In 5 days in Santo domingo for the Pan Am games. Addmitedly i was a bio major and am a little bit of a hippy, but i really like DR.
I had a wonderful time. Learned to be truly ashamed of my countrymen, who saw garbage and poverty, inefficiency and unfinished games sites. Look beyond that and see; intense beauty, lush jungle, flowers everywhere, plentiful good food, amazing wild life, etc etc etc. The people are beautiful, friendly, easy going, healthy, patient with my bad spanish.
What ever you do, try to leave it unspoiled. And remember [the prime directive, as] helping is often as damaging as meaning to harm something as DR.
I saw a big Tarantula, a huge tree frog, great lizards, all tame enough to catch in the cool morning. Lots of parrots, but none close up. Maybe a mongoose.
Hotels, beaches AI's...couldn't tell you. We have those in LA so I avoided them. as a waste of preciouse time.
My Taxi driver drove like it was a dance. Slowing and accelerating in an easy ebb and flow, not jerky. The driving is a little like a huge slow game of chicken. Sort of with Texas drivers, but with NY style jaywalking. But I saw no traffic accidents until i got back to the states.
A good taxi is worth it. Mine had to drive while being bombarded with insesant questions in uninteligible spanish and some English, about every imaginable subject, for hours at a time. He helped with Spanish lessons, tourist guide, procued the coldest Presidente, found me an internet office etc.
I will never again feel sorry that my favorite part of a trip is something i saw in a vacant lot, or could see at home if I took the time.
Remember Yoda and the planet Dagoba? Tai Chi and Chi Gong on DR are ....WOW.
-k
K, is not such a bad name for me, Que?
I had a wonderful time. Learned to be truly ashamed of my countrymen, who saw garbage and poverty, inefficiency and unfinished games sites. Look beyond that and see; intense beauty, lush jungle, flowers everywhere, plentiful good food, amazing wild life, etc etc etc. The people are beautiful, friendly, easy going, healthy, patient with my bad spanish.
What ever you do, try to leave it unspoiled. And remember [the prime directive, as] helping is often as damaging as meaning to harm something as DR.
I saw a big Tarantula, a huge tree frog, great lizards, all tame enough to catch in the cool morning. Lots of parrots, but none close up. Maybe a mongoose.
Hotels, beaches AI's...couldn't tell you. We have those in LA so I avoided them. as a waste of preciouse time.
My Taxi driver drove like it was a dance. Slowing and accelerating in an easy ebb and flow, not jerky. The driving is a little like a huge slow game of chicken. Sort of with Texas drivers, but with NY style jaywalking. But I saw no traffic accidents until i got back to the states.
A good taxi is worth it. Mine had to drive while being bombarded with insesant questions in uninteligible spanish and some English, about every imaginable subject, for hours at a time. He helped with Spanish lessons, tourist guide, procued the coldest Presidente, found me an internet office etc.
I will never again feel sorry that my favorite part of a trip is something i saw in a vacant lot, or could see at home if I took the time.
Remember Yoda and the planet Dagoba? Tai Chi and Chi Gong on DR are ....WOW.
-k
K, is not such a bad name for me, Que?
