Recent content by Bigocean

I am planning on getting another cell phone soon and was doing some research this morning and came across what looks to be a good resource for determining whether or not specific phones will work here in the DR. It seems to be accurate with the sample of phones that I checked so hopefully it is...

For those that have the "Casa de Conductor" coverage in your auto insurance policy, just to let you know that they have a new location in Santiago that is used by most of the insurance carriers...

My father has just being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He is showing some symptoms but has not responded very well to his first set of medical therapy. He has one doctor that has been talking to him about trying HGH to slow the progress of the disease as an alternate therapy. My father's...

I am in USA this week and when I go home I want to bring a Samsung Galaxy S5 back with me that will be used with Claro cell service. There seems to be two unlocked models available on Amazon and I am not sure which is the best for the Claro network. They have the model Samsung Galaxy S5...

Weird, I first typed "John" as "Jhon", damn those platanos :) Anyway, in case anyone would be interested, I received an email from Progreso that says American Express is offering a 10% discount on the Villa Rentals at Casa de Campo for the Elton John concert on the 28th of February. "Disfruta...

The elderly Italian man went to his parish priest and asked if the priest would hear his confession. "Of course, my son," said the priest. "Well, Father, at the beginning of World War Two, a beautiful woman knocked on my door and asked me to hide her from the Germans; I hid her in my attic, and...

My brother in law mentioned this to me yesterday and I just saw the article while reading newspapers online this morning. From the Puerto Plata digital site Roban 100 mil d?lares en supermercado al lado de cuartel policial de Sos?a - Puerto Plata Digital

Just noticed this morning that a warehouse on Autopista Duarte that has been under some serious remodeling lately now sports a big new sign "IKEA". It is located on the south side of the Autopista, going in the direction from Santiago to the capital, past HOMS and before the Grupo Rica at the...

Happy fathers day to all of the Dad's in the DR today. See you at the beach!

Just talking to a few people this afternoon and it came up in the conversation that the Chili's chain restaurant in Los Jardines has stopped operations and closed down. I think that they have been there about two years. I haven't confirmed this myself but next time I drive by I will take a look...

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=6f2ot4" target="_blank"><img src="http://i47.tinypic.com/6f2ot4.jpg" border="0" alt="Image and video hosting by TinyPic"></a> Spotted this morning on the outskirts of Santiago.

I was watching a house being constructed near one of our projects yesterday when I dismayed to see them using the campo method of mixing concrete on the ground to make the cement to fill the columns and vigas. I questioned the Maestro and he said that he "always" did it that way and that now...

After a disappointing run on Saturday morning, I had to endure the ribbing of my fellow training friends for about an hour after the run. Finally it was time to go and one of guys who was driving me home stopped by the Esso station on Ave Duarte to get something to drink. When he came back to...

During a lunch break from a meeting the other day in the Capital, one of the principals at the meeting and I were talking about everything in general when he told me that they (a group of investors connected with Banco Popular) had completed an agreement to bring "about 5" Office Depot stores to...

Ok, my brother in law in shopping for a new suv and has pretty much decided on a Toyota Prado (new). I have looked at them with him and they look like a great vehicle. However, his best friend is very vocally opposed to the Prado as he says that it is a very dangerous vehicle as they are a...