I am hoping that someone could give me some advise on making connections to Jarabacoa. I will be arriving at SDQ at around 2 PM on a Friday afternoon in January and need to catch the 4:30 PM Caribetours bus to Jarabacoa from the terminal on Av 27 Febuary in the capital. I have a friend picking me up at the airport and driving me to the bus terminal. Even with no complications at the airport I probably won't get to the bus station until 3 or 3:30, and if there are any delays it will be even later. Because the 4:30 bus is the last bus of the day, and on a Friday to boot, I am wondering if I need to take any steps to insure that I get a seat (actually two seats) on that bus. I possible could have my friends stop at the bus terminal on thier way to the airport and buy the tickets, but from what I have heard possession of a ticket by itself does not guarantee a seat on the bus. Should I be sure to cue up in the line as soon as I get to the terminal? I know the slot that the bus will be in is not decided till the bus arrives so I would have to keep on top of this. Or am I making this overly complicated? I am assuming that the bus may be sold out. I only have a couple of days to spend in Jarabacoa and I have reservations at a hotel there for Friday night so I would like to be relativly sure to get there. I was hoping that someone would have some experiance with Caribetours and be able to share some advice with me. The same question goes for my return trip to the capital on the 4:30 PM bus Sunday afternoon. Any help that can be offered, as always, is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brian