I Danilo will be driving through the city of POP to see what a complete and utter balls-up the local government have made of it. Unfinished projects, a one way system that has no logic and nowhere to park. I hate POP at the moment.
I cannot believe what they did to Calle Camino Real from La Javilla up until Puente de Guinea (is that the correct name?). That stretch use to be vibrant, full of traffic and hosts a number of stores, now it is not even used properly, as it was made one-way street. And of course they did not think properly how can people drive to the other direction (from the city center towards Manolo Tavarez). I had my hopes up when I saw construction all over the place before the end of last year, but then I was hugely disappointed by the completely incompetent and unlogical solutions.
Basically I feel that the local goverment created just a pretty crust: They have a nice road leading the tourists to see practically nothing. But that?s unfortunately typical in the DR sometimes...
Once I saw the Cestur stopping the traffic completely on a street to board a bus with tourists, when there was an empty parking lot just aside. So basically the locals that are busy with their normal lives in the city center have to bend down to their knees when tourists come. I don?t consider that to be right or fair. Yes, tourists are an important income, but not for everyone, and everything could be done in an organized way.
I know, I know, think where you are...
