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Louis Garcia Explains Why He Moved His Language School To Cabrera Dominican Republic

Teacher, teacher… it is pretty common to see local Cabrera residents approach Louis Garcia on the street with the greeting… “teacher, teacher”. As you will learn in this segment of our interview with Louis Garcia, the Professional English School has carved a niche as the premier language school in Cabrera and the surrounding area. Louis’s […]

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Coffee With Louis Garcia On The Malecon In Cabrera Dominican Republic

Cabrera Dominican Republic is the adopted home of an interesting bunch of folks. Louis Garcia of the Professional English School is one of those interesting transplants. Of course, no interview with Louis can start without a good “fish story”. This coffee on the Malecon was no different. Louis tells us how he discovered Cabrera on […]

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With Power Comes Responsibility

Over the past couple of days two major undertakings occurred. First was the Catalan Referendum and second the mass shootings in Vegas. Sticking to my rule of always letting the dust settle before commenting this post will adhere. I won’t be making wild accusations only to have completely missed the mark a few days later.  […]

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A Nation Of Psychopaths

If Trump’s recent speech at the UN doesn’t make it crystal clear that all pre-election promises are null and void honestly you’re operating with the brain power comparable to that of a barnacle at low tide. Your brain is starving for nourishment; you’re not firing on all cylinders. All the attributes, the pieces fitting his […]

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Hurricane Maria Foiled By Cabrera’s Natural Defenses

Hurricane Maria ran it’s course along the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, in a pattern similar to Hurricane Irma just a few weeks ago. So the big question for those of us that live in or have invested in Cabrera is how bad was Cabrera hit by these storms. Watch this video to see […]

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Road Trip To The River Basin Of The Dominican Republic

Now that Irma is past and as we wait for Hurricane Maria to pass by we have a little time to wrap another of our videos from our road trip through the North West region of the Dominican Republic.  This time we head down from Punta Rucia into the River Basin region just north of […]

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Hurricane Maria Following The Path Of Irma – Why Cabrera Should Escape A Direct Hit

It has been quite a hurricane season in the Caribbean. First we dodged most of Hurricane Irma here on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic and hopefully we will miss most of Hurricane Maria. As you will see in this video, since 1851 when they started keeping records, the Dominican Republic has been hit […]

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Headed From Punta Rucia To The Basin On The Path Toward Jarabacoa

Now that we have finished the clean up from Hurricane Irma, we can get back on finishing our videos of our road trip through the NW region of the island.  One thing that is evident as we head out of Punta Rucia toward Sabaneta, the roads are in great shape and there is obvious evidence […]

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The Rat Race Part 2

Now that Hurricane Irma has passed and most of our cleanup is completed I’m able to continue with part 2 of the Rat Race. Moving forward it’s the second aspect the “why we can’t just now” group that’s a bit more complex. It’s this second group that has several more variances accompanying it. More obstacles […]

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Cabrera Digs Out After Brush With Hurricane Irma

We were fortunate in Cabrera Dominican Republic because we only received a glancing blow from Hurricane Irma as it passed along the North Coast of the Dominican Republic. Actually we may have taken a little heavier blow in our house with about 5 trees down, including a major limb off of a huge bread fruit […]

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