For those who may live in the Dominican Republic and maybe spending Christmas and New year in the U.K...
First Choice/Thomson Holidays are offering flights from Gatwick (LGW)to Puerto Plata (POP) on Tuesday, January 4th for £279.00. After adding a 20kg luggage allowance and 2% surcharge on the booking the total payable is just £302.00.
There is no telling how long this will be available for so book now to avoid disappointment!
http://flights.firstchoice.co.uk/firstchoice/en-GB/booking/standardsearch
This week the first qualifying stage of Champions Tour q-school is being held at three sites: MetroWest Country Club in Orlando, Fla.; Woodforest Golf Club at Fish Creek in Montgomery, Texas; and Bayonet Course in Seaside, Calif.
Stories will emerge of good luck, bad luck, if only I had made that putt on 18, but a real inspiration to others is Puerto Plata's very own Manuel De Los Santos who lost his left leg in a motorcycle accident at 18, yet plays to a 2 handicap and travels the world playing exhibitions while walking the courses on his crutches. Manuel was a promising baseball player to such an extent he had been drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays -- his hero was, of course, Dominican Super Star Sammy Sosa.
It was his wife, De Los Santos who suggested he should try and play golf -- a game he had never played, but his natural ability in hitting the baseball transferred to the golf ball. "The fourth ball in my life I hit with the driver, straight, behind to the 200 meters,'' he told The Golf Channel. His message is simple. It doesn't matter if you have one hand, one leg or can't see. You just have to believe everything is possible.
"In my heart I'm happy to come and hit the ball. I don't care about my swing. I want to see my ball fly. That's it. I play with feeling ... golf is my second leg. I say that with my heart.''
Ministers representing some 21 Nations from the Caribbean and Central America will travel to Santo Domingo next week which will host the "17th Annual Cruise Ship Conference". Also attending the conference will be Dominican Tourism Deputy minister Magaly Toribio, cruise line executives, tour operators and selected travel and ship agents.
Mrs.Toribio was quoted as saying “For the first time in this type of event the cruise lines’ purchasing managers would participate, which is a magnificent opportunity for our country to continue growing as supplier of products the cruise lines buy for the consumption of their passengers and crew, such as beer, cigarettes and farm products.”
Cruise Ships will port in the towns of Puerto Plata as well as Punta Cana.
Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia explained on Tuesday that he heads a committee that includes all of Puerto Plata’s sectors to relaunch that tourism region, expecially Playa Dorada.
He said the plan includes an impressive ad campaign in Spain, France, Canada and the United States. “It’s now possible to say that a true tourism relaunching plan for Puerto Plata has been elaborated.”
Many times I have heard people saying how they booked one-way tickets from the U.K to the Dominican Republic. I have searched and searched yet have never seen these deals advertised ANYWHERE!
So, here it is, seeing is believing, go to www.travelsupermarket.com and access the flight section, search for 1-way flights from LGW (London Gatwick) to POP (Puerto Plata) departing October11th, 2010. (This is the only date I am aware of the 1-way being available)!
With a gentle breeze and the bright sun, junior surfers from across the Dominican Republic dazzled crowds in the strong waves Playa Encuentro in Cabarete.and demonstrated their best maneuvers to the judges in a close competition held over the last weekend of summer.
Punta Cana - Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club who´s main offices are based in Puerto Plata (Cofresi) have announced its "Presidential Suites by Lifestyle" and its second resort in Punta Cana in conjunction with the Globalia Corporation from Spain.
Come on you kitebparders and alike! The Copa Kiteboarding Turismo Internacional del Atlantico 2010 is almost underway at the malecon in Puerto Plata...
If you are in the area, come on down..it is going to be a great day for all - participants and spectators alike..
For more information please feel free to e.mail us or check out the Facebook page
See you there!!
Puerto Plata - The historic waterfront of Puerto Plata will host the first KTIA Cup to be held on August 13-15. Some of the best kiteboarding competitors in the world, both local and international will be here to celebrate the biggest sporting event held so far in the Dominican Republic .
Puerto Plata - The Sosua Bay Casino and R. De Cubas Paniagua Inc have announced the Latin American Boxing event of the year. On August 21st at the Sosua Bay Casino - stellar figures in the Latin American boxing world including Fabio Rafael Gonzalez of Puerto Plata, Dominican Felix Diaz (Gold medallist in Beijing), Juan Carlos Reynoso, Hector Sanchez, of Puerto Rico, Juan Carlos Rosario from Santiago and the two brothers Joshua and Carlos Valdez, will take to the ring in what is expected to be an exciting round of 6 fights.
