Ten years ago I spent an interesting afternoon with a Dominicano in a small and scruffy town near the Bavaro end of the beach. I bicycled there so it couldn't have been very far from the 'resort'. This guy said that he had lived in the US for several years and he appeared to be well educated. He talked at length about the social problems in the town where almost everybody worked in the resorts of Punta Cana. Drugs, booze, crime, broken families et cetera. He called the town where we sat on a stone wall and sucked on our Presidentes Cabeza de Toro. But on web searches that name now seems to be associated with a much more sedate venue.
Is the name of the town right for the year 2005? Is it still there as a workers' village? Are the social issues still rampant?
I've only been to that area twice--1985 and 2005. I've spent more time on the North Coast. Now I'm doing a little account of our visits to the DR over the past thirty years and I'd like to get things right.
Thanks for any current or past information you can offer.
wbr
Is the name of the town right for the year 2005? Is it still there as a workers' village? Are the social issues still rampant?
I've only been to that area twice--1985 and 2005. I've spent more time on the North Coast. Now I'm doing a little account of our visits to the DR over the past thirty years and I'd like to get things right.
Thanks for any current or past information you can offer.
wbr