Our guide and host at Canto del Jilguero

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Interior of a cabin at Villa Pajon

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Zebra longwing from along the road to Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo

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Interior of our cabin at Villa Pajon

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Bedroom at Villa Pajon

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Entrance to Villa Pajon

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Juvenile broad-billed tody with throat feathers still sheathed

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Holly and Lisa in front of our cabin at Villa Pajon

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Hiking the trail between Canto del Jilguero and Cachote in the Sierra de Bahoruco Oriental

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Juvenile broad-billed tody, photographed along the Rabo del Gato near Villa Barrancoli

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A respite from the long and jarring drive from Pedernales and Villa Pajon

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Leaf photographed along the trail between Canto del Jilguero and Cachote

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Bryophytes along the trail between Canto del Jilguero and Cachote

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Fiddlehead

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Endemic Orchid from Cachote, Dominican Republic

Endemic orchid from along the trail between Canto del Jilguero and Cachote, Dominican Republic

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Heart of a bromeliad

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Aguas Blancas

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Villa Pajon from the porch at sunset

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Pyramidsis at the Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo Visitors Center. Once believed to be the center of the island, the structure, in fact, was erected as a token of gratitude to the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in the construction of the road between San José de Ocoa with Constanza.

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Pyramidsis at the Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo Visitors Center. Once believed to be the center of the island, the structure, in fact, was erected as a token of gratitude to the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in the construction of the road between San José de Ocoa with Constanza.

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Lisa collecting her thoughts (and cooling her feet) during our trip up to Villa Pajon

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Pyramidsis at the Parque Nacional Valle Nuevo Visitors Center. Once believed to be the center of the island, the structure, in fact, was erected as a token of gratitude to the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina in the construction of the road between San José de Ocoa with Constanza.

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Hoyo del Pelempito in the Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco

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