AndySpb said:
I did it many times day in night time both and driving is not problem for me in DR...
The tone of my initial post was like this because I remember answers when I asking last year about the way to go to Haiti... Nobody did not told me nothing about this. Only that I am carzy to go to Haiti and the best to do not this. Finally I visited Haiti without any problems and without any helpness from people from this forum...
Hi Andy,
I am very comfortable driving in the DR as well, but found that after what was still a rather long day of travel (though not as long as yours will be), the drive to POP left me wanting to do nothing but sleep when I arrived.
(My amiga had other ideas however!) This is why I'm planning on a night in BC on arrival next trip.
You are obviously an adventurous traveler. The fact is not many people would want to do what you are trying, since you will arrive in Sosua so late, and could get there only about 8 or 10 hours later by staying the night in SD. I'm sure you have your reasons.
I'm not sure why you didn't get the information you were looking for before. DR1 people are generally generally eager to help. I do know that most of the expats and Dominicans who post frequently are from POP/Sosua, SD, or Santiago, and they wouldn't necessarily be very familiar with the transportation to Haiti.
You seem very confident about the availability of transportation from Santiago to POP at that late hour. I'm thinking of what Ken said, that there is really no good reason to have public transportation on that route all night. On the other hand, that demand might come from people connecting from SD like you are. In fact, there may be a local passenger on the bus from SD who is making the same connection and can take you right to the gua gua. I'm sure DR1 would be interested in the information on those gua guas, since there are late night flights into Santiago, and a lot of people who have paid cabfare to Sosua in the past may want to consider this option. Give us a report.