A visit to Puerto Plata

 

Bleubeard and I finally have a tentative itinerary for visiting the Caribbean.  I'm sure many of you saw the various maps of the Caribbean I showed here.  One island, the largest of all, is Cuba.  Some of you will remember Bleubeard and I visited there in 2019.  At that time, I gave a brief history of Cuba and its policies which led up to President Obama announcing the U.S. would resume full diplomatic relations with Cuba, which included opening an embassy in Havana beginning in December, 2014.  It was not long after that I began receiving cruise line information about Cuba.  For at least two years, I got information on how to take a cruise from Miami to Cuba.  However, the tables turned quickly, and Cuba is no longer offered on any cruises to the Caribbean.  That's why we now start in Hispaniola.  There are two countries in Hispaniola: Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  We will be spending time in the Dominican Republic and joining Valerie at Bastelmania, our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme is Spring.  This is my penultimate entry for Valerie's theme this month.

Our first stop is Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.

As I explained above, the Dominican Republic is  a country located on the island of Hispaniola.

It has beautiful beaches, pink sand, clear blue water, and palm trees.

Colorful dancing is often seen on the many privatized cruise docks in Puerto Plata.

Located in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean, it is shared with Haiti.

The Dominican Republic is the second largest nation in the Antilles by area after Cuba.

One of the cities is Puerto Plata, which we are visiting today.

I added the piece of washi tape I use in every Caribbean spread.

A good map of the Dominican Republic

shows all the important cities

Then I found a photo of the San Felipe Fort

and had to revise my spread.

It was easy enough to move the washi tape and add the fort at the bottom of the spread.  I started this page by combining three staz-on colors and 91% isopropyl alcohol I applied to 110 lb cardstock.  The images, all found in different cruise magazines, were backed with pieces of a security envelope.  The map came from the internet.  I computer generated the words, cut them, then outlined them in either red or green water soluble crayons.

Thank you beyond belief for stopping by today.  I am truly grateful to you, my dear friends, followers, readers, and lurkers for visiting.  Please also join Bleubeard and me at Art Journal Journey with your journaling ideas of Spring.  You still have time to share one last Spring inspired journal page.