Lana (27) from the US about her program in Santo Domingo: “My favorite place with my favorite people! All the professors are amazing. I learned so much in a short[…]

Lana (27) from the US about her program in Santo Domingo: “My favorite place with my favorite people! All the professors are amazing. I learned so much in a short[…]
Friday 13 – for many it is still a date suspicious to bring bad luck. Though we may say to ourselves “I am not superstitious”, many of us simply avoid[…]
The devils are dancing again: February is the month of the famous Dominican carnival, filling the streets with the vibrant colors of ornately worked costumes, masks, and lots of Merengue[…]
Dominican Carnival Masks: The Art of Making them. Meet artist and designer Humberto López and see how the famous Dominican Carnival masks (caretas) are made: Video Copyright: Great Big Historia[…]
Each year, hundreds of humpback whales come from the Northern Atlantic to the warm waters of the Dominican Republic to mate, birth and nurse their calves. They can be watched[…]
A colmado is a mix between a small supermarket and a bar. It covers all the little daily needs and is a great place to meet people. In our vlog,[…]
Kayla from the US, Hugo from Switzerland, and Vesna from Slovenia. These are the 3[…]
We Dominicans have the gift of celebrating everything. As for all our celebrations, in particular in our christmas traditions, it’s about people. How We Celebrate? Since October, the Angelitos (little[…]
As of Monday, 11 October 2021, the Dominican Government has removed the nightly curfew. It had been in place, almost continously, since March 20th, 2020. Yet, the Ministry of Public[…]
Crismery Santana is the first Dominican woman to win an Olympic medal. The 26-year old weightlifter wrote sports history for the Dominican Republic in the current Tokyo Olympics when she[…]