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    Voluntry work

    Hi is there anywhere on the North coast that I can do some voluntry work I am a second year Nursing student wanting to do some kind of voluntry work to support the Local community such as in school/health clinics etc. The DR has given me so many happy memories I would now like to give something...
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    More storms in the South

    SO we have confirmed that September is a great month to visit, and that the south gets most of the storms. My next problem is that flights which suit my days off fly out to Punta Cana which limits my choice to the the East and the South Coast. Typical after I found love in cabarete (not with a...
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    Weather in September

    I am wanting to go to the DR for my holiday in september. I have been several times before but never in September. I have been warned that it is the peak of the storm season. Which part of the country am I least likely to get hit by rain storms and approximately HOW MUCH rain because lets face...
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    Need place to stay for 4 months

    Hi, Im hopefully spending summer 2005 (june 1st-oct 1st) working in Cabarete to improve my language skills esp. Spanish. Im looking for a place to stay which is as cheap as possible, i.e. im not bothered about having a pool or cable T.V. more so a safe roof over my head with electricity...
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    Rented accommodation Cabarete

    Hi Im spending summer 2005 in the dominican Republic (1st June - 30th September) working on Cabarete beach. Im currently trying to find about how much rented accomadation in Cabarete is, Nothing too swarve (but by western standeds - not a wooden hut). Please could some one give me some ideas...
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    Insects?- from Mosiquito's

    Last time in the DR I got bit by a Striped Yellow and Black insect, it looked like a wasp but was about an inch to an inch and half long. It just latched on to me and kept biting and IT REALLY HURT!!!!!!!!! a patch the size of baseball swelled up and i was limping for the next couple of days...
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    Perfect Day in the DR?

    Hey guys, I've got to say you have all been amazingly helpful. But i have to put this one to you all. Im going to Cabarete on the 13th JUly to the 27th. Whilst we are away it is my friends 20th. We want to do something super cool that day. Which trip would you recommended then which restaurant...
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    Cabarete Nightlife?

    :cool: What are the best places to hang out at night in Cabarete? is there any Disco's? what are the best "warm up" bars? please can you fill me in on the beach nightlife? Cheers All. Kim x x x :p
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    Walking distance?

    Hi all, This is will be my third time to the DR previously staying at casa Marina reef in Sosua, Im now trying a new destination of Cabarete. My friends and I chose the hotel Bacelo Punta Goleta... How far is this hotel from Cabarete. Is it within walking distance? If not would I be able to get...