Dominican Republic, October 2013. These are pictures of Punta Cana area, in the eastern part of the Dominican Republic. In this time of the year, the weather is hot and very humid. Punta Cana became a touristic area from the 1970s, and its privately owned airport serves more passengers than the international airport of the capital - Santo Domingo. Note that all of these pictures have been taken with a iphone4 - amazing!