See you in January!

Hello all,

I'll be back in Santiago visiting my family in January for a few weeks, looking forward to it but have a few questions.

Any precautions I should take before coming? I know a lot of people have been getting sick over there, my family says its nothing to worry about but they also wouldn't want me to delay my flight

Where have you guys been going to at night? I'll be bringing my boyfriend for the first time (he's not Dominican and does not speak spanish), so I'm looking for some places that have some more people from the US/Canada etc he'd be able to talk to. This is not totally necessary because he has been learning Spanish from me, and knows a lot about Dominican culture...but I want there to be that option for him.

Hopefully the rain stops before we get there, I'll be driving up to visit my grandmother in Matagrande and rain + steep mountain = aranoid:

Happy Holidays everyone!

oh and I'm thinking of buying etiher a temporary blowup mattress for my sister's guest room or purchasing a bed down there (she just got a new house)....anyone know what they're going for?

Well turns out my sister got herself a new guest bed, so no lugging an air mattress for me.

Yeah I know all about the water etc situation as I was born in Santiago and come back to visit every few months...just first time bringing an American so I'm being extra careful about everything.

Looking forward to him learning more about my country and practicing some of the Spanish I have taught him!

I have set up skype in my mother's home in La Herradura so he'll still be connected while down there