My first post since I ran across this GREAT message board. I was in the big city for 10 days, stayed on el conde (Hotel Commercial) nice but $70.00/day. Good location and I walked just about everywhere. I'm retired, good spanish and thinking of finding myself a nice apartment and setting up housekeeping. Just don't know if I could survive without a car and even if I had one, don't know if I could make it in the Santo Domingo traffic. Just returned this past Sunday, terrible connections out of Houston, too many stops, Miami-San Juan-SD. So many gorgeous women in SD and everyone very friendly. I met lots of nice folks and pretty Dominicanas, great food and cold Presidentes. I hope some of the folks in the know could tell me if living in the smaller coastal towns such as Sosua would be equally nice? I spent one night at a motel/resort AQUARIUM, but about the same price and just too quiet for me, out near the airport. I went back to Hotel Commercial next day. A great trip and I want to start looking around for a nice apt. soon on my next trip. Thanks for any info.