Correcting a bit of confusion there around @16:20 ; Colombus did not call Santo Domingo as Isabela first. La Isabela is in the Puerto Plata province. That was the first stable Spanish settlement and town in the Americas established in December 1493. The site is 42 km west of the city of Puerto Plata, adjacent to the village of El Castillo. The area now forms a National Historic Park. Hunger and disease led to mutiny, and a group of settlers, led by Bernal de Pisa, attempted to capture and make off with several ships and go back to Spain. La Isabela barely survived until 1496 when Columbus decided to abandon it in favor of a new settlement founded in 1498 called Nueva Isabela, and soon renamed Santo Domingo. Also the discovery of gold in 1499 within the cordillera central, and the resultant mining boom, meant Isabela was depopulated by 1500.

Hermoso mi pais❤Dios lo bendiga.

Thanks for reacting to my little beatifull country. Thanks so much!

You were eating a Pastel en ojas usually will come wrapped with a plantain’s tree leaf, and the other dish was Mangu , normally consumed at breakfast time, Mofongo is dryer with pork chunks or other meats, fun fact.. Mofongo originated in Puerto Rico but it is super popular in DR

Omg!!! First of, you are so pretty Emily and smart. So knowledgeable. Do you know that Ponce de Leon’s house is still standing as a museum in the DR.

Hi Emily, I’m a Dominican woman who grew up in NYC and now I live in Europe. I just subscribed to your channel, I’m glad that you enjoyed your short cultural trip to Santo Domingo. Next time you visit the DR inform yourself well about the food so you don’t get served the wrong thing, the food is amazingly delicious, very flavorful. I’m sorry to tell you that you didn’t eat Mofongo, what you had was Mangú which is boiled plantain purée and the pastel en hojas are also delicious. Next time you visit try the real Mofongo at Adrian Tropical and try Sancocho. Blessings 🙏🏼🍀💕🇩🇴

Minute 8:28 that is independence park is from our independence from Haiti in 1844

Actually, Santo Domingo is the 1st City in America. We also have the 1st Fortress, 1st Cathedral and 1st University as well.

Thank you for the video and welcome to DR

This is a nice video in a beautiful place by a pretty young lady. Congrats!

Thanks for visit our country

❤❤❤❤ thank you for the visit ❤❤❤❤❤

Hello Emely, you are beautiful. I'm sure you attracted many looks, lol. By the way, I think what you tried was not mofongo, but (Mangú) which is similar, but its not make the same way. Mangu is still good too.

20:22 That's the statue of Simon Bolivar. He was a venezuelan politician and military who led Colombia, Venezula, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish kingdom.

The soup they gave you is called sancocho. It’s not considered a soup because it’s thick and creamy. I love it with rice and avocado.

Gracias por visitarnos hermosa

😍😍 beautiful place to travel. Love it..🫰

Beautiful country ❤

Thank you Emily !!

I go Santo Domingo all the time and never took the time out to do historical sites and museums. what was the name of the first museum you visited. Love your content btw,

Hi I'm sow great full the you came to the island always more than welcome here in Dominican Republic 🇩🇴🇺🇸❤

Hey Emily , thank you for reacting to my country one thing g. The church which is the oldest church in the western hemisphere is not where Columbus remain are found currently . It’s where they were discovered . The remains are currently found in the Columbus lighthouse ( faro a colon) also I know other countries claim the remains of Columbus namely , ( Cuba and Spain) but Columbus the remains are in DR the ones in Spain are of his oldest son Diego.

I love history. I from DR and US.

I love your Spanish accent 😍 . Really waaaaaooo 😊

Welcome to Santo Domingo! Hope you like it :)

You are a beautiful young lady, have a gret time in my country , Im in NJ USA.

Sooooooo beautiful.We are working hard for a better country,Hope you enjoy it.Gracias.

wow! you re so pretty...

Welcome to DR 🇩🇴❤️

You are so beautiful! Don't travel alone, travel with me!

Actually, I heard the man telling you to keep your phone concealed. Probably that’s what many people were trying to tell you. There are motorcycle robbers that can grab your phone off your hand. It’s not that common anymore, but it’s normal that people will warn you about that, especially if you are a beautiful woman walking alone :)

Hello Ms Emily, I saw your local fan following you lol. How’s your Spanish 1&2, hope you didn’t cut class. Anyway, enjoy, be safe and God bless you.

Take care because i care😊

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You need to try the one from Adrian Tropical, thats a good mofongo.

Don’t have credit cards to soport but l distribute your video to all my contacts okey ❤

🇯🇲love from Jamaica hope we can meet one day🫶🏿🍀

The guy at 9:54 says to you "Guardalo", it means "Hide it" your phone when you go out in certain areas. Some people there in my country DR will steal/snatch stuff from you if you are not aware of your surroundings. I've been there many times and know my way around. He meant good, there is a 100% good people there only less than 0.001% out there up to no good.

You travelling solo ?

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Emily ❤👋😀 Watching From PH The Way She Look At You With Her Blue Sky Eyes + Her Smile Got you 💀😍😄

Everyone wanted to talk in the street. I think you were uncomfortable. Dominicans speak a lot to a strangers.

It’s called “pilón” (pee-lon)

Trujillo was fighting invations from haitians, he gave land to them for them to leave Dominicans territories but they fought the military men in the frontier and there was a killings fight between both groups. There is a history to blame him of killing many haitians, which it was a fight amount both. It is that his grandmother was haitian so it maybe an unfair blame, also our elders used to have talco de polvo from Spain because of the sweeting and the heat, and because of that they also blame him of being trying to whiter the race. Lot of our history is told by our enemy, the ones who massacre our people because of being Spaniards and their offspring criollos. Cristobal Colon was in the church under the santuario and the wood box has the initial inscribed.

According to the latest crime statistics, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica have low crime rates in the region. However, the Costa Rican government has been accused often of hiding their real or actual crime rate. The USA have been double checking and verifying crime rate in DR since many americans have been increasingly traveling and investing in the Dominican Republic.

17:35 its like intramuros of Philippines... I've seen a lot of resemblance of streets of old manila..😂😂

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Klk Rubia

I applaud you as a Dominican. I also noticed that Museum had a pro communist agenda when I went there years ago.

People keep telling you to put your phone away because someone can take it from you . And the ather buy are just Flirting with you. 😂

Hahaha, the boy says when they took away his cars that you spoke English and you didn't understand him 😂😂

Las Terrenas is where its at lol

I'm a Dominican man who resides in NYC and it's sad to say "La zona colonial" looks deteriorated and disorganized, why is there a loaded truck with platanos around that area? Do better DR🤦🏾‍♂

The loud music.... Sorry!. Enjoy!

Way don’t you interview people

No, Trujillo is not considered a hero, he did horrible things to both Haitians and Dominicans... However, he was anti-communist and that ended up being a good thing in the long run since we were very close to becoming Cuba 2.0