🌴 On February 27th, the Dominican Republic celebrates its Independence Day (Día de la Independencia), commemorating the start of the nation's second war for independence in 1844. Let's learn what clues we can look for in a game of GeoGuessr to identify this geographically and culturally diverse Caribbean nation! 🇩🇴

Firstly, how might we recognize whether we're in the Dominican Republic or not? One easy tell is if we pan down and notice that the Streetview car has metal bars on its roof with black rubber inlays; the inlays are the distinguishing feature, as there are countless places where the car merely has bars on the roof. The only other place you may encounter these inlays is Mongolia, but the climates and languages of these two places are so obviously different that you shouldn't be mistaken which of the two you're in.

Once we know that we're in the Dominican Republic, how would we pinpoint our location? Luckily (or not, depending on how you look at it) there are only two cities in the whole country that have official Streetview coverage as of February 2023: Santo Domingo, the nation's capital, and Santiago de los Caballeros, the nation's largest city. This means you can immediately rule out all but a couple small pockets of the country.

Santo Domingo is coastal whereas Santiago de los Caballeros is not, so if you see the ocean on the southern horizon, you'll know which city you're in. If you don't have a view of the horizon, however, don't fret as there are other ways to tell the two cities apart. Santo Domingo's utility poles tend to have yellow paint around their bases more often, while Santiago's utility poles tend to have gray paint around their bases more often. There are exceptions to this, of course, but the dominant color you see amongst several utility poles should follow this pattern.

😏 Have you ever traveled to the Dominican Republic? It *is* the most visited nation in the Caribbean, after all. If so, let me know in the comments! 💙🐦

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