Here's a day for you....
Rent private taxi for the day $1200RD (max), assuming a split 4 ways = $300RD per person
Breakfast at Sofy?s B&B, Puerto Plata. Get an early start, you have a long day, get there by 9am.
http://www.popreport.com/SofyBB.htm ($80RD)
From here, head to Playa Caleton (just this side of Playa Grande) for beach and FRESH (really, they catch it that morning) fish if you like. About 1.5 hours from PP, but worth the trip.
Watch the condiments, they made me deathly ill last time I was there! ACK! Great little quiet beach, beautiful water, bring your camera!
After a couple hours at Caleton, back to Cabarete for lunch at Tribal Caf? or one of the many beach restaurants ($150RD) if you haven't already eaten at Caleton.
Go boogie boarding, or just hang out for a bit and watch the windsurfers/kiteboarders.
Check out the Green Room at the CariBIC center for wraps/smoothies if you wish.
For the cheapest deals in town with PRICE TAGS go to Liquidation World, a large white two story building on the non-ocean side of the street, pretty much mid-Cabarete. Head upstairs.
Next, off to Sosua beach for beach vendors to practice your bartering skills and see if you can beat liquidation world
Great beach here also.
6:30pm dinner at the waterfront with a spectacular sunset view from a great restaurant, $300RD will cover a good meal with a drink, tax and tip all included. Don?t be late, the sunset is something to see. Seating is inside our out.
If you need to kill some time in Sosua before dinner, head to Brittania pub to visit Barb and Linden, Rocky?s bar for a brew with Marc and the crew there, or Eddy?s Sports bar for a brew with Eddy and some big screen tv?s.
Back home to the all inclusive with some great stories to tell, and just in time for the nightly shows the hotel puts on!
Total day cost would be about $800RD if you take my estimates above (about $50US) plus booze and souvenirs. Obviously you can spend a lot more depending on your choice of food, how much you drink, if you want to rent beach chairs, etc...
Have fun in PP.
marc