Caribbean Photo of the Week: Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic

By: - August 3rd, 2014

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Emil Pappaterra, who sent in this beautiful snapshot of Las Terrenas in the Dominican Republic. Do you have a great Caribbean Photo? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line. It could be the next one!

— CJ

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