Escott was right!!!

GAWD I love to keep reading this TITLE

Always happy to help a fellow traveler!

Enjoy your trips until you cant take it anymore and you move there I did.

Escott

PS> nice to get a pat on the back for spreading truth here.

All our family and friends keep saying to me and wife ' Don't you want to go somewhere different and see other things?'.............

NO........we love the Dominican Republic, we feel like it is our second home. When we land and drive out of the airport we feel like we have never been away. I do fancy going somewhere else sometimes but the pull of the DR wins everytime. The people are so friendly, we have made good friends there and the weather is just a little bit better than the UK (let the reader add sarchasm there!)

The only thing mexico has to offer is delicious hot tacos, other than that, I would never go there if my best buddy was not living there. Everytime I come back from mexico, I always swear to myself , never to return to this miserable country ever again.
DR is the country for me and santiago is what I call home.
AZB

I like Isla Mujeres a small island off the coast of Cancun but the rest of the country is a dump

The food is more interesting, and there's more variety in beer, but other than that, it's the DR all the way. Take it from Escott, and take it from me. My family is Mexican and Dominican and the Mexican side prefers the DR both for visits and for marriage.

This was, though, not always the case. Mexico City is not the same as before. The DR should be careful not to follow the same path.

jerryme said:

I like Isla Mujeres a small island off the coast of Cancun but the rest of the country is a dump

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I have friends that have a small hotel there. I took my daughter for a Dolphin swim there and it was the best million dollars I ever spent!

Other than that the place sucks!

I've been to Isla Mujeres about 5 times and I didn't know you could do the dolphin thing there

Ya live and learn...

I have to chime in with the poster above....who never goes anywhere else. My co-workers and friends wonder why i dont travel to other places. I guess i eventualy will travel elsewhere....but I have developed some cool friendships in the DR...i am getting around to other places on the island more and more.

And to top it off....its is a very easy flight from NYC....and soooo affordable when there. Unfortunately I have limited funds....so i can only afford to go once a year for 10 days....not NEARLY enough. I really want to drive all over the island and see more and more....but when i get there i just tend to decompress and shed all my NYC stress...so i dont get around to doing all that much. Funny thing....durring mid-trip i called my place of work just to say hi and brag.....they didnt know who i was. I didnt sound anything like my self...i sounded relaxed...was talking slowly...and sounded happy.

If Mexico sucks then forget P. Rico

If you guys think that Mexico sucks then Puerto Rico will be the armpit of the world.

Mexico is good if you are an outdoor guy who is into fishing, hunting, trekking, rappel, camping, 4WD, etc etc. Not to mention the food.

I live in Leon which is towards the center of the country and then on the North side of town which makes most US cities look like a waste dump.

Now nothing beats DR when it comes to living except the negatives, power, roads, traffic congestion and caos....but hey, I want that the DR to go backwards where it was in 1985 - 1994....I think the best years of DR!