Arrow Photography

castro

during our visit to the parque central we were "befriended" by castro.  he spoke good english and offered us a "cheap" tour of the downtown puerto plata area.

cerveza boy

while on the island in the samana bay i befriended this young boy who became my waiter.  i was waited on hand and foot as long as money was involved.

fortress of san felipe

built between 1564 an d1577 was meant to protect the northern coastline of the island from raids by pirates and buccaneers.

kite flying over san felipe fortress

the day was wind we visited the fortress of san felipe.  built between 1564 and 1577 the fort overlooks the harbor to puerta plata and was ment to protect against pirates and buccaneers.  a group of children were flying homemade kites high above the fortress. 

kite flying2

it was so amazing to see the homemade kites these boys had made out of mulicolored twines tied together and then tied to black garbage sacks with twigs as crossbeams.

kiteflying3

gifts,  so often our children do not realize the greatest gifts they have been given is  imagination and friendship.

samana bay fisherman

this silouette of a fisherman tending to his nets was taken while on a small island in the samana bay after a few hours of humpback whale watching.

san felipe church 1

the church of san felipe is across from the parque central in downtown puerto playta.  an earthquake damaged the facade just a few short years ago.

san felipe church 2

a different view of the church of san felipe

motorcycle at cabarete beach

sosua was the name of a beach inbetween playa dorado and cabarete. 

sunrise over playa dorado

this is one of those serindipitious shots.  i had just shot three rolls at another spot, and didn't feel that i had "got the shot."  as i walked back to the hotel, i turned around one last time....and i got the shot of the playa dorado (golden beach).