Salt mines and Morro at Monte Cristi
20 October 2009 | Dom.Rep.
The salt mines are still in production.
The Morro (Tafelberg) has an impressive majesty and beauty, from which one can view the entire bay with its cays and system of coastal lakes.
Columbus was so impressed with the terrain that looks out onto the sea that in his diary, he wrote the following: "This Monte Cristi is very beautiful and high and walk-able, of such a lovely form and to stay here up high, seeing it from afar, it seems an Island that does not have any connection with any land...".