Dominican Republic

Puerto Plata has a secret that I am going to share with you and that secret is Casa Colonial.  Amidst the all-inclusive resorts is a private getaway located on the beaches of Playa Dorada.  After I dried off from my dive with the dolphins, I headed there for a spa...

There are moments in everybody's life that are so extraordinary trying to put them into words would truly diminish the experience, thus I will say very little about my Dolphin Dive in Ocean World other than I enjoyed every single second.  Swimming with them was already incredible, but to be...

Then it was back to the water, the place where I feel most comfortable.  While I have on numerous occasions during my dives around the world encountered stingrays and sharks, I have never actually touched them.  At Ocean World in Puerto Plata, they have both a stingray and shark pool...

In my opinion, I think they should just rename Ocean World: Kissing World, because almost every animal I encountered was eager to give me kisses! The birds that I interacted with next were not only a colorful feast for the eyes, they were bilingual as well; flirting with me in...

While I will always reserve a special place in my heart for our friends of the water -- I was after all probably a sea horse or angel fish in a past life -- I was still very excited to visit the Aviary Park in Ocean World in Puerto Plata....