Recent content by aross

I have done a search and there are lots of threads/posts on shipping to the DR but not in the opposite direction. I may have the need to ship some household and personal goods to Canada. Has anyone had any experience with companies shipping things from the DR to Canada, or know of any...

Who has some other new meanings for words The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are: 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted, adj...

After reading these can anyone think up others, The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the 2009 winners: 1. Cashtration (n.): The...

I have something (small) that I will need to be delivered to the Cabarete/Sosua area in the next few weeks. Is there anyone who might be coming from the Hamilton Ontario area that would be willing to bring it down for me. Please PM me and I'll explain the details and what it is.

There have been a lot of Hells Angels riding around Cabarete this week on their big bikes, is there another convention coming up?

has anyone been having a challenge with gmail recently, Google home page comes up fine. For the last 2 days it either does not come up or takes forever to load. I have used Explorer and Firefox and it is the same on both.

If you are planning a trip to British Columbia in Canada, please read all the way to the end of this very important warning.

Has anyone heard of or know anything about a company that I believe is a Real Estate Sales or development company by the name of ProCano or Pro Cano. Or do you know anyone that works or worked there. If anyone has any information, a contact name or number, please pm me. Thank you.

They are repaving the perfectly good road going through the center of Cabarete. Do you suppose: a Politician is about to visit OR they are getting ready to dig trenches through the new asphalt for water or sewar lines - AGAIN It is nice to see new road but there are many secondary roads...

Today there have been 5 huge flatbed trucks travelling East each of them carrying very large pieces of a construction crane. Overhead wires have to be raised and signs moved but somehow they are getting through although traffic is at a standstill most of the time as they travel through the...

Is anyone else having trouble logging on to gmail. I have not been able to get on for about 1/2 an hour

Every day I walk past the old abandoned Azzurro (Sp?) Resort located between Supermercado Cabarete and Villa Taina here in Cabarete. Over the last 2 weeks the garbage building up on the walkway in front of Azzurro has reached epic proportions. It is not just the usual white plastic containers...

I did a search and no matter what the official name is, the ?Flame Tree" or "Poinciana? or ?flamboyan? or ?Amapola? or "Royal" or "Flamboyant? Trees at this time of the year are absolutely spectacular. My wife and I drove to Playa Grande on Sunday from Cabarete and the trees along the highway...

Wouldn't it be nice if all the pot holes in the DR roads were like this. Canadian Speed Control I don't know about you, but this would slow me down! People slow down and try to "straddle" the hole, then breath a sign of relief when they have completely cleared it! This is actually a speed...

Does anyone know what is burning somewhere in Cabarete? The smell of smoke was strong all night long and this morning the ground was covered with ashes. And even now the smell of smoke is strong and light white ash is blowing around. I am located in west Cabarete in the area near Ocean One.