Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Hello guys! I hope the summer weather is treating you well. Here it is already getting scorching hot during the day and I am wondering how am I gonna get through yet another unbearably hot summer (well I always do but the struggle is real :D )

So kinda appropriately, lets start with a card from a country where it is simply hot throughout the year.

Sent by Glenn from one of his cruises in 2011, from Santo Domingo, the country's capital and one of its UNESCO whs.

The city is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas, and was the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World. Santo Domingo is the site of the first university, cathedral, castle, monastery, and fortress in the New World.

the stamp on the left may remind you of a slice of pizza at first glance... but it isn't :) It is a City Friendship stamp from a set of two, issued in 2009. The other one, is from 1999 from a set of two New Millennium stamps.

Thank you Glenn!

Samaná, Dominican Republic

Starting with a small treasure for my collection (and as you see, I had some mercy towards you and this aint a map card :P)

My second ever card from the Dominican Republic (here is numero uno, received two years ago), but this is my first written and stamped one! Wohoooo!
I guess this is sort of a typical scenic view for these exotic places...endless ocean views, sunsets, beaches, palms..but it is a really nice one. It shows a late afternoon in Samaná, which is a city and municipality in northeastern Dominican Republic and is the capital of Samaná Province.
The city was founded in 1756 as Santa Bárbara de Samaná during the colonial period by the Spanish governor Francisco Rubio y Peñaranda. Families from the Canary Islands were brought to live in this city and Sabana de la Mar.
It was named Santa Bárbara after the Queen Bárbara de Braganza, wife of King Ferdinand VI of Spain.

and here comes the stamp...or the stamp-sticker...Im not sure how is this one classified....it is not one of those ugly postal stickers, it does have its own purpose, however, i cant figure out the date of issue or anything related to it.
Funny thing, the card was sent around the 20th May....reached me just this week....3 months of a longish cruise somewhere...along the Caribbean probably....

Saona Island, Dominican Republic

And, my first card showing a place in the Dominican Republic...so it makes it country number 79....


The Saona Island (Isla Saona) is a tropical island located a short distance from the mainland on the south-east tip of the Dominican Republic. It is a government protected nature reserve and a popular destination for tourists from all over the Dominican Republic.
The Island is famous for the natural beauty of its beaches and has been used on many occasions by film-makers and advertisers looking for a stereotypical 'desert island' setting for their film or product. It is promoted amongst Europeans visitors as the setting for the famous Bounty Chocolate Bar adverts.

Bounty Chocolate Bar!!! I LOVE Bounty!! Coz it is full of coconut!!!
Now that ive read this, i definitely started craving for a Bounty Chocolate Bar...one melting when you take a bite...mmmmmmm.....im just too lazy to go to the store...im not even sure the one near me has Bounty...havent bought one in a long while...