{"id":3389,"date":"2019-12-19T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/?p=3389"},"modified":"2020-01-12T19:23:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T03:23:49","slug":"santo-domingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levinger.net\/josh\/2019\/12\/19\/santo-domingo","title":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stayed in the Zona Colonial in a beautifully converted convent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The oldest colonial presence in the Americas, the city has a combination of great old architecture and a newer pedestrian promenade. We spent several days touring churches and forts, sampling cigars and chocolates, and going to baseball games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colonial Palacio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cigars Caoba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fortaleza Ozama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Beisbol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Museu de Choco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Museum of Resistance<\/a> was particularly impactful, and we learned much more about the terrible reign of Trujillo and the effects the rounds of colonization and foreign intervention still have on the Dominican culture. I was reminded to re-read Junot Diaz, and his exhortations to decolonize love and his efforts unlearn his own machismo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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