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Monte Cristi: Here was the first time Columbus sailed along the coast of todays Dominican Republic. Main attractions are the mesa “El Morro” (“The camel”) and “Cayos Siete Hermanos” (“Seven brothers islands”) in Parque Nacional Monte Cristi. |
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The “lying camel”: Left the head, right the two humps |
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Aerial view of El Morro |
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Salt-pans near Monte Cristi |
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Further east: La Isabella, the first European town of the new world, founded 1493 |
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If you follow the tour as described in the (german) Marco-Polo travel guide you will end up here asking yourself how to cross this river... |
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... but after a few kilometers along different fields we found a shallow area where our taxi could cross the river. |
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I would have chosen the same place to settle |
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Excavated stone foundations of the former church and cemetery |
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