Trip #2 under my belt, and thinking of where to stay on #3. I apologize for the long-winded report, and have broken it down into multiple pieces in case it's simply too much for people to read. I do a lot of my writing in the "stream of thought" method, and although it may seem rambling, it conveys my true feelings and thoughts a lot better. If you don't want me to post the rest of the trip, please let me know.
Day 1: (Sunday)
At the airport by 3:00AM for the 6:10AM flight to POP. No sleep. Typical flight down via Skyservice. Crappy movie, (not even worth pulling out my headphones) food standard. No view due to almost 100% cloud cover the whole way, and with a headwind, ended up arriving 1/2 an hour late. (Tough when you're flying into paradise!) Fairly long wait at immigration and baggage - took about an hour to get out on the street. Bus ride into Cabarete fairly uneventful.
Check in. Viva Wyndham Tangerine. Fairly smooth, but as it was 11AM, the room wasn't ready yet. Gave the wife and I our AI bands and told us to come back about 2PM. No problem... Gave me plenty of time to get reacquainted with the bar
2PM comes, room was ready. Room 1313. After hearing about the phantom sewage smells at this resort as being the biggest problem, I got my first whiff of it while walking to the room. It's really not a huge deal as some people have made it out to be, and seems to creep around different areas of the resort. Never really smelled it for more than a second or two at a time. Not once did I smell it in the room.
Room was small, but I didn't fly down to sit in a hotel room. I do feel sorry for people who end up sick and holed up in their room though, as the television only had 5 or 6 English channels, none of them really that great.
Wife and I took our first walk down to Cabarete after lunch. She was a bit jumpy, as it was her first true taste of being outside a resort in a foreign country in her life. (I'll have her asking for me to find a nice condo to rent instead of the AI's eventually) Was a bit humorous - especially crossing the street the first couple of times. Walked back down the beach, stopping at a couple of bars for Presedentes and a snack at one. (much better food than the resort eventually I found)
Fairly early night for us, as we had not gotten any sleep the night before.
Day 2: (Monday)
Walked along the beach with the wife towards Sosua. Went a KM or two before we turned back. No better feeling than having a nice walk with the one you love with warm water lapping at your bare feet. Ended up extending the walk back into Cabarete, and did another beach bar crawl back to the resort. Lounged around in the pool for a while after we got back, and then went on a mission to try all the drinks on the menu. I am unsure if I made it, but it is possible.
Day 1: (Sunday)
At the airport by 3:00AM for the 6:10AM flight to POP. No sleep. Typical flight down via Skyservice. Crappy movie, (not even worth pulling out my headphones) food standard. No view due to almost 100% cloud cover the whole way, and with a headwind, ended up arriving 1/2 an hour late. (Tough when you're flying into paradise!) Fairly long wait at immigration and baggage - took about an hour to get out on the street. Bus ride into Cabarete fairly uneventful.
Check in. Viva Wyndham Tangerine. Fairly smooth, but as it was 11AM, the room wasn't ready yet. Gave the wife and I our AI bands and told us to come back about 2PM. No problem... Gave me plenty of time to get reacquainted with the bar
2PM comes, room was ready. Room 1313. After hearing about the phantom sewage smells at this resort as being the biggest problem, I got my first whiff of it while walking to the room. It's really not a huge deal as some people have made it out to be, and seems to creep around different areas of the resort. Never really smelled it for more than a second or two at a time. Not once did I smell it in the room.
Room was small, but I didn't fly down to sit in a hotel room. I do feel sorry for people who end up sick and holed up in their room though, as the television only had 5 or 6 English channels, none of them really that great.
Wife and I took our first walk down to Cabarete after lunch. She was a bit jumpy, as it was her first true taste of being outside a resort in a foreign country in her life. (I'll have her asking for me to find a nice condo to rent instead of the AI's eventually) Was a bit humorous - especially crossing the street the first couple of times. Walked back down the beach, stopping at a couple of bars for Presedentes and a snack at one. (much better food than the resort eventually I found)
Fairly early night for us, as we had not gotten any sleep the night before.
Day 2: (Monday)
Walked along the beach with the wife towards Sosua. Went a KM or two before we turned back. No better feeling than having a nice walk with the one you love with warm water lapping at your bare feet. Ended up extending the walk back into Cabarete, and did another beach bar crawl back to the resort. Lounged around in the pool for a while after we got back, and then went on a mission to try all the drinks on the menu. I am unsure if I made it, but it is possible.