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Montaña y Mar Project Update – Oceanview Homesites In Cabrera Dominican Republic

Our Montaña y Mar Project is moving along well.  As you will notice in the video tour, we the crew has already started to widen the roads and start blacktopping them with asphalt.  They have graded the roads and are adding the drainage culverts and asphalt right now and we have just opened the Phase 3 portion […]

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Road Trip To The Cocao Region – Gaspar Hernandez to Tenares

Another opportunity to explore yet another backroad on the North Coast of the Dominican republic.  This time we will take a lazy Sunday afternoon road trip from Gaspar Hernandez to Tenares, just to check out the scenery.  As you will see in the videos, the roads are in pretty good shape and once we get […]

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Retire Overseas – 7 Reasons An American Should Consider An Offshore Retirement

Why in the world would any American choose to leave the relative comfort and prosperity of the United States to retire to what many would consider to be a third world country. I mean, after all, America is the land of the free… the hope for prosperity. Immigrants from across the globe have gone to […]

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IRS Gains More Power Over You Through Your Passport

It’s tax time in the US again as the filing deadline of April 15 is just around the corner. It takes a lot to feed the government beast and the IRS is very serious about getting all that they consider due to them. Recently the IRS was armed with a few more weapons to keep […]

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Breakfast On The Malecon – Chilling Out At Oceanside

Sometimes I just want to sit alone and just chill out after a long week of touring.  I find that breakfast down on the malecon, overlooking the ocean is ideal for that.  While I was sitting in one of the little local restaurants down on the malecon I decided to capture just a few minutes of […]

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Continuing On Our New Highway Discovery Tour – Rio San Juan To San Francisco de Macoris

It seemed like it would be simple enough to hop in the truck and check out the new highway they are carving across the hilltops between Rio San Juan on the North Coast and San Francisco de Macoris in the central region.  After all, how difficult can it be.  Well believe it or not, it […]

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Finally, Let’s Take A Look At More Cabrera Real Estate

So many of you readers have been asking for more examples of the kinds of real estate investments you can expect to find down here in the little village of Cabrera.  Finally, Johnny and I had a little time off to hit the road and share some of what we are finding.  In this post […]

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Altos de Chavón – 16th Century Mediterranean Village Re-creation

We visited Altos de Chavón, a re-creation of a sixteenth century style Mediterranen village in the town of La Romana, on our Southeast road trip through the Dominican Republic. This place was awesome. Every brick, rock or timber was shaped by hand, right down to the hand crafted hinges on the doors. Altos de Chavón […]

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Rum, Sand And Surf On Saona Island Dominican Republic – Road Trip 2015

I guess every vacation eventually comes to an end, and our 2015 road trip through the Southeast region of the Dominican Republic is no exception.  We wrap up our little week long road trip with a visit to the largest out island of the DR.  We head out on a two hour cruise to Saona […]

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Bayahibe 2015 – Quaint Little Marina Village On The Extreme Southeast Coast

Next stop on our 2015 road trip is the little marina village on the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic.   Bayahibe gets its fair share of tourists from nearby Punta Cana and also Dominican families from the capital, Santo Domingo.  Bayahibe keeps is small town atmosphere while also being well equipped to handle visiting […]

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