 Amber Cove Cruise Port, Dominican Republic |
 Amber Cove Cruise Port, near Puerto Plata |
 Cruise Ports are always a welcome oasis |
 Puerto Plata is a busy port city of 100,000+ |
 A Puerto Plata neighborhood |
 Mural honoring General Luperon' |
 Drying the wash above the family store |
 Pat found two colorful characters in the square |
 The central square with the Cathedral |
 Serving fresh coconut water in the shell |
 "Tally mi banana" |
 Common Victorian architecture |
 Many narrow one-way streets |
 Rolling fresh cigars for the tourists |
 King Neptune statue on an island in the harbor |
 Our restaurant had a beautiful garden of flowers and plants |
 Stink Fruit - poisonous, but used to make Maracas |
 Cannonball Fruit - also poisonous |
 The blossom of the Cannonball Fruit |
 A pretty, but unusual Hibiscus |
 I didn't know Banana Plants had a flower, but here it is |
 The tropical Star Fruit |
 General Luperon' statue at Fort San Felipe |
 Fort San Felipe overlooking the harbor |
 Fort San Felipe |
 Fort San Felipe |
 Narrow passageways in the 450-yr-old fort |
 The Fort was built in 1577 to protect the harbor and the city |
 Ever ready guns aimed at the mouth of the harbor |
 Fort San Felipe |
 This donkey was waiting patiently for his owner |
 Busy Puerto Plata below Isabel de Torres Peak |
 A resort's gazebo at the entrance to Amber Cove |
 A storm building near Amber Cove |
 Sunset over Puerto Plata |
 The lights of Puerto Plata below Isabel de Torres Peak |