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| Amber Museum in Dominican Republic |
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| Cathedral - Dominican Republic |
We walked thru a downtown that had many motor scooters - many of them were Hondas like ours at home. Dominican families live on about $14,000 a year. The weather is also favorable to scooter riding and we saw scooters carrying 3 people at a time.
In the main square of the city - we went into a cathedral - and saw a new wedding. We then walked east to the Amber Museum. It has the biggest collection of amber in the world. We took a guided tour - security is tight - some samples are very valuable.
Next we walked farther east to a large department store - similar to a Walmart. Lulu shopped as I found a food court that overlooked the whole shopping floor. Lulu said that prices were low. A washer/dryer unit that we bought for $2000 was only $1000 here. But their income is much lower.
Next we walked the coastal road back to the ship. We stopped to have tropical drinks - then took a tuk tuk jitney - right to the gang plank to get on our ship.
We never showed our passport to anyone getting on or off the ship. Our ship room key card served as our ID. As I write - we are cruising along the north coast - where my grandfather's ship went down in 1942.
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| Drinks after the long walk around town. |
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| Our bar tender |
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| Notice the gutters - very deep - just paving |
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| Puerto Plata |
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| Brand new shiny red super stock dodge |
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| Old chevy |
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| Tour town in a T-bird |
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| Buick |
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| Chevy |
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| Stretch limo |
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| Amber Museum porch |
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| Amber with insect inside |
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| My first Honda |
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| We crashed a wedding |
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| Lulu is the professional photographer |
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| Lulu an the horseman |
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| Town square |
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| Umbrella Street was pretty. |
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| Solar panels serve as summer shade |
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| Tuks tuks - I love these |
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| Fort on 500 year site |
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| Lulu on the rail in the morning |
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| Military boat |
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| Pulling into port at 8 am - Porta Plata. |
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