Hi All
This is our first posting, we are a couple currently living in Roatan, The Bay Islands and are looking to come to the dominican for a while to see how we like it, can anyone point us in the right directions for:
Accomodation - A room within a house, A studio apartment or 1 bedroom apartment to rent - on the north coast. Accomodation must have internet access as i work off the net.
Transport - prices of cars and scooters, are they expensive, what do we need i.e is it safe to have only a scooter or do we need a car/4x4.
are cabs expensive, what is the public transport like, is it expensive etc etc.
Amenities - does the north coast around caberete have everything a young (we think so - 29 & 35) couple might need, i.e nice restaurants, chilled bars, supermarkets.
We are not a having it couple, we dont really do much, we are chilling people but we made the mistake of moving to the quiet end of Roatan and it is like a retirement village, so we have decided that even if we dont use the busy life, we would still like it around or in the near vacinity of us.
Internet - can anyone tell me what the score is on the internet situation. Is it stable, high speed, reliable, do you have various suppliers as here on roatan there is 1 and they are terrible (i physically cannot work). I would really appreciate as much info as possible about this.
Power cuts - Does the DR have many power cuts, how often and how long for - rough estimates.
Cost of living - is electricity expensive, is supermarket food expensive, cost of fuel, etc etc.
If there is anything else that anyone can help us with please feel free to post your advice, it would be much apprieciated.
Cheers, we look forward to your replies.
T&K
This is our first posting, we are a couple currently living in Roatan, The Bay Islands and are looking to come to the dominican for a while to see how we like it, can anyone point us in the right directions for:
Accomodation - A room within a house, A studio apartment or 1 bedroom apartment to rent - on the north coast. Accomodation must have internet access as i work off the net.
Transport - prices of cars and scooters, are they expensive, what do we need i.e is it safe to have only a scooter or do we need a car/4x4.
are cabs expensive, what is the public transport like, is it expensive etc etc.
Amenities - does the north coast around caberete have everything a young (we think so - 29 & 35) couple might need, i.e nice restaurants, chilled bars, supermarkets.
We are not a having it couple, we dont really do much, we are chilling people but we made the mistake of moving to the quiet end of Roatan and it is like a retirement village, so we have decided that even if we dont use the busy life, we would still like it around or in the near vacinity of us.
Internet - can anyone tell me what the score is on the internet situation. Is it stable, high speed, reliable, do you have various suppliers as here on roatan there is 1 and they are terrible (i physically cannot work). I would really appreciate as much info as possible about this.
Power cuts - Does the DR have many power cuts, how often and how long for - rough estimates.
Cost of living - is electricity expensive, is supermarket food expensive, cost of fuel, etc etc.
If there is anything else that anyone can help us with please feel free to post your advice, it would be much apprieciated.
Cheers, we look forward to your replies.
T&K
One movie house that I know of, on the North Coast. 
