I have returned from the Return of the Missionary, Day 8
Dr. Tom McGowan
May 31, 2022
A brief posting to confirm that I arrived home early Sunday morning, in time to smoke lots of pork ribs and brisket for our annual (but suspended for 2 years) Memorial Day BBQ. A good time was had by all and, even after a terrific 8 days in La Republica Dominicana, it was good to be home.
I’m including one photo for those readers who remember the days of filling-out two sets of immigration forms with a ball-point pen and paying an entrance fee ($10 per person) to a guy sitting with a cash register. Migracion has gone virtual; forms are now completed online, stored in a cellphone and will soon be waved in front of a scanner to begin the immigration process. Lots of construction at Las Americas Airport — new restaurants and duty free stores — as well as the new immigration area you see below. Large scale tourism has arrived in the DR.
