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    sosua in the UK news...

    ...sadly for a very unsavoury reason.. Wealthy Virginia Owen died of starvation after fleeing to Dominican Republic | Mail Online
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    farewell... and hello - invite

    thank you all for your advice and answers to my many questioning threads over the past few months... we fly out sunday so goodbye to the board... and I believe we're basing ourselves in Beechers on Thursday night for our wedding celebration/reception-of-sorts... you're all more than welcome to...
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    hotels overlooking sosua bay

    morning all... how many hotels are there in that area overlooking the main beach, where the Pier Giorgio and Sosua Bay hotels are? are they the only ones or are there more offering great views out towards the beach? help appreciated as decided to spend honeymoon night in somewhere offering the...
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    honeymoon surprise ideas...

    black dog's reply on my 'best places to eat' thread gave me food (no pun) for thought for ressurecting an early plan for our wedding/honeymoon here, subsequently canned when we decided to have the ceremony on the resort.... thinking about maybe for the wedding night booking a room for one night...
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    best places to eat out in sosua

    if you only had two weeks in Sosua and would like to eat out in a restaurant for 4 or 5 of the nights, and you're quite partial, but not exclusively limited to, pizza and mexican... what four or five restaurants would you pick for something different each time?
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    snorkelling off sosua beach

    afternoon all.. last year i pretty much just paddled out a few hundred yards to the coral formations about halfway down the beach in front of where the catamarans are moored. want to go further afield this time and am wondering what's the best way to go about it? I know there's plenty of boats...
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    english premier league soccer in sosua

    anyone know somewhere that'll show live games in sosua??
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    Fun City go-karting

    planning to visit there a few times in september; is it really as good as it looks for the price?? $20 all inclusive for as many goes as possible in a day... sounds too good to be true, especially when compared to typical prices in the UK, (equivalent of) around $35 for a half hour/3 lap race...
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    Jet Skis

    are these still allowed off the beaches of Sosua? Can't recall seeing any last year, yet a few years ago could be hired at casa marina... anyone know where some jet skiing can be got?
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    decent cut-throat in sosua

    morning all can anyone suggest somewhere in Sosua, preferably as close to Casa Marina as possible, where I could get a proper old-school cut-throat close wet shave on my wedding morning? I'm probably the worlds worst shaver, always missing bits, and susceptible to a 5 o'clock shadow within an...
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    electric supply suitable for recharging equipment?

    afternoon all last year, the camera I brought with me powered from normal rechargeable AA betteries for which I brought a charger unit with me. However, I found that instead of taking up to 8 hours to fully charge 4x AA batteries as it always did in the UK, the charge light went off after about...
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    Casa Marina renovations

    afternoon all... does anyone here 'in the know' have knowledge of the renovations schedule over the next few months? i.e. what areas of the hotel will be fully closed at what dates etc? Whilst it's exciting and timely for the resort, and not normally considered a hassle if one of the pools or...
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    money grabbing scumbags...

    not sure how big a story this was back in 2007, but came across this today in the local paper.... ?Holiday from hell? families reject offer - Features - Peterborough Today for my sins, I know of this family casually through mutual friends/shared local... and they really are a dispicable...
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    Ruby's

    afternoon... can anyone resident in Sosua tell me if Ruby's Lounge is still going and still being run by Steven and Mel with Peter? Been trying to contact all on facebook with no joy thus far... ta
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    One-legged guy outside Casa Marina Reef Entrance

    afternoon all... was wondering if anyone knows the story of the one-legged guy who sits all day with his little collection tin outside the Jewish Museum adjacent to the CM Reef entrance? When we stayed there we'd always profer our shrapnel on the way out from (and back in to) the resort... but...
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    Treehouse, Sosua Beach

    afternoon all our wedding planner has booked us the Treehouse on Sosua Beach for our ceremony and reception... anyone familiar with the place? is it a nice venue? thanks!
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    wedding cake makers in sosua?

    seasons greetings to all from snowy and cold England... can anyone suggest a decent wedding cake maker in Sosua and some idea of how much one might cost for 15-20 people?? thanks....
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    Wedding Update

    hello people... I can't find my original thread about our wedding arrangements (admittedly i'm a lazy bastard and couldn't be bothered scrolling more than 3-4 pages back...) thought i'd give you an update and some curious news.... we're now booked to arrive Sept 12. we're resigned to the...
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    help please!! getting married...

    what a minefield... can anyone give a snapshot idea of the document procedure prior to getting married out there? we're finding costs involved are ranging anywhere between ?600 and ?1,500 in total for various things involving statements, translations etc etc. Can anyone in the know advise or...
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    the definitive view of a holidaymaker in Sosua

    the definitive view of a holidaymaker in Sosua Firstly, I want to say that all the help and advice offered by various people on this forum was pretty much spot on, with the exception of the time an innocent question about the hotels weekend residence numbers was taken completely out of context...