Me voy!

[evenyc]

So am heading back to Santo for a few weeks to start my wedding prep! I haven't visited in close to 10 yrs YIKES! So what's new? I hear there's a freaking train and an Ikea!

[mountainannie]

Originally Posted by evenyc

So am heading back to Santo for a few weeks to start my wedding prep! I haven't visited in close to 10 yrs YIKES! So what's new? I hear there's a freaking train and an Ikea!

ikea is only still in the building stage, fourth floor though

congratulations on your wedding!!

[Robert]

We have a Metro, 1 line, useless for 95% of the population.
Ikea is scheduled to open at the end of this year.

A lot has changed in 10 years, be prepared to spend a
long time in traffic

[NALs]

You will not recognize the place. Its a completely different country in almost every aspect.

-NALs

[Mr. Lu]

Originally Posted by NALs

You will not recognize the place. Its a completely different country in almost every aspect.

-NALs

Not really. Everything is still pretty much the same. Except for a few new buildings, nicer cars, a metro and some other stuff, the DR is still the DR.




Mr. Lu

[Mujermaravilla]

LOL... Crazy but this time I agree with Lu more than I agree with NALS.

[bienamor]

Originally Posted by NALs

You will not recognize the place. Its a completely different country in almost every aspect.

-NALs

They have lights in Conn. Nals? because we don't here. and they have finally admitted that it the gov not the capacity, wonder of wonders.
Black top is still full of holes, kids are still only going 4 hrs a day to school, more traffic, but less work.

Right different country, move back down here

[mountainannie]

AH, I think the METRO is a really cool tourist attraction. I would not have gone if my sister had not made me. It is amazingly clean since there is no food at all allowed in the train. And there is NO CROWDING allowed at all even if you want to, and of course the Dominicans are used to crowding in but there are special Metro police to stop that. And the Train goes high up over the city and that is beautiful. Now if only there were a GIANT HELADOS BON at the end of the LINE so that we could have sat and had ice creams it would have been great.

I do think that the ad showing the metro and playing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah was in very poor taste though, Leonel, just my two pesos!

[mountainannie]

OMG NALS LIVES IN CT!!!!!!! IN THE USA???????


You're Kidding??

What does he come here for a week? Two weeks?

OH NALS!! you are SOOO BUSTED!!!

[Mujermaravilla]

Originally Posted by mountainannie

AH, I think the METRO is a really cool tourist attraction. I would not have gone if my sister had not made me. It is amazingly clean since there is no food at all allowed in the train. And there is NO CROWDING allowed at all even if you want to, and of course the Dominicans are used to crowding in but there are special Metro police to stop that. And the Train goes high up over the city and that is beautiful. Now if only there were a GIANT HELADOS BON at the end of the LINE so that we could have sat and had ice creams it would have been great.

I do think that the ad showing the metro and playing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus from the Messiah was in very poor taste though, Leonel, just my two pesos!

I used to think the metro was a great idea. Until these general black outs due to non payment. I still think it is a good idea to have a mass transit system and although it doesn't serve all of the population you need to start some where. The only thing is that now I feel that it should have taken a back seat to the electrical system.