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The Prettiest Tourist Trap You Ever Did See

March 26, 2009 at 3:27 PM | by | Comment (1)

Jaunted editor Ellen Wernecke just got back from a trip to the Dominican Republic and before she's even unpacked, will be giving her take on jungles, jingoism, and the Caribbean tourism slump.

We're not immune to the kitschy charm of the tourist trap in its many guises. But we have a bit of an allergy to tourist traps which protest all the more mightily that they are Historic and Important! Still, we were taken in by the looks of this Dominican town built as an anachronistic present and, potentially, the only slice of "authentic" culture with which most tourists are represented.

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