Greetings and such...Doing the online forum thingy for years I hate to be the newbee with stupid questions but I guess that is me today. After doing the Jamaica/Mexico thing for a few years I need something else...hence booking a trip to the DR with no knowledge of the island except what I have read here for the past day or so. As a traveling writer/photographer I'm rather comfortable in "3rd world" countries but I do have a few questions:
1. Arriving in SANTIAGO at 3AM, is there anything to do...will there be taxi's and such? Along the same lines, I guess I need to kill some time before checking into a hotel/motel/holiday inn.
2. With islands being tricky in size and roads being what they are...how far away is Haiti, the capital, the east coast?
3. The approx cost per day for a driver/escort that speaks English since I'm on a 30 day mission to increase my Spanish from 3 words to "enough to buy me a beer"? Actually if you have a good trusted driver PM the contact info or post it here.
4. The average/typical cost of um paying off....tipping a police officer for a traffic infraction?
5. The local phone thingy....are the phones simm cards, can I bring an unlocked one, how much do they cost...and how much for a couple of weeks for limited use?
6. The transport thingy, are there route taxis/buses (assuming so) and in which case how do you know the routes and costs?
7. Walk in rates for lodging...is this a benefit like in other places or maybe a sucker fee since my Spanish is limited?
8. In reference to the thread on here about food poisoning, I only eat fruits and veggies and the whole thingy about getting it from that sort of foods sort of disturbs me. Is this complete bullsh!t or do I need to be I guess careful?
9. In reference to the safety thread, my importers should have my 2 glock 40 cal guns, one belt feed 50 cal and 3 parrots that sing sweet songs about a melody, is that enough? Kidding....but that thread was entertaining....
I'm sure I will have more questions....being a newbee...such is life and thanks for answering any of the ones I posted so far.
1. Arriving in SANTIAGO at 3AM, is there anything to do...will there be taxi's and such? Along the same lines, I guess I need to kill some time before checking into a hotel/motel/holiday inn.
2. With islands being tricky in size and roads being what they are...how far away is Haiti, the capital, the east coast?
3. The approx cost per day for a driver/escort that speaks English since I'm on a 30 day mission to increase my Spanish from 3 words to "enough to buy me a beer"? Actually if you have a good trusted driver PM the contact info or post it here.
4. The average/typical cost of um paying off....tipping a police officer for a traffic infraction?
5. The local phone thingy....are the phones simm cards, can I bring an unlocked one, how much do they cost...and how much for a couple of weeks for limited use?
6. The transport thingy, are there route taxis/buses (assuming so) and in which case how do you know the routes and costs?
7. Walk in rates for lodging...is this a benefit like in other places or maybe a sucker fee since my Spanish is limited?
8. In reference to the thread on here about food poisoning, I only eat fruits and veggies and the whole thingy about getting it from that sort of foods sort of disturbs me. Is this complete bullsh!t or do I need to be I guess careful?
9. In reference to the safety thread, my importers should have my 2 glock 40 cal guns, one belt feed 50 cal and 3 parrots that sing sweet songs about a melody, is that enough? Kidding....but that thread was entertaining....
I'm sure I will have more questions....being a newbee...such is life and thanks for answering any of the ones I posted so far.
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