Behamas
Flying the Flag Behamas March 2014 ]
Santo Domingo Dominican Republ
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The colonial era’s famous “firsts”—In January of 1494, Columbus founded La Isabela on the north coast, just east of the remains of Fort La Navidad. It was a poorly chosen site. Food was scarce, and many Spaniards died from fevers and dysentery becase of the bad water. Two years later, the Spaniards began to abandon La Isabela for La Nueva Isabela, which Christopher Columbus’s brother Bartolomé founded in 1496 on the south coast of the island, on the eastern bank of the Río Ozama at the mouth of the Caribbean Sea. The new site had good drinking water, fertile land, many Taínos to grow food—and gold. But so many Spaniards had died in La Isabela, that no one wanted to call the new city by that name, so it was called by the name of its fortress, Santo Domingo de Guzmán. In 1502, the new governor, Nicolás de Ovando (he replaced the Columbus brothers), moved the town from the eastern bank of the river to its present location on the west bank, so today’s Capital can legitimately celebrate two founding dates.
Feb 2014
Happy Valentines Day to all !! We spent ours in the Capital of Dominican Republic "Santo Domingo" History and info to be loaded soon !! meanwhile !! Chilled Out ]
Wow February here already !
4th Feb 2014 Beech La Isabella DR just down road from Luperon. ]
27th Jan 2014
Just had my hair cut at Salon Mary`s ! Hair cut Eyebrow trim Ears trim and finished off with wash and rince ! all for the price of £3.30. ! As my Son Nicholas says "My kind of place" !!! 
