I am back in Santo Domingo from my trip to south-west

Hello Lambada and everybody else who missed me...

I just wrote a huge message to post here and then the computer went BOM! and I had forgotten to save the text... AARRRGGHHH!!!!!!!

I have no time to re-write all of it now, so just briefly:

I did not get a discount from my hotel for the electrical power cut. I didn?t expect it either, I just wanted to make a point.

By the way, for a good cheap lunch, try a vegetarian restaurant in Santo Domingo. Good value for money, you only pay for what is on your plate. The restaurants are usually very simple but clean and well maintained

I have just returned from a great long weekend in the south-west of DR. We stayed in Barcelo Barouco. We visited Hoya Del Pelempito, Lago Enriquillo, Bahia de Aguilas and some more places. I strongly recommend a visit to the south-west! But be prepared that it is more suitable for the person looking for a bit of adventuren and who enjoys hiking and exploring remote areas. If you are more into well developed beach areas, water sports and entertainment, you are better off elsewhere.

I can?t believe I lost all that text I wrote! Sooo frustrating! Oh, well, eso es la vida loca...

I am off now for a lunch on home made paella with friends! More later...

Lambada said:

Hi, again, Voyager, we were getting worried.......... Hope to hear more of your travels without all the other stuff getting the thread closed! Shame about the discount, never mind, you gave us all a smile!

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Thanks!

Yeah, when I came back and found out how my previous thread had ?developed?, I was quite overwhelmed. Interesting, isn?t it, how one thing leads to another.

And AZB, if you are reading this, thank you for your revised comments to me! Appreciated! If ever you come to Saudi, I?ll buy you a shwarma!

When I started negotiating wirth the poor guy in the hotel reception desk about the discount for power cut, our discussion kind of transcended into the twiling zone. Hampered by language problems and differing views on the matter, I decided to pass and just let it be.

My point though is that, albeit not knowing the complete situation here in DR, I feel a bit confused why people seem to just accept the daily power cuts and not take action? Or maybe I am wrong? What I mean to say is that maybe the hotel can not control the power supply (but don?t they have their own generator to compensate for power loss?) from the provider of electricity. So then we have this situation: I, as customer demand compensation from the hotel for not gettign full value of the cost of the room. So the hotel lose money because of the power cut. Then the hotel go to the distributor of the electricity and in turn demand compensation from them, explaioning that the hotel lose money because the customer complain about frequent power cuts. If the supplier of electricity does not want to compensate the hotel, then the hotel should take them to court! Sue them!

If every hotel in DR took every supplier of electricity to court, the situation would probably escalate to a major/minor crisis and somebody (the government?) would have to take action!

I have been travelling to DR on a regular basis the last 4 years and all that time people just sigh and refer to the power cuts as something un-fixable!?
Then they tell me that DR is a developing country! Okey, so develop!!! A developing country is, by definition, a country that develops, right?

I apologize beforehand if I am talking nonsense here and only displaying my ignorance....

Desculpa...

Oops, Anonymous1960, I guess sometimes I should keep quiet... However, I did have a gut feeling I was way out, so I repeat my apology and acknowledge that I was talking nonsense.

Oh, but I do not ?do it on purpose?. Occasionally, I am just very naive... Sigh!

I rest my case!