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Some of the Best Caribbean Plane Spotting is in Mikhail Baryshnikov's Backyard

May 13, 2010 at 5:20 PM | by | Comments (0)

Typically when you talk about going plane spotting, it usually involves some stealth tactics like parking far away or camping out on a barren hillside for the perfect picture. Never do you dream that plane spotting could instead involve chilling beneath a palm tree, with a Cinnabon in hand, but it does if you're hanging out at Punta Cana International Airport in the Dominican Republic.

Since the majority of the airport is open-air and thatched-roof, you have a view of the tarmac from almost every angle, but no better place than at the outdoor viewing area. It's a quick walk away from the food court (with its Wendy's, Cinnabon, Nathan's Famous and other more local chains), but it's close enough to the gates so that you can stand out there almost the whole time before your flight without missing the boarding announcements.

So how does Baryshnikov enter the pictures? Find out after the jump!

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Taking off from Punta Cana Airport on Jetblue

If, however, you are not yet flying out but prefer to check out the local air traffic while still on your vacation, then the best place to observe arriving and departing flights—like the only Moscow-Caribbean direct flight other than Cuba, and various South American carriers—is from the exclusive Corales golf course, around early afternoon. And like we've said before, the only way to get a tee time at Corales is to stay at Tortuga Bay or be buddies with Julio Iglesias or Mikhail Baryshnikov. Better start saving up for that hotel now, since we're quite sure that Mikhail is not a plane spotting kind of guy.

Full Disclosure: We were in the DR thanks to Jetblue and the Dominican Republic Board of Tourism. But rest assured that we worked more than swam, and all views expressed here are our own.

Related Stories:
· Visiting Punta Cana Airport, Among the Most Unique Airports in the World [Jaunted]
· Inside Oscar de la Renta's Tortuga Bay Hotel in the Dominican Republic [HotelChatter]
· Inside the Restaurants and Pools of Oscar de la Renta's Punta Cana Hotel [HotelChatter]
· Plane Spotting Coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Jaunted]



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