Departure Tax and ect,....
For your departure Tax....it is 10.00 USD and that's a fact! But being in the DR....anything could happen, Have !0 bucks in US cash, not pesos....not euro dollars, or canadien dollars(even the equivilent of 10 US) you need 10 bucks US.....it's the only currency taken (once again this could change and it sometime does, but most of the time you'll be fine with the 10 bucks....about 95% of the time...you'll be fine)As for Cigars, depends where you are and what you want,,,,look for Hillbilly, one of his posts, and e-mail him and tell him what part of the countrie you are going to be in and he'll point you in the right direction, there is no-one more knowledgeable on this board or on the intire island.......about Cigars! So just look for a post with his name and e-mail him and you'll be fine in that department. Any other questions,, just post them and you'll get good reliable answers from this board! It is the best board on the internet reguarding the Dominican Republic!
Good luck and have a great time and don't forget to come back to the board and let us all know how your trip went. If you are going to the south side of the island, your welcome to e-mail me directly if you have quetions that you need answers for!
HAVE FUN AND BE CAREFUL!!!!!!