Just returned from another fact finding trip.
What can a person say about Ocean World other than "magnificent, stupendous, wonderful, great etc". My wife and I enjoyed the first full day so much we booked another day. It just never gets old and we'll go back on the next trip.
We stopped by BlackBeards and were again impressed with service and atmosphere.
A day trip to the reknowned Camp David didn't disappoint. Food was good and prices not out of line.
A few months previous we had agreed to buy a condo at Las Canas so we went to see if things had improved. They have not. My personal opinion is that it's nothing but a scam operation to sucker some in and then the management to bail. The age old axiom of "under promise and over deliver" in no way applies there. We walked around and no one seemed to have anything good to say about the place and these were people living there. The 24 hour power is a fantasy, the wireless internet still isn't there, hot water in the rooms is a pipe dream and the swamp in front still isn't drained. It proves my decision to not buy there was in good order. I have to feel for those that have spent money and only have empty promises. Perhaps things will turn around but management clearly is amatuer at best and the phrase "totally incompetent" is what comes to mind.
This was also our first trip to the VooDoo Lounge. My opinion is that it's a fine place. Drinks are pricey but they have to keep the doors open somehow. We will go back.
Probably the biggest disappointment was Eddy's. Over priced and watered down drinks and no Angels we had heard so much about. Couple that with second rate food, no, make that third rate and it's a never to be there again place. The ribs could be used for frame reinforcement on any car or truck.
I will gladly accept the slow service at Rocky's for the quality and price. Rocky's ribs are glazed, which isn't my favorite of preparation but are head and shoulders above Eddy's/Dori's.
So many shoeshine boys in Sosua that I decided to run a test. I wore an old pair of shoes to the beach that should have been discarded long ago. I waited and drank beer. Sure enough I was not disappointed as several offered to shine my shoes at a good price. Can you really shine rough out leather? Several assured me they could and many had the opportunity to try. It was a fun game as I asked "where's the shine". One kid told me he couldn't shine those shoes because they were rough leather. He was the recepient of not only my rough out leather shoes, but also a 100 peso bill. I walked back to the condo barefooted. I love and reward honesty even though in most parts of the world it should be standard practice. Life is different is Sosua and that's why I keep coming back.
I bought a windchime on the beach. The guy wanted 1200 pesos for this piece of junk that I would normally put in my neighbors trash can so as to not be associated with it. My wife liked it and it digusted me so the guy says to me "yes it's junk, but shouldn't you buy a souvenier?". How could I argue with logic like that? We agreed on 300 pesos and all were happy. I only wished customs had siezed it. Oh well, maybe I can pay a kid to steal it for me.
We will return for Easter so see you then.
What can a person say about Ocean World other than "magnificent, stupendous, wonderful, great etc". My wife and I enjoyed the first full day so much we booked another day. It just never gets old and we'll go back on the next trip.
We stopped by BlackBeards and were again impressed with service and atmosphere.
A day trip to the reknowned Camp David didn't disappoint. Food was good and prices not out of line.
A few months previous we had agreed to buy a condo at Las Canas so we went to see if things had improved. They have not. My personal opinion is that it's nothing but a scam operation to sucker some in and then the management to bail. The age old axiom of "under promise and over deliver" in no way applies there. We walked around and no one seemed to have anything good to say about the place and these were people living there. The 24 hour power is a fantasy, the wireless internet still isn't there, hot water in the rooms is a pipe dream and the swamp in front still isn't drained. It proves my decision to not buy there was in good order. I have to feel for those that have spent money and only have empty promises. Perhaps things will turn around but management clearly is amatuer at best and the phrase "totally incompetent" is what comes to mind.
This was also our first trip to the VooDoo Lounge. My opinion is that it's a fine place. Drinks are pricey but they have to keep the doors open somehow. We will go back.
Probably the biggest disappointment was Eddy's. Over priced and watered down drinks and no Angels we had heard so much about. Couple that with second rate food, no, make that third rate and it's a never to be there again place. The ribs could be used for frame reinforcement on any car or truck.
I will gladly accept the slow service at Rocky's for the quality and price. Rocky's ribs are glazed, which isn't my favorite of preparation but are head and shoulders above Eddy's/Dori's.
So many shoeshine boys in Sosua that I decided to run a test. I wore an old pair of shoes to the beach that should have been discarded long ago. I waited and drank beer. Sure enough I was not disappointed as several offered to shine my shoes at a good price. Can you really shine rough out leather? Several assured me they could and many had the opportunity to try. It was a fun game as I asked "where's the shine". One kid told me he couldn't shine those shoes because they were rough leather. He was the recepient of not only my rough out leather shoes, but also a 100 peso bill. I walked back to the condo barefooted. I love and reward honesty even though in most parts of the world it should be standard practice. Life is different is Sosua and that's why I keep coming back.
I bought a windchime on the beach. The guy wanted 1200 pesos for this piece of junk that I would normally put in my neighbors trash can so as to not be associated with it. My wife liked it and it digusted me so the guy says to me "yes it's junk, but shouldn't you buy a souvenier?". How could I argue with logic like that? We agreed on 300 pesos and all were happy. I only wished customs had siezed it. Oh well, maybe I can pay a kid to steal it for me.
We will return for Easter so see you then.
