The apartment is rented for 1 year, now we are preparing another one, it will be available as from October 6th until November 25th.. It is on the same street , about 3 minutes walk from the beach. It is located very close to the ocean, with a magic breeze and the natural sound of the waves. In the next couple of days I’ll post some pictures.
Tropical Depression Anna and Hurricane Bill
The first hurricane of the season has formed over the Atlantic Ocean, as Tropical Depression Ana lost steam on approach to Puerto Rico, after becoming the first named storm to threaten the Dominican Republic this year.
Hurricane Bill is a category 1, whose maximum sustained winds increased to 75 miles (120 kilometers) an hour at 5 a.m. Miami time, the National Hurricane Center said on its Web site.
Ana, the first named storm of the June 1-Nov. 30 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Aug. 15, the latest into a season that it’s taken for a storm of that intensity to appear since 1984. Bill strengthened from a depression later that day over the eastern Atlantic.
Ana, now a depression with 35 mph winds, was over the Caribbean Sea, about 95 miles southeast of St. Croix. The depression is forecast to break up into a low-pressure system over the Dominican Republic and Haiti tomorrow.
Yesterday the authorities took the first measures to face emergencies and issued a tropical storm alert from Cabo Engaño in the east to Cabo Beata in the southwest.
Expo Mango 2009
Expomango in Bani-DR, where you can find just about every mango there is under the sun
http://www.expomango.org/
Visitors at Luzcace Part 4
This morning we reveived a visit from 3 ladies from New Hampshire. After looking at the different sections of the workshop, they tried themselves on the pottery wheel.
Then they went to see the area where the handmade jewelry is displayed. As a souvenir they bought some necklaces made of pionia seeds, some earrings and another one made of so called habas de playa, translated into beach beans.
After signing the guest book they continued their tour and obviously enjoyed the visit. Pics to follow.
Visit at the pottery – Part 2
Last week we had some visitors from Ecuador, and boy had they fun. After exploring all the different processes of clay making, which is the base for Amparos decorative pieces.
After that they experienced the turn table, which is a replica used thousands of years ago by Chinese, introduced by the Spaniards and then the used by the inhabitants of the island.
Also they enjoyed the kiln, a replica made by an Dominican expert, used to burn the different items. Next it was time for those you wanted to leave their permanent hand prints on the wall ( see picture) They also left their personal e-mail addresses in our visitors book so we can keep in touch. After purchasing some of the arts sold in the store it was time again to continue the city tour, everybody left with a happy face and some new knowledge about the magic world of ceramic and terra cotta.
Dominican Republic receives flights bound for Mexico
The vice president of the hoteliers and restaurateurs grouped in Asonahores Friday said more than 50 flights with tourists who were headed to Mexico will arrive in the country this week, after the H1N1 virus that affects that nation prompted a change of destination. Arturo Villanueva said those flights are being received via an agreement with Mexican hoteliers, as a show of solidarity. He said all the necessary preventive measures have been taken across the country’s ports and airports and all necessary equipment have been acquired to gauge body temperatures. The hotelier also lauded president Leonel Fernandez’s decision to allocate 50 million pesos to purchase antiviral medicine. Villanueva said in addition to the measures the authorities have taken in hospitals and hotel zones, any person with an abnormal body temperature is subjected to an examination.
Dominican hoteliers join forces to boost tourism in Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata.– Puerto Plata, the most important city in Dominican Republic’s north coast owns countless tourist attractions and sites of great historic and cultural value that should be taken better advantage of and put to better use. For this purpose, the Associations of Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Business of Puerto Plata (Ashonorte), the Playa Dorada Hotel, Condominium and Commercial Establishment Owners Association (AHPD) and the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Sosua and Cabarete (Ashoresoca) have joined forces and signed a strategic alliance. According to the document, the alliance will set in motion a plan to promote Puerto Plata as a tourist destination and will stimulate the creation of new businesses and complementary offers and will cooperate with the city´s Historic Center Office in its tasks of remodeling, beautifying and revitalizing this cultural and commercial area.
Visitors at the Pottery – Part 1
- Here you can see some visitors from Canada, they really enjoyed it and had fun.
New designs at Luzcace
These are some of Amparos new creations, and it looks like they are a big hit. Puerto Plata City Tours are stopping at the shop at the Urbanizacion Atlantica, just behind the Brugal rum factory, people from all over the world are having fun , watching the girls making the necklaces, the guy at the pottery wheel and other staff painting and molding. Amparos faceless dolls are also a big seller, everyone is unique, everyone with a little difference in colour and shape.
Luzcace Pottery - Ceramic Art and fashion jewellery in Puerto Plata - DR 