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MeDominican · #11 12-14-2005, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by chuckuindy

Waite until you visit Santiago and meet some almost white chica’s who are doctors and lawyers, drive SUV’s and have travel visas, then you will really want to go back.

Chuckuindy

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daddy1 · #12 12-14-2005, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chuckuindy

Waite until you visit Santiago and meet some almost white chica’s who are doctors and lawyers, drive SUV’s and have travel visas, then you will really want to go back.

Chuckuindy

I guess you are going to introduce Miss Ally to the lesbian population ha chuck!...

Keith&Cris · #13 12-16-2005, 03:41 AM

Ally;
I know all about the post DR vacation depression. Like many people who visit there, I can't wait to get back. Cris and I have been twice. We can't get there this year but definitely going back in '06. We love it, and the people are amazing!!!!
Great first post. Come back to this message board often. It helps to ease you over the DR Blues. And you'll meet some amazing people here. Perhaps even hook up with them on you next visit to DR.
Keith&?Cris

London_Calling · #14 12-21-2005, 05:04 PM

Pleased to read that you had a great time and just want to go back for more.

Please though spare a thought for those Domincans who risk life and limb crossing the Mona Channel to escape the country.

ally · #15 12-22-2005, 08:39 AM

Hey guys

sorry I haven't been able to post for a while.

To Amy yes we were in the North - Puerto Plata and yes we were in a huge tourist resort, but hey people make mistakes!!

Just to set the record straight, the negative comments i had read were all made by tourists, just like myself, who went to DR on hol and complained about everything!! (especially on this forum) when i read the messages written by people who live there, they make me smile as i know it is good natured bitchin' as we all do about things that bug us!

I know a lot of people are against tourists and the way they take over the place wanting all their comforts of western life and being really naive about the 'real' country they are in.
when we booked the holiday we did, on the advice of a friend, refuse all tourist packages with our travel company. we swapped big coaches with mass arrivals of tourists, for a local company in DR with a people carrier, sometimes even a car, and a more personal experience. it was the best move cos by the end of the trip we had really got to know our driver Rigo and the guide Pajani. sometimes it was just us and sometimes with another couple, but very small groups. I believe we got to see more of DR that way!
Like when we took a shortcut and there was a funeral walk down the middle of the road. when we stopped at playa grande and pajani introduced us to the cooks and ordered us whatever we wanted to try! when there was an bike accident on the side of the road and pajani stopped to see if we could help, all these kind of things would never have happened in a coachload of 50 people!

Again sorry for ranting on and on

I know i WILL be going back time and time again and yes i do want to see more of the non-touristy stuff. friends we made there were on their 8th time out and told us the best supermarkets for local food, so next time i think we will go and fend for ourselves!
and we have planned to go to santiago, but maybe not for the fit birds!!!

Ally

xxx

ally · #16 12-22-2005, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by London_Calling

Pleased to read that you had a great time and just want to go back for more.

Please though spare a thought for those Domincans who risk life and limb crossing the Mona Channel to escape the country.

im sorry if I offended

we met a really great guy (dressed as a pineapple!) on a boat tour we took, and although he was working he spent the whole time telling us how he was leaving DR in the next week to go to the UK to make some money. He was really depressed about it as he'd been over before and had a really rough time of it and all he wanted to do was go home. So he wasn't looking forward to it at all!
We swapped email addresses and promised to keep in touch when he was over here.

no-one can do much about the circumstances (or country) you are born in to, but we can be there for each other to offer our support.

Ally

Don Juan · #17 12-22-2005, 12:00 PM

Ally, you post very nicely. you seem to be the understanding, affectionate, & caring person everyone hopes to meet. You appear to be a candidate for long term permanency in our flawed paradise. I hope it comes true. Certainly wish you lots more fun and adventures in DR! Have a happy new year!!

Hillbilly · #18 12-22-2005, 12:12 PM

Dear Ally:: I think you have a proper handle on things. You got out, spent some time with "real" people, and got a feel for things.

Don't let the whiners at that all-inclusive place spoil your party.

As for the Mona Passage swimmers...look at it this way: These are people that pay RD$30 - RD$50,000 to the person who arranges the trip. NOw with less than half that much they could have set up a little business that would bring in enough cash money per day to live on and even prosper. I have seen it done time and time again:
Case #1: A school teacher tires of 60 nasty kids in a room, set up an orange stand and tripled his income.
Case #2: A young man who sold veggies, started selling "Avocados for Rich People" (Aguacate de "Gente"). He would only sell to people in good cars, and he sold at double the going market price. But he was such a good salesperson that he now owns three major vegetable stands and drives his own nice car...

None of these people started with RD$30,000 in their pockets. The Mona Passage Swimmers are people that are illiterate and filled with crazy dreams of streets paved with gold over in Puerto Rico. This may be true for a very, very few...but for the rest it is a truly disappointing life, and good protein for the sharks...

Besides, without the Mona Passage Swimmers, how would the high ranking Navy personnel get their Christmas bonus??? I mean, the Beemers needed new tyres and all???? They're the bastards that need to be "looked after"..

HB