Pictures of
My Trip to the Dominican Republic

Back to Santiago for another meeting with Augusto Reyes at his factory. Then off to see another one of their tobacco farms in the Cibao Valley.

road leading to farm

entrance of farm

fields of tobacco under netting for premium quality shade grown tobacco

that's me checking out this years beautiful crop of tobacco.

the farm foreman amongst his crops.

this gives you an idea of how tall this years crop actually is.

after harvest, the tobacco leaves are hung in barns like this

pictures from inside on of the many drying barns on this farm, (these are hung to dry "Cuban Style")