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Santo Domingo in the NYP

Check out my little piece on Santo Domingo's La Cafetería, up on the New York Post's travel blog today.

Santo Domingo: Two More

I love the Zona Colonial's architectural variability. Here are two more street shots.

Classic colonial proportions.

A bit of grit under heavy clouds.

¡Más Santo Domingo!

As I wait at the airport for my flight back to New York, a few more Santo Domingo images...

Callejón de los Curas.

Alcazar de Colón detail.

Cathedral side-chapel detail.

Santo Domingo: Night Falls

Zona Colonial, just before dusk.

Along Hostos toward El Conde.

El Conde toward Parque Independencia.

Speedy Delivery in Santo Domingo

Just a note to freak out quietly yet publicly over the complete absence of lanes—either as maintained by dividing lines or upheld by driver behavior—on most of the expressway between the Santo Domingo airport and the city proper.

Yet what a joy to be delivered to my air-conditioned room at the Hotel Palacio in the center of Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial in one hour flat, including airline taxi time, immigration, customs, cash machine visit, and frenzied taxi tear.

Santo Domingo!

I'm headed to Santo Domingo on Monday for a quick two-night trip. I expect to remain mostly in the Zona Colonial. Anyone have any essential tips or recommendations for out-of-the-way places to check out? Yes? Great. Feel free to email me your suggestions.