Hillbilly said:The bridge out of Santiago to the south is Hermanos Pati?o
The little town is Villa Bison? or better known as Navarrete.
Take the Joaqu?n Balaguer highway and go west. After you pass through Navarrete, Ponton, Cruce de Esperanza, Batey ,and Maizal, you come to Cruce de Guayacanes.
Turn left.When that road ends, turn right. In Mao there is a Shell station on the right as you come into town. Take the next right, a major, four lane avenue that ends at the Fortaleza. Turn right again. Stay to the left at the fork in the road. Follow that road all the way to Sabaneta. About 1/2 hour now.
HB
Real men don't need no stankin 4x4 and we did it on a 2x4 just for your information. Funny thing was when we got to a Army checkpoint and we of course just drove through without stopping a soldier ran after us with a M-16 so we stopped. He asked where we cam from and Robert told him the last town and the soldier said "that is not possible there is NO road there". Robert laughed and said sorry friend but that was the last town and we finally drove off.Hillbilly said:Our good friend ROBERT of DR1.com had travelled south from Neiba to Pedrnales and his report was a classic.
By all means, get a good stout 4 x 4 and do it. HB