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You Guys Have Really Scared me about Crime in DR, PLEASE help!!!
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Ted Danson is like 70 years old, hardly a compliment there mate.
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I have had such a nice read watching you guys banter with each other, what a fun crowd.:laugh: I really hope to meet with some of you when I arrive. Is DR like PR on steroids? Cause the driving in PR is pretty outrageous. probably a dumb question because at least PR has an underlying legal system that is similar to 1st world locales. Frankly I cant wait to get down there and enjoy myself. At first I was just going to stay at a Hotel in cabarete but considering just renting a small villa for a week. By the way things are going to hell in a handbasket here in the states. We are being taxed to death, and it is going to get worse. RE values are stuck, my 401K stiull havent recovered from 2008 and there are murders in Dallas everyday. Possibly snorting coke and chasing putas/os puts one in a position to be around the types we speak of, knowing also crime can be quite random. Anyway I am rambling, will try and get in shape for a good surf and a few beers when I arrive. thanks to all who posted. I will PM the ones that were nice...ha ha ha :smoke:
He sounds like either was a friend of George....or devoutly subscribes to George's lifestyle.
I'm sure many of you have heard one of George's best quotes "I blew most of my money on women, booze, and drugs...and the rest I wasted".
i vacation here and had so much fun i dont care about the scare tactics every body type i met so many people in little time. i meet a nba player for the pacers from africa and hotel owners who told me stories of things that happen but they dont care. dr is the safest place i seen and im always in the bad bad areas.
Wow,you must affiliate yourself with a lot of boring Dominicans.There's plenty to do,you just got to go out there and do it.It all depends on your lifestyle.When I was there back in April,I did something different everyday.If I was living and working there,what I did everyday,I would've done on the weekend.Now don't tell me you do something different everyday in Chicago.I mean,driving that caddy and window shopping for watches has to get boring...
...Just kidding,a lil' jab with love...
...Just kidding,a lil' jab with love...Hmmm, I dunno, it can be a struggle after a while to find something new to do. If you're not a hang out on the beach or down by the river type of guy then no, it's not buzzing with option. We struggle big time to find things to do with our daughter. And even on a adult level you have to make your own fun.
You simply don't do touristy things when living in the country, nothing is ever new or interesting after a while. You really need a specific interest or hobby to fill the time.
The national past time is sitting on a chair in the street or in a colmado watching the day pass you by before going to bed, not as if there isn't enough hours in the day. That is why s many expats have drinking issues, not a lot more to do if you don't have hobbies. You gotta work if youre young, there is not other way.
You simply don't do touristy things when living in the country, nothing is ever new or interesting after a while. You really need a specific interest or hobby to fill the time.
The national past time is sitting on a chair in the street or in a colmado watching the day pass you by before going to bed, not as if there isn't enough hours in the day. That is why s many expats have drinking issues, not a lot more to do if you don't have hobbies. You gotta work if youre young, there is not other way.
Hey Give,don't blame the expats drinking issues on DR.I lived in the states.People that lived in the suburbs drink,their teenage kids,drink,worst yet,they get into drugs because after they get into that age there's no more soccers or swimming classes to keep them entertained.Where do you live in DR? There's a lot of cultural activities to do,and different attractions.Some people just lived in their North Coast bubble.
There does not need to be blame for anything, some expats drink a lot because it is their choice, a choice that in my opinion is made easy because there is relatively little to do unless you have a working structure to your life. I really don't care what people in the suburbs of the US do, it is insignificant to anything that happens in DR. Interesting 'there is lots of cultural things to do', once immersed in the country i didnt find myself considering looking for culture, you are living in amongst it and so I can only relate that to maybe my first year or two when things were new, 'attractions'? Only so many, same as anywhere, another slice of tourist mentality. You can have your constant vacation type lifestyle if you like, keep revolving around that scene, but it gets kind of expensive, kind of boring, kind of unnatural after a while and is not really homely and settled. We moved around every few years in search of something a little bit special wibuts good balance, but it didn't really exist, it is the same as anywhere you live, it all gets same old after a while. Horses for courses! There isn't a right or wrong so no need for blame, what tickles some isn't enough for others.
I have lived Eastcoast, Central and the Capital over 8 years, and a few months here and there more short term, so I've seen quite a scope, I've got a good idea how it works. People best suited to living are those with a business to run, develope and occupy their mind. A day out is a day off, welcomed. What doesn't suit is when you are looking for something to do as every day is a day off, that doesn't often work well.
I have lived Eastcoast, Central and the Capital over 8 years, and a few months here and there more short term, so I've seen quite a scope, I've got a good idea how it works. People best suited to living are those with a business to run, develope and occupy their mind. A day out is a day off, welcomed. What doesn't suit is when you are looking for something to do as every day is a day off, that doesn't often work well.
first, lets be clear, when you say people, you mean women.
second: if it smells like arenque left in a tupperwear container on the kitchen counter for one week - DON'T EAT IT. ok?
