Recent content by Moxie

Wondering if anyone can advise where I can purchase decent larimar pieces in Cabarete. A friend who produces her own line of lovely silver jewellery has asked me to find some cut, but not set, pieces of larimar for her (I'm hoping my reward for this good deed will be a fabulous pendant for...

Just read on another site that exchange rate for Canadian dollars to pesos is currently 31.5. From everything I have read on this site, my first instinct is that this is wrong and they must mean US dollars. I know the Canadian $ is doing better these days but this seems too good to be true...

I know that Presidente beer and rum will be plentiful and easy to find in Cabarete, but what about other liquors such as rye and gin? Will we be able to buy these down there or should we grab some at duty free and bring it with us??

We will be in Cabarete in early March &, thanks to all the great posts here, I think we will be fairly well prepared. We will be bringing US cash pay for our food & drink & entertainment and keep the credit cards for emergency use only. My question is this: if we do run out of cash, are we...

We will be arriving at POP on March 4 and need to arrange transportation to Cabartete for 4 adults & 2 children. I understand the cost will be approximately $20-$30 US for a taxi but have a few questions about the details. Are there any taxi vans that could accommodate 6 people & luggage or...

Okay, so I've read on other threads about were NOT to eat, places to avoid, and some of the tourist traps/ripoffs in Cabarete. Coming from a North American tourist meca (Niagara Falls) we have our share of those over-priced, lousy service, tourist traps that we wouldn't even consider stepping...

We have just booked our first trip to DR for March and I have found this site to be a great source of information. We will be staying in Cabarete at the Ocean Manor. Hopefully the renovations are completed as we have been assured, if not then I am working on a few contingency plans. If anyone...

Looks like we will not be joining our friends at the Ocean Manor Resort now but with all the research I've done about the Cabarete area I'm intrigued & would still very much like to visit. I am tossing up between an AI resort (Viva Wyndam Tangerine is top of the list right now) or doing a...

Can anyone confirm that this resort is now open??? I read the trials & tribulations another poster went through late last year regarding this resort. The Georgian Manor are now claiming the Ocean Manor opened this week & friends are considering it for a trip in March. I'm hoping to get any...