Travel Reference
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December
Hotel and flight prices rise as Americans and Canadians begin their yearly migration
to the beaches of the Caribbean, including the DR. Surfers head to the north coast
where the waves are best from December through March.
Christmas
Decorations are ubiquitous, as early as October, and extended families gather to celebrate
the holiday. Specialties like
puerco en puya
(pork roasted on a stick) are part of traditional
family meals and holiday songs are played nonstop on the radio.
Presidential guards on Independence Day, Santo Domingo (
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JANE SWEENEY / GETTY IMAGES ©
