That is an expensive lesson learned .. People who got NO business renting a Car, cause they are clueless, and especially NOT Driving at Night ..
People with 20 + years experience in the DR would not DARE make that drive at night.. WT* were they thinking ?
For sure these bumpkins didn't realize they weren't in Kansas anymore, however it's still bad press and I think that's the point.
Flying into PUJ for a Puerto Plata vacation was the first mistake.
my question, exactly. they look to me like some hayseeds who are not exactly world travellers, and who have no idea how to function outside of Boise. i mean, why would they want to be on some rural road at 10 pm, on their first night in a new country...
They look like they would be easy marks in south Philly.
On this , we agree 100% , no argument from me here ..they had no business renting that car . and then driving at night ?
Holy smokes ,they did ZERO Homework .. . .
The Griswold Family in South Philly , on a Summer Friday night, lost, with a Flat tire, and a Fold out MAP on the Hood of the Family Woody station wagon.
For sure these bumpkins didn't realize they weren't in Kansas anymore, however it's still bad press and I think that's the point.
...The Griswold Family in South Philly , on a Summer Friday night, lost, with a Flat tire, and a Fold out MAP on the Hood of the Family Woody station wagon.
actually, think of this family with a flat tire, out in the middle of cow country somewhere. it could go downhill, real fast.
About sums it up........... LOL
Nothing with their trip makes the least bit of sense, almost as if they were just looking for their 15 minutes of fame. They pay a lawyer on Monday but US Embassy rescues them on Tuesday? Something is fishy.
BTW where has the grammar police gone as there was constant reference to "The Dominican".
A lot of tourists fly off on vacation without doing the prerequisite research. A few years ago, a bunch of Canadians took off for Mexico directly into the path of an approaching hurricane and then were upset that the airline wouldn't or couldn't evacuate them until after the storm. Had they followed the news, they would have known about the storm long before they left home.
Many approach international travel from the perspective and the often mistaken belief that where they are going is just like where they are coming from. Not everyone thinks of coming to DR1 and asking if a drive at night from PUJ to POP is a good idea. But entering "driving in the Dominican Republic" into google maybe would have given them cause to reconsider.
I'm all for saving money but at what potential personal cost. I wonder how they might have fared had they made it to the Navarette /Imbert part of the trip in the dark and suddenly discovered portions of the road missing? 5 hours from PUJ to Lifestyles, me thinks they looked at google maps and believed what they where shown; Nice highways, sparse traffic, and no appreciation for that big traffic nightmare known as Santo Domingo right in the middle of their route. Talk about trial by fire.
I have empathy for this family. Not the first time something like this has happened and probably not the last.
It wasn't Boise, it was Waconia. C'mon now.my question, exactly. they look to me like some hayseeds who are not exactly world travellers, and who have no idea how to function outside of Boise. i mean, why would they want to be on some rural road at 10 pm, on their first night in a new country...
Flying into PUJ for a Puerto Plata vacation was the first mistake.