Blogs from Dominican Republic, Central America Caribbean - page 15

Hey everyone, these are the pics from Dominican... Dad could not actually go because of the heart surgery... but we found a way to bring him along anyways.. my mom only came for the one week... but our friend Andrew came for a week and we met up with our other friend Brody and his girlfriend Nicole. It was VERY VERY hot and we had a great time... even though we missed my daddy! Love ya, Randi and Quinn... read more

Freitag, 8. April, 4pm - endlich hat mein lang ersehnter Urlaub auf der Dominikanischen Republik begonnen. Keine fünf Minuten war ich auf meinem Zimmer, da klingelte auch schon das Telefon :) Benjamin (Tänzer aus der Dom.Rep., den ich vor 2 1/2 Jahren in Punta Cana kennen gelernt habe) wartete in der Lobby auf mich. Die Begrüssung war herzlich wenn auch kurz, da er sich bald auf die Show vorbereiten musste, für die er mir bereits ein Ticket organisiert hatte. Zur Info: Bengee arbeitet bei Ocean World, welches nur 10min zu Fuss vom meinem Resort entfernt liegt. Kurze Zeit später habe ich mit April, einer Frau mittleren Alters aus Miami, die ich im Shuttle kennengelernt habe, das Resort erkundschaftet. Die Anlage war wunderschön, der Strand ebenfalls, nur die Essenszeiten etwas gewöhnungsbedürfig (ab 5pm gabs kein Sushi mehr ... read more

This has been a long years wait to come back here, this time on the southside of the island! I managed to catch my flight on time from San Jose despite my driver getting into an accident on the way to get me in the morning, I hopped in a cab and to the Airport I went. I was a little worried that the "new" law had kicked in for expired visas, but my friends Debb and Ryan just crossed over by land to Nicaragua and Ryan told me not even a second look as he was over by a month, I would be over almost 2 and at the airport....So I get out of the cab, spark up a kool and look one last time at the Mountains surrounding San Jose I head in to ... read more

Turks and Caicos … NOT We had a surprise sea day. The winds were so strong that the Captain decided not to try to navigate the narrows. There was no way we could dock and a tendering operation was out of the question. The winds would not let the ship to maintain a safe position away from the reefs. Headed for the aft pool, found a lounge chair and read for about an hour. Then a do it yourself taco, nacho lunch and a restful time in the shade on the Promenade Deck and decided it was time for a nap. Found the message light on and needed to see the Front Desk. Straightened out a credit card problem, returned for my nap and had a message that the casino would be running a Hold ‘em ... read more

We are about to step into one of the poorest countries in the Caribbean, if not the world, and we are advised not to eat or drink anything ashore. The brochure says:" If its untouched Caribbean you're after, look no further." Yes it is extremely beautiful and the people very friendly but one can't help feeling uncomfortable confronted by such poverty having just left our luxury cruise liner. We swim in the El Limon waterfall. To get to it we have to navigate a tricky path followed by some giant stepping-stones. One over-endowed woman cant make the jump across and sits down on a stone thus blocking the way for the rest of us. We have to navigate around her. No matter we all make it in the end and the water is refreshing after the ... read more