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The best of the Dominican Republic (in iPhone photos)

The best of the Dominican Republic (in iPhone photos)

The Dominican Republic was one of my favorite kind of trips: those ones that are thrown together on an impulse, where suddenly you have a plane ticket and a hotel reservation and something to look forward to before you even realized you agreed to go in the first place. But somebody had a January birthday (!), I had a lot of JetBlue miles saved up and it just wouldn’t stop snowing in New York City: a trifecta of nudges pushing us toward the Caribbean.

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It’s easy to have an easy vacation in the Dominican Republic: easy to roll out of the airplane and right into one of the all-inclusive resorts that line the West Coast. For better or for worse, I like to relax once I feel like I’ve earned it–and with a nightmare of a rental car situation (three flat tires! getting lost for two hours on dirt roads! being rescued by the military police on a pitch-black road!) that turned a three-hour drive into a eight-hour ordeal, I think we deserved every ounce of relaxation that finally came at Casa Bonita. Stories will come, but until then: a collection of some of my favorite photos from our three days outside of Barahona. (Of course, my Artifact Uprising book of the trip has already been created!)

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The  view from our balcony on one side…

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And the view from our balcony from the opposite angle…

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And the view from our balcony looking down. Not bad, Casa Bonita. Not bad.

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The infinity pool that I never wanted to leave.

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Ingredients for the happiest of happy hours = 1 fresh coconut + 2 shots cold rum. My best tip: buy a bottle of rum in duty-free at the airport, and then keep the coconuts coming!

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We went hiking through these trees first, and then soared through them on a zip-line: such lush greenery!

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Probably one of my favorite captures of the trip.

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Poolside reflections.

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The way to my heart is by slicing my fruit and bringing me coffee. Such a wonderful start to each day!

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A few of my favorite things.

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See more sunrises.

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All I did on this trip was drink coconuts and read my Kindle and it was THE BEST.

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The bluest of sunsets.

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What’s your favorite photo of the Dominican Republic?