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Chip00
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Do what I do - just stop by you're local bodega wherever you live and load up before you get to the house - it works every time.
Also, when I return to the DR, I stop by El Pola to buy products from "NY" for the family here and nobody is the wiser!
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Chip00
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Sorry - I don't live in Punta Cana but maybe I can help as I live in Santiago and one shouls be able to get the same stuff there.
First of all what is sorel and soursap in Spanish?
Also, aloe vera may be able to be found in a nursery - see link to the nurseries in La Romana:
Paginas Amarillas (List)
And finally is the last item "green banana plaintain spices" one item or three? FYI one can't bring back fresh ffruit or vegetables from other countries to the DR as I understand it.
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Chip00
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Whoops - I meant to say that you I don't think one can bring fruits and vegetable into the US with your luggage. Please check with your airline about this.
Also, the spices will be easy to find throughout the DR.
I still don't know the Dominican names for sorrel nor soursap.
If you are in Punta Cana, go to Veron and go to the supermarket there.
Platanos are green plantains (do not slice them)--Unless you live far from a metropolitan area, these are available in many supermarkets in the US
Aloe vera is savila and grows all over.
Soursop is the guan?vana fruit and you cannot take it back no matter what.
Ginger is genjibre and is widely available at the supermarket there in Veron or in Cortecito.
Sorry, I have never heard of sorrel except as a horse color.
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Platanos are green plantains (do not slice them)--Unless you live far from a metropolitan area, these are available in many supermarkets in the US
Aloe vera is savila and grows all over.
Soursop is the guan?vana fruit and you cannot take it back no matter what.
Ginger is genjibre and is widely available at the supermarket there in Veron or in Cortecito.
Sorry, I have never heard of sorrel except as a horse color.
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Hacienda Lucas Perez, which supplies all sorts of leafy vegetables like spinach and rucula to Nacional supermarket and others, produce sorrel. I doubt they reach the Punta Cana area, though. You could try Jumbo supermarket in La Romana but it's a bit of a way to go just on the off chance!
When I left Santo Domingo the last time I was there-- in January my suit case was sent through this machine--very high tech -- checking for fruits and veggies. They had a HUGE sign in English and Spanish telling you what you could and could not bring into the US. It even included parsley!!!
It will be confiscated if you are flying through SD. If you land in Miami they have dogs that sniff out fruits and veggies too.
If they find them and you haven't reported them you will be fined. They are very serious about this because insects are brought into the country. They wind up wrecking havoc with the plant life here-- if we don't have them
It will be confiscated if you are flying through SD. If you land in Miami they have dogs that sniff out fruits and veggies too.
If they find them and you haven't reported them you will be fined. They are very serious about this because insects are brought into the country. They wind up wrecking havoc with the plant life here-- if we don't have them
You have a point. But I guess it's good info to have any way if I assumed incorrectly.
My luggage was checked even before I walked into the airport. I can't remember if they asked my where I was flying to. They just demanded it. The machine is outside the doors on the sidewalk at Las Americas.
My luggage was checked even before I walked into the airport. I can't remember if they asked my where I was flying to. They just demanded it. The machine is outside the doors on the sidewalk at Las Americas.