Hello, I recently visited the DR for a long weekend and enjoyed the country. I'm considering moving there upon retirement in about 2 years. Any advice for a newbie?
Hello, I recently visited the DR for a long weekend and enjoyed the country. I'm considering moving there upon retirement in about 2 years. Any advice for a newbie?
Hello, I recently visited the DR for a long weekend and enjoyed the country. I'm considering moving there upon retirement in about 2 years. Any advice for a newbie?
I would suggest you attempt to define just what you want during your retirement. What are your likes and dislikes, that sort of stuff.
There is a lot to be said for some of the local lifestyles. What "Batich" said above, is not necessarily true for the whole country.
I would imagine that if you like horses there is a place for you. If you like golf, there is a place for you. If you like the quiet life, the active social life or the monastic life, there IS a place for you here in the DR.
However, you have to define this. When you do, come back for a longer visit like Lambada says....You can't judge a book by its cover....
HB
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You`ll find some useful info here:
http://www.dr1.com/forums/living/62796-single-mum-needs-help-relocate.html
In two words - If you are a single man in good health and do not mind high prices,poor infrastracture, lack of sanitation and of social and cultural life - come over! Join the club. We are having a great party here.
I was thinking of sailing my sailboat over and staying in a marina until I got to really know the country and find a permanent place to stay. Unfortunately I not having much luck finding a live aboard marina to stay at. Any suggestions?
I'm surprised to hear you mention "high prices" I didn't think it was that bad when I visited. Miami is getting unaffordable and I'm not exactly in the poverty level/
A huge disordered anarchist puta house.
Thanks for the info. I must admit it differs somewhat from what I learned during my visit. I spent 2 days with a real estate person and looked at some fine locations for around 150K. Saw a beautiful condo on the water under construction for 180K. Really beautiful. And the prices I paid were reasonable compared with those here. I pay around $6.00 for 5 gals of bottled water here and over in the D.R. it was only .87. I also checked out other prices and found most of them either equal or much lower than in the U.S. Did I understand you correctly that you've been there for 10 years? Have you been back in the U.S. since? Thanks again for all the great info. I need as much as I can get to make my deicision.
Speak for yourself batich, you obviously are. There are many of us who live normal family lives here, either retired folk or young couples with children. Grahame & I have lived a normal (for us ) couple life here for nearly 15 years. He has been propositioned by hookers a handful of times (I choose my words advisedly) but only ever in Sosua. Not in Puerto Plata where he is known. Or perhaps more significantly where I am known............. The whole of the DR is NOT a huge disordered anarchist puta house and I would imagine many Dominicans reading your post would find it exceptionally offensive. I do and I'm not Dominican but this is my adopted motherland. I'm sure, batich, you're exaggerating to make a point but go easy eh? It doesn't do a service to new people.
Speak for yourself batich, you obviously are. .......... The whole of the DR is NOT a huge disordered anarchist puta house and I would imagine many Dominicans reading your post would find it exceptionally offensive. .
batich, my husband was propositioned one time only. It is a joke in our house - he keeps saying he must be doing something wrong.
In fact, he is doing something right .. I think you're doing something wrong. Perhaps you're in the wrong place consorting with the wrong people.
Much of what you say is true, but it so blown out of proportion, that you're fast becoming the 'boy who cried wolf'!
.... batich, you're exaggerating to make a point but go easy eh? It doesn't do a service to new people.
Of course, The whole DR is NOT a huge...
And it was not said about "The whole DR" if you read my post with attention.
I was thinking of sailing my sailboat over and staying in a marina until I got to really know the country and find a permanent place to stay. Unfortunately I not having much luck finding a live aboard marina to stay at. Any suggestions?