Anyone from Dominican Republic?
 

Or does anyone live there? I want some info on the place.

The two main things I want to know are:

Availability/Price of High Speed internet
Friendliness of the people

Thanks.

Nope but my mom's been there a few times to help poverty

I heard they will fuck you with a splintery broomstick if you are caught doing porn with the local hotties.

Bump :)

Ok thats fine, I don't plan on doing that. Thanks.

Ross, you getting tired of the Glasgow weather? :winkwink:

LOL yep sure am buddy. We just finished building lovely decking out in the back garden but I now wonder why coz the weather sucks LOL

Just looking for some info on the Dominican Republic. Gonna go on holiday in the next few weeks and then we'll see how I like it :)

Never been there personally .. but my hairdresser went last month with 6 people and they all got very very very sick! all caught some virus and had a terrible time not sure what they ate but just be careful if u choose to go there... I also heard theres no nightlight there if you like that.

i hear you bro... that's why i love AZ :thumbsup

I have a friend that lives there. From what I remember it was a 2 bedroom, bottom floor, porch area, on the beach, bi-weekly maid service and cleaning, fully furnished, $750 a month. Not sure on internet prices.

I went there a few months ago for a friends wedding. It is definately a third world country. In the main cities I found the people to be agressive with tourists, always trying to sell something.

Once you get into the country side people are very nice, and very polite.

I enjoyed it. Prices were good.

Where I stayed did not have internet, but it was very nice - great view. The name of it was La Catalina Inn - the website is http://www.lacatalina.com

Thanks

Anyone else??

I went there couple years ago. One of my best holidays ever :thumbsup We stayed at playa dorada beach resort in Puerto Plata. All inclusive hotel, so we just ate, drank, sunbathing etc :glugglug

Where will you stay?

They are hit pretty good these days from flooding. Third world country next to Haiti is enough to keep me wanting to go there, but here are a few sites for you:

travelguide: http://www.republica-dominicana.org/faq

newspapers:
http://www.elnacional.com.do
http://www.listin.com.do
http://tdm.com
http://www.dr1.com

Hi Ross,
I lived in the Dominican Republic for about a year but it has been a while. The last time I checked into relocating there again you could get high speed internet access in Santo Domingo, which is the capitol city.
The people are awesome there and you don't have to be fluent in Spanish to get around.
It is also a very beautiful place with lots of outdoorsey things to do.