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Originally Posted by kat44
Hi Again
I only have one more queston and that is about any little market places to go to so i can bargain with the people...I enjoy that...I was also wondering if theres any place to get your hair braided besides the hair salon..thanks one again.
Kat
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Hi there,
for bargaining, if you don't want to go that far, there's are little shops on the beaches at your extreme right (pass the gym) if you are facing the ocean, at the resort. There, there are lots of touristic stuff to buy.
If not, I heard that there is a big bargain place at Puerto Plata, like one hour from the hotel by car. I haven't tried it, but lots of people who works at the hotel recommend it. We wanted to go there, but I mixed up with Soshua (located before Puerto Plata), so we ended there. Soshua has lots of little shops and you can easily bargain! The time spent to go around the city did not let us to have much more time to try the nice warm beach ! There's a group of women near of the beach trying to get customers to braid their hair. I did mine for 300 pesos, my mom bargain it till that amount, and the lady wasn't very looking satisfied of it but did the job. I don't know how often they stick around.
To go to soshua or Puerto Plata, two choices:
the bus shuttle of the hotel for 300 pesos each person
or gua-gua, which will take more time before reaching those cities because it stops often, but price is very less expensive.
If you want to buy some ordinary clothes and really want to know the real price f the things, you can go to Nagua. There is a big commercial street but is not a touristic point of interest (so don't expect touristic stuff sold there). There, all stuff have a price indicated on. You can still bargain on, but just a little. I got 2 pairs of good jeans for about 11$Can each
To get there, we took the gua-gua, and it takes about 1h30 to get there for about 70 pesos each person. If you are uncertain how to get there, ask Jose Bono, a really nice guy who is working at the reception of the resort from 3h30pm-11h45pm. He lives in Nagua and can help you by showing you the place. Say hi from me if he still working
Tell him that is Anna, the Chinese girl who knows speaking Spanish
I'm sure he will recall hehe.
But if your Spanish is good, well it won't be a big problem and it will ease all things up!
Hope that help
- Anna
--> you're lucky to have someone giving you all these informations
I did not have time to ask around, just have a nice book telling me what points of interest there are there
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