Amber Cove, D.R.

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