Judging from the few posts on this forum I have read, there is not a lot of traveling to other countries on the agendas of expats or locals. Obviously the highest income group, business, school and medical traveler does have this luxury or necessity .
Reading the cost of living thread showed traveling round the island once a month or weeks apart, is the routine for some. There were not any posts referring to travel to other countries for leisure, other than their native home.
Smaller countries in the Caribbean reference an ?island fever? main land people feel from being on an island too long, after the novelty has worn off. They tend to miss the convenience of those urban support systems, disposal lifestyles and government safety nets.
How frequent do people in the middle or upper income travel to other islands and/or other countries?
Beside the obvious past time of $$$ on women, drinking liquor and watching TV. How do expats address the island fever?
I did read the safety tips for new people coming to DR. Some of the advice of living in a fortress and isolated doesn't appeal to me. I am security concision and street wise, when I am not distracted by a pretty face. In the DR, I get it, anyone, especially many women, can be a conspirator in a shake down.
If a person become integrated with the general society and culture of DR, what other countries would that experience be helpful when traveling? When you plan to not spend 50% of the time in tourist circles. I would like to read experiences.
Reading the cost of living thread showed traveling round the island once a month or weeks apart, is the routine for some. There were not any posts referring to travel to other countries for leisure, other than their native home.
Smaller countries in the Caribbean reference an ?island fever? main land people feel from being on an island too long, after the novelty has worn off. They tend to miss the convenience of those urban support systems, disposal lifestyles and government safety nets.
How frequent do people in the middle or upper income travel to other islands and/or other countries?
Beside the obvious past time of $$$ on women, drinking liquor and watching TV. How do expats address the island fever?
I did read the safety tips for new people coming to DR. Some of the advice of living in a fortress and isolated doesn't appeal to me. I am security concision and street wise, when I am not distracted by a pretty face. In the DR, I get it, anyone, especially many women, can be a conspirator in a shake down.
If a person become integrated with the general society and culture of DR, what other countries would that experience be helpful when traveling? When you plan to not spend 50% of the time in tourist circles. I would like to read experiences.