As you may or may not know the municipality of Boca Chica consists of the town of Boca Chica and the associated and contiguous district of San Andres, nearly always abbreviated to just ‘Andres’. In order to differentiate between the two, Andres could be described as that part centered on the sugar refining facility with its distinctive red and white striped chimney not more than about a to the east of main town Boca Chica where most of the tourist traffic is. However, both look across to the Caucedo peninsula a tad further to the east where there has been a considerable amount of development in recent years.
Directly from the Boca Chica beach it has been possible to witness what portends to be a considerable shot in the arm to the local economy principally from the newly constructed ‘mega port’ which has been receiving ships in ever increasing numbers over the last couple of years.
The only previous evidence of man’s engineering abilities over in that direction used to be the arrival and departure of airplanes as they headed to and from the runway of Santo Domingo and the country's principal international gateway, Las Americas International Airport, to be found in the center of the Caucedo peninsula and, by the way no more than a convenient 10 minutes by taxi, from the center of the Boca Chica beach.
In recent times the skyline has changed quite dramatically but it is at night that the developments are especially noticeable, as they are all accompanied by quite spectacular lighting arrangements– the kind of unfailing electric show that would be the envy of quite a number of parts of the country that are often subject to extended blackouts.
Looking due west in the evening along the beach in the direction of Santo Domingo it is possible to see the sun sink behind the peninsula; sometimes with its own inimitable display at the same time as the electrical illuminations are set in motion starting at the tip of the peninsula where there is a jetty for the large gleaming white gas storage tank located immediately alongside. As you scan towards the land the next major lit-up structure is the electricity generating station which was originally funded by the World Bank to provide economic power to both this country and supply down on to Haiti. Then begins the mega port itself with a row of five modern giant cranes shipped in from China for loading and unloading of container ships tied up at the 600 meter wharf.
The port has potential for roll-on-roll-off ships and even for further development and extension and it is hoped one day for cruise liners too, which would undoubtedly please a lot of people in the Boca Chica area should such fine ships end up docking at the facility.
The night scene will, of course, be so much more viewable in the future once the government's regeneration and development plans are implemented for Boca Chica and its spectacular beach.
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