2nd DR trip

dale7

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Darn, once again I am now back in the United States after another great vacation in the Dominican Republic. I spent 6 nights, 2 nights in Boca Chica and 4 in Santo Domingo. I will say Boca Chica has an excellent beach and once you are used to the vendors and the "pretty ladies" you will have a blast. I refuse to go to an AI and I stayed one night at the Europa but because of the noise my 2nd night I stayed at the Costa Lunga and was much more tranquil. The Europa hotel is nice, don't get me wrong. Once again in Santo Domingo I stayed at Hotel Napolitano and it is right on the Malecon. Very nice midrange hotel with a pool, cafe, and a restaurant. I checked out the famous La Cueva Disco in Santo Domingo on Saturday night. The wonderful disco totally underground in a cave. To be honest, the cave was beautiful but no smoking inside and it was packed. There was over one thousand people there in my opinion and I didn't like the fact you had to buy drink coupons and it took forever pushing through people to get a drink or to even move. It cost 150 pesos cover charge. After some wandering in the center of the Colonial Zone where the Park is sightseeing, I had a few ladies I met escort me to a few local bars that they liked. Sorry I don't know the names of the places but they were very similar, just locals and me, a small area where people danced and I had a blast. I did some shopping on Calle de Conde and was amazed at how many shops and businesses were in that busy area. I took a couple of girls I met in Santo Domingo to the beach in Boca Chica and had fun. They hadn't been to the beach in a while and usually only went occasionally on Sundays when younger. I highly recommend avoiding all the tourist hangouts because if I wanted to only associate with fellow Americans and enjoy the beach, I would go to Florida, Virginia Beach, or Myrtle Beach. I plan on going back during April for at least a week because this is a place you don't want to leave.
P.S. Thanks Jim H and ricktoronto for giving me more info about the DR.
 

Art Covey

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Nice reading an ACTUAL Trip Report again. Sounds like you had a great time. Love the beach in Boca Chica, BUT hate the traffic getting where from Sosua. Planning trip # 10 with Wife, Daughter, Son in law and 2 grand daughters in Feb. or Mar. so will not be exploring much this trip.
Thanks for the GREAT report
Art