Recent content by BackInTheUSA

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    Cheap hotels in Las Terrenas?

    My boyfriend and I will be spending the weekend of May 12-14 in Las Terrenas. We would prefer cheaper accomodations. About 3 years ago, my friends and I went there and stayed in a cheap (but nice enough) place with 2 beds (for 3 people) for 500 pesos/night. Now I know that those days are most...
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    Santiago Travel ?s

    My boyfriend and I are planning on going to the DR in early May. As I was comparing ticket prices for the dates that we would like to go, I noticed that it would be cheaper for us to fly into Santiago instead of SDQ. I used to live in Santo Domingo, and I am quite accustomed to flying into SDQ...
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    Health Ins for a Dominican Employee

    Hi, My friends and I have a registered non-profit in the U.S., with one Dominican employee (who is paid) and the rest of our staff is volunteer. We would like to provide our paid-employee with health insurance, but we're not sure what a good choice would be, since we aren't a Dominican...
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    Pa?os - how to treat them?

    Hi Everyone, I'm back in the USA after spending a while in the DR. I got the salmonella and the amoeba treated when I got back, but now (after spending a nice Memorial Day under the sun), I have found myself affected by pa?os on my arms. I remember being able to walk into the pharmacy by where...