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Advice for first trippers
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There are many places to get advice, here is a good spot, just ask and someone will help you. There are resort reviews also available on the homepage. <br>You can also find it on the bulletin board at www.debbiesdominicantravel.com or at http://www.b2g4.com/boards/board.cgi?user=dr4u
<br>for review on DR1 check this link
http://www.dr1.com/reviews/list.php?hotel_location_id=&hotel_city=&keyword=villas+dorada
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Puerto Plata, Sosua and Cabarete are all nearby and can be reached by inexpensive public transportation. For info on Puerto Plata see http://www.popreport.com/VisitorsGuide/ Info on Sosua can be found at http://www.sosua.com/ and to learn about Cabarete see http://www.activecabarete.com/ and http://www.hispaniola.com/Cabarete/index.html
All 3 are well worth a day trip.
All 3 are well worth a day trip.
Thanks for all the advice.I have checked out the websites you have recommended.
Now for a really dumb question! What is the rough price of cigarettes in the DR.We have made the mistake many times of buying duty free at the airport and then finding them cheaper at our destination.
Now for a really dumb question! What is the rough price of cigarettes in the DR.We have made the mistake many times of buying duty free at the airport and then finding them cheaper at our destination.
Cough, cough, cough!! Hack , hack, hack!!
Butts are roughly RD$24 pesos (US$1.20) a pack for Marlbor--cough cough, spit hack-os. Slightly lower for local brands-Nacional etc. Menthol candy sticks available...
Outstanding cigars are about RD$1,200 a box of 25 at Supermercado Nacional...A lot of major names.
HB, non-cigarette smoker for 35 1/2 years!!!
Butts are roughly RD$24 pesos (US$1.20) a pack for Marlbor--cough cough, spit hack-os. Slightly lower for local brands-Nacional etc. Menthol candy sticks available...
Outstanding cigars are about RD$1,200 a box of 25 at Supermercado Nacional...A lot of major names.
HB, non-cigarette smoker for 35 1/2 years!!!
RE: Ciggarettes
Buy your cigarrettes at the duty free when you land. That is what I do. I smoke Newports which is a popular New York City brand. Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, a carton of Newports in NYC is 75 dollars a carton! I get my ciggs from the Native American reservations in upstate NY for 32 dollars a carton, delivery included. A better bargain.
I have been to the DR every month for the past several months, north AND south coasts. A carton of Newports in a big colmado is 600 pesos, which is about 28 dollars, and believe me, I checked many stores in Puerta Plata, Cabarete, Santo Domingo. The airport duty free sells them for 16 dollars a carton, which is like 340 pesos. You will NOT find cheaper then that. I cant comment on local Dominican ciggs or exotic European ciggs. All I know is my friends in NYC beg me to bring Newports back from the duty free in DR airports.
Buy your cigarrettes at the duty free when you land. That is what I do. I smoke Newports which is a popular New York City brand. Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, a carton of Newports in NYC is 75 dollars a carton! I get my ciggs from the Native American reservations in upstate NY for 32 dollars a carton, delivery included. A better bargain.
I have been to the DR every month for the past several months, north AND south coasts. A carton of Newports in a big colmado is 600 pesos, which is about 28 dollars, and believe me, I checked many stores in Puerta Plata, Cabarete, Santo Domingo. The airport duty free sells them for 16 dollars a carton, which is like 340 pesos. You will NOT find cheaper then that. I cant comment on local Dominican ciggs or exotic European ciggs. All I know is my friends in NYC beg me to bring Newports back from the duty free in DR airports.
LIDERS(all I smoke now used to smoke camels)150 pesos /200 cigs,marlboro 200 pesos kents 200 pesos divide that by 21 pesos to the$and figure out whats the best deal for dying.
J.H.
Oh YEAH 2 CIGARS A DAY WISH I had the willpower like you Hillbilly:bandit:
J.H.
Oh YEAH 2 CIGARS A DAY WISH I had the willpower like you Hillbilly:bandit:
Hey Jcrian, where you coming from in UK? True Brit from many parts of the UK that has lived here for the last 10 years. If you want a meet up at the hotel (I live just 5 minutes away from Playa Dorada), for a bit of info passing, just let me know!! Coming from England, where pipe tobacco is so much more expensive than even here, you don't even have to bring me my normal 'fix' requirements!!! E-mail me for 'phone number before leaving or look me up in the book when you get here. - Grahame.
not who u expect
I am going to be traveling to puerta plata and then la romana in jan,2005 and need any help you can offer. I will be traveling with my wife and two other couples and am having difficulty finding a way from pop to lrm. would you recommend flying into sdq and then going by land(rental car, hire a van, or bus service) to pop. We then need to get to La Romana one week later. We are coming from baltimore and need the help of an insider to plot aou course. No plane tickets have been purchased as of yet so we are flexable as to the city we fly into( pop, lrm, sdq). Any assistance is greatly appreciated.BushBaby said:
greenhornet said:
Hi there, Welcome to DR1
You seem to have tagged on to a thread which is over 1 and a half years old, if you start this question off in a new thread you will get far more responses as people won't see it hidden in this one.
BTW, if you need to be in POP for your first week - fly to POP first not SDQ, or am i missing something here. Anyway i am sure you will get plenty of responses if you start off a new thread!
Enjoy your trip