- Antigua
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- St. Maarten dep. (Netherland)
- Martinik dep. Francie
- Aruba dep. Netherlands
- Bonaire dep. Netherlands
- Curacao dep. Netherland
- Puerto Rico dep.USA
- St. Martin dep. France
- Turks & Caicos Islands dep. UK
- Virgin Islands dep. USA
- Virgin Islands Br.(Tortola) dep. UK
- Cayman Islands dep. UK
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CAR-10 Caribbean 2010 – BAHAMAS, Turk & Caicos (UK), DOMINICAN REP, Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba (all Netherlands), USA
Date of travel: Jan 3 – Jan 14, 2010
ITINERARY:
On Jan 3, 2010 late in the afternoon I drive an AVIS car from Vista to Los Angeles airport. In the evening I board a Delta Airlines plane. Without asking I got a first class seat to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. The plane lands there at very early hours of Jan 4. Later on I am taken to the ship Holland America “Noordam” (built 2006; 81,769 gross tonnage; 1,918 passengers and 620 crews). Noordam sails in the evening that day.
On Jan 5 Noordam anchors near Half Moon Cay in BAHAMAS. This island is rented by Holland America. I spend about 2 hours there. The following day the ship docks at Grand Turks > in TURKS & CAICOSa British colony. I explore the island partly on foot and partly in a van.
On Jan 7 our ship anchors at Samana Peninsula in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. I take a bus tour of the Peninsula. We see some waterfalls, a number of hotels with beaches, a botanical garden and production of cigars.
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DRH-15 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & HAITI
Date of travel: Jan 17 – Jan 29, 2015
ITINERARY:
In the evening on Jan 17, 2015 I drive an Enterprise carfrom Vista to San Diego airport. There I board a Delta Airlines plane for overnight flight to Atlanta. It lands there early in the morning. Here I meet Joanne who flew from Philadelphia. We have taken few group trips together. For not being able to find a company going to Island of Hispaniola, we arranged the journey ourselves. While I suggested the itinerary, Joanna found people who arranged it for us. Another Delta plane takes us from Atlanta to Santo Domingo, the capital of DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (further DR). Our local driver takes us from the airport to the city and our hotel in Zona Colonial.
On Jan 19, being in the middle of the old city, wetake a walk on Calle El Conde. It is a pedestrian mall full of people. On the end of this street we enter Cathedral “Primada de America,” the first church in the New World. We return to our hotel through other streets of the old town. Next day we take a trip to “Cueva de las Maravillas” about an hour drive east of Santo Domingo. There are many stalactite and stalagmites in its caves.Back in the city in one restaurant we meet Ken, who has done some arrangements for us here. Then he takes us by car for sightseeing of the city including “Faro a Colon,” where the locals think Columbus is buried.
On Jan 21, we take taxi to Plaza Espana. Here we visit “Museo Alcazar de Colon.” It is a fortress built by son of Columbus. Then we go to “Museo de las Casas Reales.” The Spaniards ruled Caribbean from this building. On the nearby street Las Damas we look in “Pantheon Nacional.” The heroes of Dominican Republic are buried here. Across the street is “Nicolas de Ovando Hotel.” Lonely Planet recommends visiting it.We have an expensive coffee there.Last, we take pictures of the “Ozama Fortress.”After that we walk back to our hotel.
In midmorning on Jan 22 we drive in a car with a driverfrom Santo Domingo to Santiago, the second city of this country. In 2 hours, we are at our hotel in Santiago. Afternoon, we take a taxi to “Cathedral de Santiago Apostol.”Then we walk to Rio Yaque del Norteand along it to “Fortaleza San Luis.” To the easton a hill stands very visible “Monumento a los Heroes.”
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