Condé Nast: DR is the Caribbean’s most exciting luxury destination

SKY

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Why believe Conde Nast? Instead believe the clowns here that would not spend a quarter to see an Earthquake tell us how bad these places are..............
 

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Why believe Conde Nast? Instead believe the clowns here that would not spend a quarter to see an Earthquake tell us how bad these places are..............
Yes, I am a circus clown. As such I refuse to socialize with the 90 % of the Punta C. Crowd. The all you can eat, beer swilling, tequila shooting neanderthals that wouldn't know the difference between a Callaway 7 iron and an iron sewer pipe. For the most part Punta C. is designed for the masses. The beer belly (both male and female) "look at my tattoo" crowd.
 

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I think this was a paid advertorial type thing by the Tourism ministry, there was something about it in the news earlier this week.
 
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Puerto Plata "The Bride of the Atlantic"?
Yet the government does little to improve it.
The government gives all its attention to its mistresses and is only stringing its bride along. Probably a zircon anyway
 

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Puerto Plata "The Bride of the Atlantic"?
Yet the government does little to improve it.
The government gives all its attention to its mistresses and is only stringing its bride along. Probably a zircon anyway
Yogi said it best. ;)
Punta Cana; It's so crowded nobody goes there anymore.
Puerto Plata; The future ain't what it used to be
Puerto Plata runner-up; It's like déjà vu all over again
 

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Puerto Plata "The Bride of the Atlantic"?
Yet the government does little to improve it.
The government gives all its attention to its mistresses and is only stringing its bride along. Probably a zircon anyway
Yogi was great, BR

The government realizes the bastard child status of the north coast. Once tourism leaves an area, it does not come back. Perhaps the Bride of Frankenstein,
The government has done its best to migitgate the damage done by Sosua to the DR's reputation. Its best not really being very good.


Hey, at least there will be a lighted golf course behind where I live for the increasing number of Expats here:

 

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The government realizes the bastard child status of the north coast. Once tourism leaves an area, it does not come back. Perhaps the Bride of Frankenstein,
The government has done its best to migitgate the damage done by Sosua to the DR's reputation. Its best not really being very good.


Hey, at least there will be a lighted golf course behind where I live for the increasing number of Expats here:

Are they really building that??
 

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Actually, DR is the most shltty destination in the Caribbean, and the only reason why people travel to DR's resorts is because they are very cheap comparing to real luxury destinations in the Caribbean, and because that counterfeit alcohol is included 24/7, so you can sit in that pool full of pee and get drunk until you throw up.
 
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sure worked out to Riibe's benefit
Speaking of Riibe, looks like a sure thing your pal will be paying out about 20,000 rd to a lot of happy posters here come March. There is no chance of anything further happening at all with this............
 

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Actually, DR is the most shltty destination in the Caribbean, and the only reason why people travel to DR's resorts is because they are very cheap comparing to real luxury destinations in the Caribbean, and because that counterfeit alcohol is included 24/7, so you can sit in that pool full of pee and get drunk until you throw up.
So you have been to all the other islands? I have been to five others, nothing special about any of them, although I quite liked Guadeloupe. Best thing about the DR is it's size and variety.
 

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Speaking of Riibe, looks like a sure thing your pal will be paying out about 20,000 rd to a lot of happy posters here come March. There is no chance of anything further happening at all with this............
I can’t for the life of me see you in a customer service role.
 

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So you have been to all the other islands? I have been to five others, nothing special about any of them, although I quite liked Guadeloupe. Best thing about the DR is it's size and variety.
I've been to resorts, small hotels and beaches in Bahamas, Jamaica, Sint Maarten (Dutch part of it), Anguilla, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Curacao, Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba. Also to San Andres and Isla Palma (Colombia) and Margarita (Venezuela), but they are in the Caribbean as well. Never been to Guadeloupe, can't say anything about that.

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Regarding DR's size and variety, oh yeah, there are 1700 open garbage dumps in DR, and most of them are burning every day, so no matter where you are, in Juan Dolio, Las Terrenas, Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata or whatever, you can always feel the smell of burning garbage. The whole DR is a big garbage dump.

But, who cares when the resort is cheap and a minibar in a room looks like this:
 

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Yes, I am a circus clown. As such I refuse to socialize with the 90 % of the Punta C. Crowd. The all you can eat, beer swilling, tequila shooting neanderthals that wouldn't know the difference between a Callaway 7 iron and an iron sewer pipe. For the most part Punta C. is designed for the masses. The beer belly (both male and female) "look at my tattoo" crowd.
Every timeI enter Punta Cana, just for the airport never been in a hotel there, it gives me the impression of a depressing place to stay or go live.
I am always glad to arrive in my own home, which is another world (that’s what visitors say), turn off the bachata racket, Bach, Telemann, and a large Tio Pepe and sit down starting to wonder what I am doing on that island.
 
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In fact, this Punta Cana beachfront all-inclusive resort is maybe one of the best of its kind not only in the DR but the entire Caribbean, with guests experiencing a high level of comfort and having their every need catered to without worrying a single second about planning.