The second part of the Santo Domingo series shows the daily life of the locals: the Dominican ritual of morning coffee, visiting kindergarten, the cult of baseball and a walk through Chinatown. The film reveals the reality of life in the capital, hidden behind the tourist image of a beach paradise.
- Duration
- 42 min 54 s
- Start
- Dominican Morning Coffee Ritual
- End
- Chinatown, Santo Domingo
- Stops
- 3
- Channel author
- Жизнь Других
Timestamps and places
- — Chinatown, Santo Domingo (Introduction and Summary of Previous Issues)
- — Dominican Morning Coffee Ritual
- — Why do locals not swim in the sea?
- — Private Kindergartens for $15,000 a Year
- — Baseball: More Than a Sport, A National Religion
- — Street food culture and food parks
- — Playing dominoes with the locals
- — Escape from extreme heat with ice cream
- — Walk through Chinatown in Santo Domingo
- — Inside the Dominican School and Canteen
- — Local fashion and beauty standards
- — Chocolate factory tour and tasting
- — Old laws, taxes and loopholes
- — The whole truth about motokoncho (motorcycle taxi)
- — Ignoring traffic rules and safety
- — Traditional medicine and self-medication
- — Cemeteries and noisy funerals
- — Why pensioners are forced to continue working
- — The secret of Dominican happiness
Route on the map
Santo Domingo - Part 2 | The Lives of Others | ENG audio | 19.07.2026 |