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Forget as much as you can about life in a 1st World country & come with an OPEN & inquisitive mind.
About 7.000 other bits of advice follow on from that (like humility, research, learning Spanish, learn to smile ....................) but as you asked for just ONE, that is the prime point to start from! ~ Grahame.
About 7.000 other bits of advice follow on from that (like humility, research, learning Spanish, learn to smile ....................) but as you asked for just ONE, that is the prime point to start from! ~ Grahame.
Just like Robert says....
There is so much advice that DR1 members could give you from Have Fun, Be Safe, Learn Spanish, Go to the Beach, Visit the Sites, Watch out for Chicas, but.... The best advice to cover it all would be to just read as much of the DR1 threads as possible. Good Luck
Read as much on DR1 as possible
There is so much advice that DR1 members could give you from Have Fun, Be Safe, Learn Spanish, Go to the Beach, Visit the Sites, Watch out for Chicas, but.... The best advice to cover it all would be to just read as much of the DR1 threads as possible. Good Luck
one doesnt necessarily follow the second...but when in doubt USUALLY more money is the solution ha ha ha
well if you could only give once piece of advice.....Id also say read up here on all the subject you can think of....it may be a broad "Piece of advice".
I think the best answer has to encompass yur health and or safety.. thats the most important thing....all the other issues surely are fixed with money...or just living the hassle
DONT DRINK ANY WATER NOT BOTTLED......is the type of answer I have in mind.
or
WEAR a CONDOM >>>OR TWO.......
good luck
bob
I think I like "planner's" advice....
This IS a third world country, but we seem to cultivate first world tastes.
We do not live in trees or in huts. We have most of the modern conveniences and we are very connected to the US and with each other.
FYI: there is a greater difference between Haiti and the DR than there is between the DR and the US.
Remember, you as a tourist are a target. Don't try and become a bigger one. Be polite, and that is perhaps the best advice i can give.
A smile and courtesy can go a gazillion miles here.
HB
This IS a third world country, but we seem to cultivate first world tastes.
We do not live in trees or in huts. We have most of the modern conveniences and we are very connected to the US and with each other.
FYI: there is a greater difference between Haiti and the DR than there is between the DR and the US.
Remember, you as a tourist are a target. Don't try and become a bigger one. Be polite, and that is perhaps the best advice i can give.
A smile and courtesy can go a gazillion miles here.
HB
Unos cuantos......
1- Don't leave your common sense behind as soon as you arrive,
1- Don't fall for a Resort worker,
1- If a Resort worker invites you to a disco or outing, RUNNNN away from him,
1- Don't believe eveything that comes out of people's mouths,
1- Don't "wave" your money around,
1- Keep an open mind as you will be in a third world country,
1- Take whatever men tell you with a "grain of salt" (if you are a female),
1- Get to know the REAL Dominican people, outside the Resort,
1- Do the above with someone NOT from the Resort,
1- When someone, anywhere, tells you "te amo, te quiero, tu linda, I want marry you, I want you live here...", RUUUUN as if your axx was of fire!!,
1- thru 1,000- Don't fall for a Resort worker (I know I said it already for we all know some of these people can't be reminded enough, wahahahahahah!!.
I'll give you a few #1's:
1- Don't leave your common sense behind as soon as you arrive,
1- Don't fall for a Resort worker,
1- If a Resort worker invites you to a disco or outing, RUNNNN away from him,
1- Don't believe eveything that comes out of people's mouths,
1- Don't "wave" your money around,
1- Keep an open mind as you will be in a third world country,
1- Take whatever men tell you with a "grain of salt" (if you are a female),
1- Get to know the REAL Dominican people, outside the Resort,
1- Do the above with someone NOT from the Resort,
1- When someone, anywhere, tells you "te amo, te quiero, tu linda, I want marry you, I want you live here...", RUUUUN as if your axx was of fire!!,
1- thru 1,000- Don't fall for a Resort worker (I know I said it already for we all know some of these people can't be reminded enough, wahahahahahah!!.
Very Nice
Great answers so far, though I might argue that reading too much of DR1 might actually dissuade some from visiting, ha ha.
I'm working on the Spanish.
I'm bringing my fiance with me, so no sanky panky.
We are pretty much strictly against AI resorts. Just not our style.
We really don't have too much money to flash, so that one is solved.
I like the smile and be friendly idea, and maintaining of the brain. You guys on DR1 are helpful, funny, and a little crazy I think, (in a good way of course). I so much appreciate the feedback I have received here, and all the good info. I just hope I can keep myself away from the "Men are from Mars......" thread. You could definitely lose days of your life there!
Thanks all!! J in Memphis
Great answers so far, though I might argue that reading too much of DR1 might actually dissuade some from visiting, ha ha.
I'm working on the Spanish.
I'm bringing my fiance with me, so no sanky panky.
We are pretty much strictly against AI resorts. Just not our style.
We really don't have too much money to flash, so that one is solved.
I like the smile and be friendly idea, and maintaining of the brain. You guys on DR1 are helpful, funny, and a little crazy I think, (in a good way of course). I so much appreciate the feedback I have received here, and all the good info. I just hope I can keep myself away from the "Men are from Mars......" thread. You could definitely lose days of your life there!
Thanks all!! J in Memphis
Do you mean that Marlboro is the only cigarette available? I know I shouldn't smoke. I'm trying to quit, really.
Are the prices high for smokes?
No need to worry about the other stuff.
I am not exactly an 'oldtimer' having only lived here 14 months, I am also female, and from the UK not the US but my one piece of advice would be to get to know a few people on DR1 and arrange to visit with them to be able to get out and see the "real" DR and meet the "real" lovely people who this island belongs to.......... i.e. the "real" reason why many of us choose to live here fulltime.
Of course not but don't forget D.R. is not Memphis don't expect to find the same variety of cigarettes.
I am not sure I agree on that one, estimado amigo...
Of course, it might be a matter of perception...
It is a bit off-topic, but this would be a marvelous theme of (a long) conversation while sipping Barbancourt 5* on the rocks
Oh, I get it now! Sorry, I'm a little slow. Not to worry. I've heard DR jails are not too pleasant.
So, we have a few votes for courtesy and politeness and smiling. That should be fairly easy since I appreciate those qualities myself.