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Article: Kayak where Columbus sailed.(Christopher Columbus)(LIFE)
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- The World and I
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- June 1, 2009
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I found the Dominican Republic that I was looking for in a small town on the east coast of the country called Bayahibe. Here I sat under a thatched roof on the patio of an Italian restaurant that affords a great view over a tiny bay. It was undeveloped. A handful of pangas and sailboats bobbed on the water as pink hues spread across the sky at sunset.
The restaurant, the Mare Nosta, is five-years old and run by an Italian woman from Milan. The moderately priced eatery features homemade pasta, tasty Italian appetizers and fresh seafood. It was here I learned about a local Dominican drink called "Mamajuana" which is a mixture of rum and herbs made by the locals ...