I find myslef reading many threads here about life in the DR and I for one beleive from an Expat point of view there are only two types of people.
Expat ONE - he mingles into the culture , respects the people , accepts the little things that can some times anoy you , but overall has a party of life time , goes out all the time and makes the most of his/her time abbroad.
Expat TWO - they hate polution, foriegn customs , unfarmiliararity , things that aren't like home, they spend their time wingeing to other expats trying to drag them down and take away their happiness in the place , only because they cant understand why the other people are actually happy.
NOW here's my question - I for one are an "EXPAT ONE" type and I've lived in the pacific islands for a number of years in quite third world conditions, But despite the surroundings I had a blast , went out everynight , enjoyed the people , took up every invite I could get to go try somthing new and exciting.
The power went out just like the DR and somtimes the toilet didn't flush and I'd have to fill it with buckets of water to get it going again.
People were shot outside my house and numerous people tried to kill me on the road with bad driving - BUT call me indiana jones but all this seemed to be excitement for me......or mabey I'm just a bit crazy.
The point I'm getting at is - I'm thinking very serious about takeing a job and coming to live in the DR for a long time , and what I would appreciate is some feed back from "EXPAT ONE" types that enjoy the DR to the fullest and who can give me the right insight to the "fun and exciting life" that the DR has to offer. Even if some of you could give me a quick comparison to the Pacific Islands and life in general over there.
I know this topic has been spoken for many times but it always ends up negative and I would really like some positive feed back from the right people.
Looking foward to your stories and advice - many thanks.....
ISLANDMAN..........
Expat ONE - he mingles into the culture , respects the people , accepts the little things that can some times anoy you , but overall has a party of life time , goes out all the time and makes the most of his/her time abbroad.
Expat TWO - they hate polution, foriegn customs , unfarmiliararity , things that aren't like home, they spend their time wingeing to other expats trying to drag them down and take away their happiness in the place , only because they cant understand why the other people are actually happy.
NOW here's my question - I for one are an "EXPAT ONE" type and I've lived in the pacific islands for a number of years in quite third world conditions, But despite the surroundings I had a blast , went out everynight , enjoyed the people , took up every invite I could get to go try somthing new and exciting.
The power went out just like the DR and somtimes the toilet didn't flush and I'd have to fill it with buckets of water to get it going again.
People were shot outside my house and numerous people tried to kill me on the road with bad driving - BUT call me indiana jones but all this seemed to be excitement for me......or mabey I'm just a bit crazy.
The point I'm getting at is - I'm thinking very serious about takeing a job and coming to live in the DR for a long time , and what I would appreciate is some feed back from "EXPAT ONE" types that enjoy the DR to the fullest and who can give me the right insight to the "fun and exciting life" that the DR has to offer. Even if some of you could give me a quick comparison to the Pacific Islands and life in general over there.
I know this topic has been spoken for many times but it always ends up negative and I would really like some positive feed back from the right people.
Looking foward to your stories and advice - many thanks.....
ISLANDMAN..........