From April 2-9, 2001, I was blessed with a week of rest and relaxation in Punta Cana on the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic. When Christopher Columbus spotted the coral-rimmed Dominican Republic, he proclaimed, "This is the fairest land under Heaven". The Dominican Republic, which covers 48,442 sq. km. of the island of Hispaniola, offers some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and the country is also home to the highest mountain range in the entire Caribbean. Punta Cana and the Playa Bávaro area is one ... (more)