I am a budget traveler on my soon to be 10th trip to Santo Domingo and area. In May I started staying with mi fiance in BC (all told we have spent approx 14 days there as we rotate between the Colonial Zone, Juan Dolio and BC), ...gets me close to the water, and her out of the barrio for a while. She is an older wud be grad soon finishing her degree from UASD and appreciates the diversion. We have fun beaching, dancing (not that what I do can be considered merengue or bachata), eating and critiquing the hooker's wardrobes which provides many laughs and keeps me from getting slapped when i inevitably look. (important to note that the workers, hostesses, waitresses and prostitutes as well as aging ex-pats often know each other here along Duarte, and we are very friendly towards everyone)... ie. there seems to be a community beyond the typical harsh descriptions of prostitution and crime I have read of.
Granted no rock resort experiences here, but we enjoy it and feel (more or less) safe...am I nuts/naive? I am as gringo (looking) as they come. No jewlery or fancy clothes..and we stick to Duarte at night and the beach hotel we stay at. I did have a cop offer "me to buy him lunch....." ahemmmm when he stopped us in my rental KIA one afternoon. Later that day my future Dominican in-laws thought this story was funny while telling me to seriously take care. Perhaps I should contribute to the police "fund" if I am worried about safety? Or this could make matters worse I suppose.
Experiences on safety in BC, ?
thoughts?
why would anyone choose BC with so many other choices in RD?
Granted no rock resort experiences here, but we enjoy it and feel (more or less) safe...am I nuts/naive? I am as gringo (looking) as they come. No jewlery or fancy clothes..and we stick to Duarte at night and the beach hotel we stay at. I did have a cop offer "me to buy him lunch....." ahemmmm when he stopped us in my rental KIA one afternoon. Later that day my future Dominican in-laws thought this story was funny while telling me to seriously take care. Perhaps I should contribute to the police "fund" if I am worried about safety? Or this could make matters worse I suppose.
Experiences on safety in BC, ?
thoughts?
why would anyone choose BC with so many other choices in RD?