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Santo Domingo: Columbus Probably Slept Here

March 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM | by | Comments (0)

Jaunted editor Ellen Wernecke just got back from a trip to the Dominican Republic and, truly, has not finished unpacking yet. But that won't stop her from sharing the highlights of her trip, no siree.

The historical relativism and occasional indifference included in any given tour of old Santo Domingo would make a history professor's head explode. Our hired Dominican guide, absent the ability to ad-lib in English, repeated his frequently outlandish statements about, say, the former church where pregnant women would go and then magically have their babies in two hours.

He was a fount of these stories, doubtless rooted in truth, as well as the locations of every cigar store that offered him a premium for bringing by American shoppers.

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