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I did the Nagua to STI run Friday too.... just awful. Back and forth for me, over 3 hours each way.
Ugly
Glad your people had a good time*
Certainly not the preferred route, for sure.
But the alternatives also are problematic. One is inop, the other, having been on it numerous times, fraught with potential issues, especially where torrential rains meet two nasty fault lines...not to mention, as we've been told by CD & policia, a LOT more traffic, including commercial trucks.
Friday was a bad day to be on the roads, especially by motorcycle for 10 hours. But once you're wet, you can't be wetter. The worst part was going up the hill to Jarabacoa in the rain...and dark. Hard to see looking through a rain streaked faceshield, even with a coat of RainEx, especially with bright lights coming toward you...