Thanx
Yes my holiday was an AI and this helps alot if your short on the money side...well me being a student i was!
My cousin and i booked our holiday for 2 weeks in dorado club the people we great and the food too...what made it differnt was that each night they had a diffrent country themed food. Theres shops in the hotel area but well over priced, just over the roads a shopping plaza where you can get the same stuff for half the price.
Whilst on holiday i went horse riding, not sure of the name of the ranch, but it was located in Puerto Plata. We started the trip at 8:00am, the trip cost $80.00 food and drink Inc, the guides we very friendly and talked alot about the islands history and the culture. We travelled to the water falls where we swam, very cold too!
After a refreshing swim back on the horse where we travelled further in to the hills. We entered a tiny village about 2pm where we had a traditional Dominican lunch with the locals. back on hourse back and onward home. we arrived back at about 5:30. the most enjoyable thing about the horse riding you had total control of the horses and were free to walk, trot or gallop.
The next fee day were spent lounging around the pool and playing games..also taking spanish lessons.
We then grabbed a taxi to Puerto Plata beach for a spot of sun, sea, sand and shopping. The beach was very clean although a lot of the men and woman tryed to sell you everything under the sun, a simple polite no and thank you worked great. The shops there sold alot of the same stuff but there were a few unique items.
After another few recovery days by the pool, my cousin and i had been suggested by a english couple to try the Monster Truck safari. We were picked up at 8:00 (the trip costing $65 also food and drink Inc) by bus and taken to the plot of land where 7 8-wheeled Trucks were waiting. The truck took us though the country side, thought rivers and villege, we had 5 stops:
1: a small orchard where a family grew various fruits to sell
2: a tipical Dominican house, this was tiny had 3 room where 7 people lived.
3: This was a Dominican Public school as it was school holiday no classes were in session.
4: this was another waterfall site, we had lunch and and got to rest for an hour befor we carried on.
The last stop was the monster truck offical gift shop, 50% of what money is taken goes to the local school to buy equipment.
So on the journey home we given lots of alcoholic drinks and soft drink for the children (drink were provided throughout the whole day)
We were dropped off back at the hotels about 4:30.
BAck at the pool side and we were give a free indroduction lesson to scuba diving, the trip for scuba diving was $60 but i ran out of time and money to enjoy the whole day.
I hope thats a good enough trip report...as its my first did not know what to put really...but i tryed.
I love the DR and am already planning to go back next year!!