I recently bought a travel book of the Dominican Republic published by Rough Guides. I tend to do this once a while to see what mistakes they have made in terms of info, what is in and what is out, what businesses they listed still exist etc. and then I send them an email with the correct information for them to publish in their up coming 2nd edition. I found it very interesting when in the Silver Coast Chapter (That's what they call it even though today it's known as the Amber Coast) and they wrote something that made me wonder about all of the expats in the Dominican Republic. They said that the worst thing anyone to ask to an expat in Puerto Plata is Where are they from. They said that is due to the fact that every expat in Puerto Plata are in "hiding" from the rich countries they come from because of multiple criminal reasons such as evading taxes, etc. I kind of figure out there were going to be some of those people lurking around, but is it the majority? That is what I am getting from this guide.
If any of you would like to "set the record straight" here is their link:
http://travel.roughguides.com/roughguides.html
Notice: The remarks about the expats, I only saw them on the hardcopy book, not on their internet site, but if you feel like expressing your views about their way of painting everyone with the same brush, go right ahead to the link above.
If any of you would like to "set the record straight" here is their link:
http://travel.roughguides.com/roughguides.html
Notice: The remarks about the expats, I only saw them on the hardcopy book, not on their internet site, but if you feel like expressing your views about their way of painting everyone with the same brush, go right ahead to the link above.