As former NYC delivery truck driver on my younger days and used to be daily commuter to downtown NYC . Driving in DR is not for weak hearted. I just did a trip to Puerto Plata and I had been driving around Santiago for couple of weeks now. And in my brief driving, I've leaned in order to drive in DR, you have to have psychic power.
How does people tell if there's a manhole missing and knows conchos with no lights in the dark to your right with upcoming cars/trucks with high beams. And those busted head light conchos comes in to your lane just to avoid potholes or to make left turns? I have and try to avoid driving at night but driving during the day is just as challenging.
ok.. here is a short course for driving prep in the dr
first.. drive to nyc from vermont and get lost in the bronx at 6 pm and try to make your way to manhattan
second.. take an old beat up car across the pass from colorado to somewhere west where you have to cross the mojave desert or the likes of it.. you end up in a dusty cross roads called needles.. used cars and ice cream and gas
and the wrecks of the cars that did not make this
we did this trip in 1969 in a NEW plymouth barracuda and almost died
do not forget to place the extra water bags on the radiator
third
set up camp outside los angeles in the sticky hills of pasedena... then.. be too tired to cook and drive down to town for the night
the road is switch back turns like the one to constanza
you will not return to the campsite that night
fourth
camp at a national park in costa rica
alone
i did all these things things
and was still not prepared to be assualted at the monument in Santiago after 8 years here
so
DO NOT RENT A CAR AND DRIVE HERE IF THIS IS YOU
R 1 3 4 5 8 th trip
only
if you have run through your first seven lives