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It is not on my map, so I imagine that it is not too far. You will probably go by minibus-a 9 passanger vehicle of Japanese or Korean origin that usually fits 19 or 20 Dominican folks.

Stop sweating this trip...You'll be fine..

HB

I think you mean "Nagua". I'm not sure how far it is but someone on this board will know!!

I think you must be talking about Nagua, as well. Nagua is on the way to Semana, while Higuey is farther east, closer to La Romana. Check out map of the East part of DR:

http://inter.net.do/Dominicana/atlas/mapas/dom_c.htm?19,11

surely you mean Neyba...near Barahona

If it's near Haiti, it's a long trip from Higuey.
Check out this map, if Neiba is the right place:

http://republicadominicana.inter.net.do/Dominicana/atlas/mapas/dom_b.htm

I would say the trip would take about 5 hours, you would have to go through Santo Domingo. Check out this distance calculator:

http://www.intercaribe.com/rd/medirdistancia.asp

It says the total distance is 370 kms...don't know if that's as the crow flies, or actually travelling the roads of the DR.

Good luck.

No problem...have a great trip, good luck with everything!

Neyba!! Man oh man was i way off the mark!!...

It is on the other side of the country and one full day's ride.
If you go by car, you go into Santo Domingo, then thru San Cristobal, Ban?, Azua, turn off to Vicente Noble, thru Tamayo and then right on the highway to Neiba...Neiba is famous for producing excellent students...don't know why. Especially for the Instituto Superior de Agricultura (our Texas A&M). Dr. P?rez Cuevas, the national Controller and Director of the Budget is from there. Neiba is the gateway to Lago Enriquillo the below-sealevel lake that is one of the oddities of the DR...

HB

I hope that you are not going to be the driver!

The road form San Cristobal to Ban? is one of the most dangerous in the country.

the drive itself is quite easy. You just keep going west. There are no big turns until you get to Vicente Noble and Tamayo...

but man oh man what a day of driving. Do Start early so the sun is at your back most of the way.This is something that many Dominicans don't understand.

You will be going into one of the poorest areas of the country and yet very interesting. The really "country" houses are made of intertwined twigs, usually covered with mud and have low hanging thatched roofs. You MUST take pictures if you find some, since they are slowly going away. Remember that the entire trip has to be documented for us here on DR1....Just like Da PIB did onher trip to Montecriste...

Have fun..

HB

PS From your original post: You asked about "nabia" . If you had just switched that 'b' and 'i' around! You see, I forgot you have that "Upstate New York Twang", , so I saw "nah ba" in your later posting, and the others correctly got it as neiba!! LOL!!!

It is not the "female" driver that worries me, it is the "uninitiated to the driving in the DR" that scares the hell outta me!!

Unless you were a taxi driver in NYC, you will be greatly under-equipped to handle traffic here. Remember, there are lots of Dominican taxi drivers in NYC and you see what they do!!

Besides, you can't take pictures unless you ride, not drive....

HB