I got back last night from a wonderful trip to Florida with my grandson and his two first cousins. Oh we did Disney and Universal, and I damn near died. Heat and humidity were very high. Even the kids were worn out after three days of that.
The worst thing was that our laptop could only do dial-up and I could not log-on to DR1 !!! Robert, you have to find a way for us to access this site from other places besides "home"....
The best thing was the driving along huge highways at 140-150 kph, no a$$holes cutting in and out and no idiots at 40 kph either. We did Ft. Lauderdale to Orlando in less than 3:15, and St. Augustine to Ft. Lauderdale in under 4:30 Gasoline was expensive at $1.69 or so...
The AA flight from here was the usual hassle of ineffective checking of baggage, absurd pricing in the waiting areas-$4.25 for a Sprite and a Lemonade!! $2.00 for a small can of pringles!!
There were some excellent buys at the free port shops, especially cigars..
The way back was altogether different. In and out of Immigration and Customs in lickety-split time. No hassles and polite service.
Bravo for that...
Drive back to Santiago from Santo Domingo was pleasant and the air was so much nicer here than there.
It will take a while for all of this to sink in but I think my batteries are renewed...
HB
The worst thing was that our laptop could only do dial-up and I could not log-on to DR1 !!! Robert, you have to find a way for us to access this site from other places besides "home"....
The best thing was the driving along huge highways at 140-150 kph, no a$$holes cutting in and out and no idiots at 40 kph either. We did Ft. Lauderdale to Orlando in less than 3:15, and St. Augustine to Ft. Lauderdale in under 4:30 Gasoline was expensive at $1.69 or so...
The AA flight from here was the usual hassle of ineffective checking of baggage, absurd pricing in the waiting areas-$4.25 for a Sprite and a Lemonade!! $2.00 for a small can of pringles!!
There were some excellent buys at the free port shops, especially cigars..
The way back was altogether different. In and out of Immigration and Customs in lickety-split time. No hassles and polite service.
Bravo for that...
Drive back to Santiago from Santo Domingo was pleasant and the air was so much nicer here than there.
It will take a while for all of this to sink in but I think my batteries are renewed...
HB