Passion Fruit Juice – Straight From the Backyard! Passion Fruit Juice – Straight From the Backyard!! Here’s how to make it. Passion fruit (chinola in The Dominican Republic) is a wrinkly, strange little fruit that grows on an ambitious vine that will...
Playa Grande Beach is a Caribbean Postcard Playa Grande Beach is a Caribbean Postcard A fun day trip from the Sosua/Cabarete area is a picturesque 1 hour drive east to an incredible beach called Playa Grande. Literally translated to “big beach” this 1.5...
All About Dominican Taxes Taxes. Yuck. No one want to pay them. Nobody likes paying them. The idea is to pay less of them. It seems like everyone has some differing ideas on what taxes are payable in the Dominican Republic and what aren’t. Let’s clear...
Puerto Plata & The North Coast: From the Birth of DR Tourism to Expat Haven Where tourism began and expat life was born in the Dominican Republic This is it. Where all inclusive hotels; excursions through the jungle; a watersports Mecca, sunburned...
So, Is There a Downside to Wintering in the Dominican Republic Today is September 4th, and I am writing from our Canadian home. As I contemplate the view from my office window, I can see leaves already beginning to turn yellow. The air has a crispness to it not felt...
Health and Medical Care in the Dominican Republic It’s 2 a.m. and you have excruciating kidney stone pain.You are in Dominican Republic. Scary right? Actually…no. Kidney stones are never fun – but here in the DR, getting swift, modern medical care is as easy...