Colmados: Neighborhood food markets are everywhere and in addition to the usual foodstuffs, these little stores sell local fruits and vegetables, fresh coconut bread, longanesa (homemade Dominican sausage); all sorts of delights.

 Strange new aromas waft into the dusty street. An old dog in the doorway lazily scratches at a flea. There's a mule with a homemade straw saddle tied outside the one-room wooden shop,…bring your camera and a sense of adventure as shopping in your local supermarket was never like this.