Altagracia

We boated back to San Carlos (regretably) on Friday morning and hung around the dirty dirty dock station all morning and afternoon before catching the ferry headed back to Granada … only this time, we got off in Altagracia, on Ometepe … rather than going the whole 14 hours, it was just 10.

Rio San Juan « Wanderings 2006

We arrived in Altagracia in the middle of the night, stumbled into a hostel, passed out, and woke up on my favorite island again.

Rio San Juan « Wanderings 2006

"Altagracia," a picture of the Virgin, of which tradition says that in the early days of the colony it was given by an aged mysterious stranger to the father of a devout maiden who had pined therefor.

Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich

"Everything filled with water, there was just water everywhere," said Maria Altagracia Fernandez, who spent Monday night sleeping on the floor with her five children and about 100 other people at a shelter in the fishing town of Boba, 135 miles 225 kilometers northeast of Santo Domingo.

Hurricane Irene Marks First Big U.S. Threat In Years 2011

A "red alert" tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas of the Dominican Republic, including the province of Altagracia, where the popular resort of Punta Cana is located.

Printing: Massive earthquake (7.0) rocks Haiti: Aftershocks reverberating, US sending in rescue troops 2010

A "red alert" tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas of the Dominican Republic, including the province of Altagracia, where the popular resort of Punta Cana is located.

Massive earthquake (7.0) rocks Haiti: Aftershocks reverberating, US sending in rescue troops 2010

Altagracia – her friends call her Grace – has a tattoo of Nuestra Señora de Altagracia on her shoulder, she's got a Ford Motor Company tattoo running down her leg, and she has grease worked so deep into her hands that it'll never wash out.

Books in the Mail (W/E 03/21/2009) RobB 2009

Altagracia – her friends call her Grace – has a tattoo of Nuestra Señora de Altagracia on her shoulder, she's got a Ford Motor Company tattoo running down her leg, and she has grease worked so deep into her hands that it'll never wash out.

Archive 2009-03-01 RobB 2009

Wake up to a delightful taste of orange with this breakfast sweet roll to celebrate Our Lady of Altagracia.

Orange Rolls for Our Lady of Altagracia Mary 2009

Two of the names Aquino mentioned were "Mazda Altagracia" and a name that translates to "Breast Jimenez."

Lloyd Garver: The Name Game 2009