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11-30-2006, 05:09 PM
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I need driving direction from Castabar to Santo Domingo
Hi Guy’s
I'm traveling from a condo outside of Puerto Plata to Santo Domingo. The Hotel in Santo Domingo is called the Jaragua Hotel & Casino off George Washington Ave. The Condo is in Castabar. I plan on using a 4W SUV for the trip, and could use some tips, pointers, and instruction. I have never driven in the DR before, but I will be traveling with my friend who is Dominicana, but I’m not sure that they know the way. I would like if some one could give me detailed driving direction. I would particularly like information on getting to the Jaragua Hotel when I arrive in Santo Domingo, and where to get gas and where you can take a bathroom break….. Thanks for the help!!!
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11-30-2006, 08:23 PM
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Do you mean Costambar?
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12-01-2006, 07:56 AM
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Take a bus!!
1) Taxi to POP--$10
2) METRO to Santo Domingo(RD$300)
3)Taxi to Jaragua(RD$100-$125)
Total 750 pesos more or less.
Round trip? RD$1500.
No sweat, no strain. Take a light jacket, and a good book.
You'll save money and enjoy the trip.
Hb
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12-03-2006, 08:35 PM
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12-03-2006, 10:17 PM
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With an attitude like that I think it will best for you to find your own Directions. Anything I was going to say in giving directions to you will get rammed down my throat I suspect. Have a good journey via Jarabacoa, Costanza & all points West!!
What IS IT with questioners on this board these days? They don't check their spelling, they respond to GOOD advice with impatient &/or rude comments & (in many cases) are just down right obnoxious! ~ Grahame.
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12-03-2006, 10:50 PM
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With an attitude like that I think it will best for you to find your own Directions. Anything I was going to say in giving directions to you will get rammed down my throat I suspect. Have a good journey via Jarabacoa, Costanza & all points West!!
What IS IT with questioners on this board these days? They don't check their spelling, they respond to GOOD advice with impatient &/or rude comments & (in many cases) are just down right obnoxious! ~ Grahame.
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AND he's using bunnies!!! 
it's not just here. i'm seeing more of this "i'm owed everything and hurry up and give me what's mine NOW!" attitude all over. it's ugly. most of these guys wouldn't know good advice if it bit them on the nose 
my answer is similar toy yours. point out the error of their ways and then ignore them...unless i can't resist teasing them until they smarten up or leave. 
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12-04-2006, 12:29 AM
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Igualmente,
That was just HB being HB. You are probably the 500th person he has given that advice to (either to take the bus or hire his friend JJ's cab.) The underlying premise is that it is unsafe for any "newbie" to drive in the DR. He is not the only one on the board who believes in this premise, just the most prolific.
Turn right (West) onto highway 5 on exiting Costumbar. You will pass bye maimon and go through a short tunnel. Continue on Highway 5 til it intersects with the Autopista Duarte (highway 1), where you will turn left, toward Santiago. This road will actually take you all the way to the capital, but in going through Santiago you need to follow the signs to Santo Domingo, and the little signs with the pictures of an airplane, which indicate you are headed toward the airport. Once you get through Saintago on the autopista, it is about 2 hours to Santo Domingo. Santo Domingo experts may know a better way, but I would get off on Avenida John F Kennedy and take this to Avenida Maxima Gomez, where you will turn right. This road will take you to the malecon (George Washington), where you will turn left. The Jaragua will be not too far on your left.
You will pass many "bombas" on the way, as well as restaurants and colmados, where you can stop for a pit stop, a cold one or a bite to eat. One that comes to mind is a Texaco between La Vega and Bonao at the turnoff to San Fransisco. They sell fresh spit cooked pork there, among other things.
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12-04-2006, 07:55 AM
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sweetdbt: Please understand this. I have no, absolutely no relationship with "JJ" other than the fact that he provides an outstandingly good service. I always suggest alternatives, such as local bus transportation.
And the reason I try to insist on using public transportation are the draconian laws which govern traffic "incidents" in the DR. Why even risk a very stressful occasion, when there are at least two alternatives?
1) Public transport as suggested
2) Hiring a taxi for the day
You might want to talk to Bill Kirkman up in POP some day and ask him (or Tim Hall, the Canadian consular agent) how many he has seen in jail for some really minor incident...
A friend of mine just recently had a tree trunk fall on his windscreen as he drove to POP.
-Oh, Sir you don;t have "glass damage insurance"
-But I bought insurance!
-But you didn't buy glass damage insurance!!!
It cost him about $300 which his CC company says he will probably have to pay.
If he hadn't taken any insurance, his CC company would have covered the damage!!
Too much hassle..
HB
(I can't resist: "....spit cooked pork???????" Does not sound very appetizing!! LOL
You mean "roast pork cooked over open fires." On the right as you go under the overpass to SFM....the next to last one is very good....
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12-04-2006, 11:47 AM
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Driving directions: if I were you I'd follow the same route the bus takes. 
sweetdbt..........these days I've stopped worrying whether they kill themselves or not..................
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12-05-2006, 02:45 PM
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And just to keep the Good Manners flowing on this thread Sweetdbt, let me Thank you on Behalf of igualmente for you response. Most kind of you to take the time to respond to such an ungrateful person.
Should you read this igualmente, feel free to ignore ALL red lights at traffic crossings on your way down. These are obviously not meant for you - purely us plebs that live here & have a little more experience. I have driven here for the last 14 years & although Santo Domingo is marginally easier than Paris, Milan, Hyde Park Corner, Tripoli , ............. et al. it is still not a place I like to drive unless I HAVE to. Bus is much simpler, quicker (for me) & less stressful!! ~ Grahame.
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