The learning curve
stormer said:
Once I considered flying stand-by, home from POP and the Skyservices reps told me there was a very little chance of getting on a return flight, so I took the flight that I was scheduled on.
Of course one needs to take in the time of year or height of the season when one wants to do this. Its all about learning the many things that need to be learnt regarding operating in the D.R.
These boards a very helpful but even more helpful is meeting the people in person who post on here and also the expats that have lived there for so long.
I learnt so much from some of the Canadians that I met at the American Thanksgiving bash at Eddy's three weeks ago.
Eddy himself is a wealth of helpful information.
Some of the people that frequent Eddy's are management in the Charter business that live in Sosua. Because its a Spanish speaking third world country its takes a long time to learn how to operate down there. I have made a little progress in several areas and its taken a lot of work to get there.
There are many truly nice people on the North Coast that are very friendly and helpful but one must spend a lot of time there to meet them etc.
Kiwi Bruce
