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10-29-2006, 02:35 PM
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10-29-2006, 04:26 PM
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Its a freaking media blitz!
The Miami Herald( 1):
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NEW AND RENEWED
Many new resorts are opening this fall in the Caribbean, and a number of others have spent millions spiffing up their properties.
Most dramatic is the furious construction at La Samana in the Dominican Republic. Four major resorts and a new international airport are opening there in November.
El Catey International Airport, 20 minutes from the town of Samana, will be able to handle international flights. Currently, Samana-bound American passengers must drive three hours from the Punta Cana airport.
With the $70-million new airport coming on line, the Gran Bahia Principe group is opening four five-star all-inclusive hotels in Samana in November and December. The 295-room Gran Bahia Principe Cayacoa and the 396-room Gran Bahia Principe El Portillo are to open this week. The Gran Bahia Principe Samana, with 110 rooms, opens Nov. 15 and the 195-room Gran Bahia Principe Cayo Levantado Dec. 15.
Punta Cana also is blossoming with new facilities opening this fall. Among them are the first of three Jack Nicklaus courses to open at the new Cap Cana resort, the Ocean Royal hotel with 1,250 rooms, the Riu Palace with 612 junior suites, and the 177-room Altabella Sanctuary at Cap Cana.
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10-30-2006, 09:11 AM
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The New York Times also did a story on Samana this weekend.
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10-30-2006, 09:13 AM
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i just read that article..interesting..cap cana sounds like the lifestyles of the rich and famous...
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10-30-2006, 09:24 AM
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The Samana Peninsula is the most beautiful place I've seen in the DR. I fell in love with the area.
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10-30-2006, 12:49 PM
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The Miami Herald drops another one:
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Sun, Oct. 29, 2006
Looking for winter love in the Dominican Republic
Each winter, thousands of humpback whales made the long trek from as far away as Iceland to the waters off the north coast of the Dominican Republic to mate.
BY ELLIOTT HESTER
Special to The Miami Herald
PAT WELLENBACH/AP FILE 2004
FAMILIAR WATERS: A humpback whale flaps its tail in Samana Bay off the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic. The whales, which spend their summers in the waters off New England and points north, return here for breeding and calving January through March.SAMANA BAY, Dominican Republic - Two males sing hypnotic melodies, vying for the female's attention. They pursue her relentlessly, each hoping the other will give up and go home. When neither does, and the flirtatious female fails to choose between them, the two suitors proceed to settle the matter like . . . whales. Huge, 30- to 40-ton humpback whales.
Engaged in a primal game of one-upmanship, the male humpbacks plunge beneath the water's surface. They might karate-chop one another with 15-foot-long flippers. Perhaps they'll slam into each other like humongous torpedoes. Or, with a flick of its powerful tail, one whale might slap the kelp out of its rival.
Each winter, 10,000 to 12,000 humpback whales migrate from the North Atlantic to the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Most come here to mate. ....
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10-30-2006, 01:12 PM
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(I've seen large, fat human "whales" come to the DR to "mate", also...   ) |
10-30-2006, 02:01 PM
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a few of "them" beached themselves at Playa Sosua during the summer months....
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11-04-2006, 07:35 AM
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