who make their first appearance in Madrid, Spain, on May 10th, and complete their tour in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 19th July.

This major investment demonstrates the commitment of the new Government to support the vitally important tourism trade in the DR. It is one more element that will ensure that tourist confidence and numbers are boosted and is likely to have a positive 'knock-on' effect on the Dominican real-estate market too.

Now is certainly the time to consider investing in the DR, long thought of as the 'best kept secret' of the Caribbean...looks like it may not be a secret much longer! http://www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com/dominican-republic-picture.html

Ruth 01/03/05
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