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Postcard from Tubagua: loo with a view
This has to be one of the world’s most photographed bathroom views
Student travel leader rates Tubagua Eco Lodge safety, services
International Student Volunteers has hosted over 2,000 students in the Dominican Republic and Tubagua has not only been the highest overall, student-rated accommodations for two consecutive years, but also the most reliable and desirable lodging option for our student groups
The Riome family visits – again!
The ultimate compliment for a lodge owner is having people come back. Like the Riome family, who have made this their winter retreat returning each February since 2008 when we opened our doors
Tubagua on YouTube
Here’s my first attempt at editing with iMovie, came out not bad but the audio ended up over modulated after uploading to YouTube. Enjoy…!
Check out these panoramic 360º photos
See the Great Room and its stunning ocean view, and the surrounding gardens. Photos: Julius Geier
Dominican Republic medical mission trips in 2013
Project Helping Hands is organizing medical mission trips to the Dominican Republic during February, July and November 2013
List of European airlines that fly to Puerto Plata
Coming from Europe? Check the Air Only rates on these airlines for potentially excellent low fares into Puerto Plata
Lonely Planet says Tubagua is “worth a visit”
Tubagua enjoys a half-page sidebar in the Lonely Planet’s October 2011 edition
Livin’ it up in Tubagua
Prolific Canadian author and poet John Oughton, best known for his award-winning novel “War of the Hearts”, spent a month in Tubagua working on his latest oeuvre. He took some time out to record some reflections of his stay with us…
Volunteer Teaching Opportunity
While living and working for nine months in a mountain village, a teaching background and Spanish fluency will enable the candidate to help 12 to 20 students living in this small community to stay ahead in their studies by managing a supportive homework program that runs parallel to the public education system.
The Tourist Highway Project
People and towns along the Puerto Plata <> Santiago panoramic highway are working together to build an important addition to the Dominican Republic’s tourism menu
Article: Eco-lodge operator dispenses free cell phones and trip advice to travelers
“Quit trying to micro-plan every detail of your trip from your desktop”, says this ecolodge’s owner. “We’ll help you when you get here.”
Travel World features Tubagua
Travel World News, a travel agent publication, gave us some “great ink” in their Feb ’10 edition. Read what they had to say…
Fashionable South Coast Plaza shoots catalogue at Tubagua
South Coast Plaza, a designer mall in California, last year used Tubagua and the sugarcane plantation town of Montellano as a backdrop for their Spring catalogue.
Tubagua becomes a movie set for feature film ‘The Good Heart’
Last April, a feature film production chose Tubagua to shoot several Caribbean coffee plantation scenes. The crew, from Iceland, stayed at the ecolodge and used the next door neighbors’ home into a movie set.
Popular web travel reporter visits
David Hoffman travels the world to feed his davidsbeenhere.com video web site. For Tubagua, his choice of music and overall enthusiasm make you wonder if there weren’t enough hot babes on the property that day—but the images are good!
Voluntourism: Canadian kids do ‘extreme makeovers’ at Dominican Republic schools
Judy Warrington founded Power Trips, a volunteer-run organization devoted to Dominican Republic’s development.
