I will answer your questions I know the answers to:
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1) How is Bani? Is there anything interested to do around there? I am going to be here for 3 weeks, and I do not want to bored! LOL
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There are some famous sand dunes around bani. And the naval installation.
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2) How far is Bani to Santo Domingo? How much its it to grab a taxi from Bani to Santo Domingo? Are there any good beaches in Santo Domingo?
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By bus, it is about 2 hours. The road from Bani to San Cristobal is under heavy construction and transit is quite slow on that 40 km stretch.
Taxi Bani - SD would cost you about 2000 pesos, or 60 dollars, and up. A bus would cost you about 100-150 pesos / 3-5 US dollars.
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3) What beaches are near Bani? Are the beaches good?
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There are some beaches around Bani, but I don't know if they are good. You can certainly swim there, but I don't know the conditions.
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4) How is the weather in Bani/Santo Domingo in June and July?
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It should be OK, even though the hurricane season would about to begin at that time of year. But you will have mostly dry weather, 80-90 degrees F.
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5) Are the people in Dominican Republic "people-friendly"?
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Yes they mostly are. Just eb a nice person yoruself and you will be received well.
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6) We are probably going to spend 2 weeks in His family house, and 1 week in a resort; we do not know yet. But are there any good resorts around Bani? Or perhaps Santo Domingo? or any place else.
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In Bani, there are no resorts nearby. the nearest resorts would be in Boca Chica and Juan Dolio, east of Santo Domingo, about 3 hour drive from Bani to the east. There is a resort in Barahona, to the west, about 2 hours drive.