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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

WORDS MIKE MACEACHERAN

Get wet and wild on a waterfall adventure in Cabarete, before exploring a coffee plantation in the Jarabacoa mountains; next, dance to merengue and join a baseball game in Santo Domingo, explore the swampy islands of Jaragua National Park, and finish on a secret beach near the Haitian border.

@MikeMacEacheran

Dancer Illuminada Corniel on the terrace outside El Conuco, a restaurant and dancehall in Santo Domingo
PHOTOGRAPHS MATT MUNRO
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