SERIE del CARIBE

Our little group of baseball+travel nuts is converging on Santo Domingo next February for the Serie del Caribe. We did the Serie in Puerto Rico this year.

This will be our first trip to Santo Domingo and we need all kinds of advice, especially on where to stay. Also, is it a good idea to rent a car, or can we get by on cabs and buses?

We've found two places that interest us so far, the Palacio and the Barcelo Naiboa Caribe. Can you tell anything about either one? We'd like to be sort of close to Estadio Quisqueya, but the Barcelo Naiboa Caribe is an all-inclusive, which is a good deal, and we're not exactly rich.

Appreciate any tips you can offer.

g.

Dolores--

Thanks for replying. Which hotel puts us 40 minutes from the stadium, the Palacio or Barcelo Naiboa Caribe?

g.

Dolores--

Thanks for replying. It sounds as if the Barcelo Naiboa Caribe might work for us, if we rent a car. But I'll find to find an alternative hotel closer to the stadium, hopefully one that's less than $100 per night. We don't need a 5-star hotel and we're not gamblers, so we don't need casinos.

greg.

Dolores--

Thanks for all your help.

I sent an e-mail to Johnny and I hope to hear from him next week. It would nice to find a place to stay that's relatively near the stadium and also near some sites of interest, so we don't have to rent a car.

Aside from the baseball, is there something in Santo Domingo that we should make a special effort to do or see in the week that we're there, the one thing we absolutely should not miss?

.greg

Hotels are set...ticketing question

Who should we contact about ordering tickets for the games in February? All we can find on the Web are stories about the order in which the teams will play.

g.