When I was a tourist for years and years in DR I LOVE IT it was not one thing I did not like about the DR, but I was only there for a 2 weeks, 10 days even sometime I would go for a 3 day weekend. I never notice any crime or petty theft NEVER. I was alone 95% of the time back then, and many of my friends were Hatians( note to all newbies if you want to know everything about the DR good and bad befriend a HONEST Haitian). I would see the entire island sometime just on buses, loved every minute of it, THEN THE SUN WENT DOWN when I married my crazy a$$ wife.
When I decided to move to the DR and be a family I saw things I never wanted to see, I heard things I never wanted to hear. For some reason a lot of Dominicans think once you marry them and move to their country they think they OWN you. I had a lot of things come up missing in our home and the CROOKS were her friends. Baseball caps, cloths, jewelry all were taken I out of my room, and when I ask my wife always " YO NO SE"
When you are a tourist you are pretty much OFF LIMITS, but when they feel you are NO LONGER a tourist the gloves come off. Sometime I would have take 2 buses from Santo Domingo Este to Samana just to be able to breathe and so I can feel like a tourist again.
I LOVE The Dominican Republic, but I do not like la Republica Dominicana very much and their is a BIG difference between the two.
When I decided to move to the DR and be a family I saw things I never wanted to see, I heard things I never wanted to hear. For some reason a lot of Dominicans think once you marry them and move to their country they think they OWN you. I had a lot of things come up missing in our home and the CROOKS were her friends. Baseball caps, cloths, jewelry all were taken I out of my room, and when I ask my wife always " YO NO SE"
When you are a tourist you are pretty much OFF LIMITS, but when they feel you are NO LONGER a tourist the gloves come off. Sometime I would have take 2 buses from Santo Domingo Este to Samana just to be able to breathe and so I can feel like a tourist again.
I LOVE The Dominican Republic, but I do not like la Republica Dominicana very much and their is a BIG difference between the two.
Wow,you must affiliate yourself with a lot of boring Dominicans.There's plenty to do,you just got to go out there and do it.It all depends on your lifestyle.When I was there back in April,I did something different everyday.If I was living and working there,what I did everyday,I would've done on the weekend.Now don't tell me you do something different everyday in Chicago.I mean,driving that caddy and window shopping for watches has to get boring...
No I can't because we are having a really BAD summer the HEAT & HUMID weather is terrible todays high is suppose to be 98 degrees.
You speak like you are an expert. How many years of living in the DR are you basing your comments on?
I have been living here 26 years. I agree with Giveadogahome that you need to have something that occupies you. When I was living in Samana I worked for Hotel Gran Bahia. Now in Sosua my passion is photography. If I didn't have that strong
interest, time would pass very slowly.
If you are basing your comments on a few visits as a tourist, with all due respect, I don't think you know what you are talking about.
I have been on and off in the DR for years and i only saw one robbery. A ladron was going in and out of the neighbor's house. He took their stash of money that they used to pay the bills for the month. I got his description and reported it. I was watching through the shudders and he could not see me. I never saw another robbery. That is like one day out of 900 days in the DR that I saw a robbery. Honestly, I see things happen more often in the USA.
You can be scared of crime anywhere. If you look for trouble in the DR you will find it. Kind of the same as anywhere else in the world. I must be lucky the only trouble I ever had is with my fellow countrymen. Be aware when dealing with the chicas, stay away from drugs, drink wisely and you will enjoy.
Your experience is not uncommon.
Next time apply HB's Rules and your family won't look at you like a rich target.
Jeff,
May I call you Jeff? <wink wink> You are the OP (original poster) as some other posters have already told you.
The compliment was sincere. You are much better looking than Ted Danson. I'll have to check out your picture again just to see if I can find out what actor you look like. You don't need to look like one though because you are handsome enough!
Good luck and have fun in your adventures in the DR.
PS
For you first Spanish lesson: dulce means sweet in Spanish.
May I call you Jeff? <wink wink> You are the OP (original poster) as some other posters have already told you.
The compliment was sincere. You are much better looking than Ted Danson. I'll have to check out your picture again just to see if I can find out what actor you look like. You don't need to look like one though because you are handsome enough!
Good luck and have fun in your adventures in the DR.
PS
For you first Spanish lesson: dulce means sweet in Spanish.
are you trying to pick him up?
and they say true love cannot be found on the internet....
I would never look for love on the internet nor steal him from you nor rob you of your beer date with him.
I am trying to lighten up the mood of DR1 while at the same time let the new heart throb of DR1 know that he has nothing to be afraid of. Well, maybe a couple of DR1 posters we could warn him of.
I must admit I am a tad bit excited. And you dv8? Damn! He is a dulce sueno!
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