Hi DR1 members,
My first post here, so hello everybody
I want simply prepare for my trip at best what is possible.
I don?t have influence on everything.
It will be my first time in DR. I?m from Europe (Poland).
Coming in 5 weeks to Santo Domingo to learn Spanish. I?ve found already my school, booked the accommodation, read a lot about everything (restaurants, history, safety, things to do and so on) but still have many questions. I hope someone can help me and answer on few of them.
My goal is to try a little bit of local life. I don?t like ?all inclusive resorts? because tourists there, don?t even try to understand the country and meet local people.
Yo estoy apprendiendo espanol, entiendo mucho pero no hablo bien
1. Health - Vaccines & doctors & mosquitos & hints
a. On the CDC page they recommend to make 2 vaccines: Hepatitis A and Typhoid
Can you confirm, it is a good idea to take this vaccines?
If someone visit you from Europe/USA you recommend to take this vaccines before arriving?
I haven?t been in countries outside of Europe (ok, one day in Marocco ) or USA. So perhaps it is overreaction?
b. Doctors
If something goes wrong, can you recommend good doctors (speaking English or German) in Santo Domingo (zona universitaria/colonial)?
I don?t want to look for this information if will be in emergency mode
c. General Hints
The general purpose of this point is to avoid vacations spent dying in bed or on toilet
Do you have any hints for me If I start to feel bad?
Some of my friends flying to Egypt for vacations drink vodka after every meal?
Mosquitos
For sure you heard about Zika, Dengue and others viruses.
Is the risk/hazard pretty high in Santo Domingo? Should you buy something against mosquitos (DEET) and use it every day?
Bring my own mosquito net to mount it over my bed?
My first post here, so hello everybody
I want simply prepare for my trip at best what is possible.
I don?t have influence on everything.
It will be my first time in DR. I?m from Europe (Poland).
Coming in 5 weeks to Santo Domingo to learn Spanish. I?ve found already my school, booked the accommodation, read a lot about everything (restaurants, history, safety, things to do and so on) but still have many questions. I hope someone can help me and answer on few of them.
My goal is to try a little bit of local life. I don?t like ?all inclusive resorts? because tourists there, don?t even try to understand the country and meet local people.
Yo estoy apprendiendo espanol, entiendo mucho pero no hablo bien
1. Health - Vaccines & doctors & mosquitos & hints
a. On the CDC page they recommend to make 2 vaccines: Hepatitis A and Typhoid
Can you confirm, it is a good idea to take this vaccines?
If someone visit you from Europe/USA you recommend to take this vaccines before arriving?
I haven?t been in countries outside of Europe (ok, one day in Marocco ) or USA. So perhaps it is overreaction?
b. Doctors
If something goes wrong, can you recommend good doctors (speaking English or German) in Santo Domingo (zona universitaria/colonial)?
I don?t want to look for this information if will be in emergency mode
c. General Hints
The general purpose of this point is to avoid vacations spent dying in bed or on toilet
Do you have any hints for me If I start to feel bad?
Some of my friends flying to Egypt for vacations drink vodka after every meal?
Mosquitos
For sure you heard about Zika, Dengue and others viruses.
Is the risk/hazard pretty high in Santo Domingo? Should you buy something against mosquitos (DEET) and use it every day?
Bring my own mosquito net to mount it over my bed?