Must try and get to Palenque. Tried around Easter, came off highway 2 and down new road past entrance to new power stations and into Nizao and onwards but gave up not getting to the coast and went back........only to realize when checking later I should have continued onwards and would have found Palenque.
Next time take the [closer] exit for Duveaux at the sugar mill. Once you see it, slow down and get into the right lane. [The last exit before yours will say "Yagrumo/Semana Santa", yours is right after that, almost immediately.] There is a tiny road to the right before you reach the sugar mill/cane fields. There's a tiny Provo Pollo restaurant, and then you'll see a SMALL square black sign that says "DUVEAUX - EL LIMON" at the little road.
Take the little exit road to the first intersection, and make a left turn [driving underneath the highway you just exited]. Go straight, it will look like you're going up a driveway to the sugar mill, but there's a turnoff for the mill. Continue up the road as it rises to go over the mountain, the first stretch of the road is crummy and bumpy, it's rather narrow all the way though. Take the road straight, there are no turns, it will go through a couple of little communities, then it goes down the other side of the mountain downhill, road is much better. Keep going to the end. You'll eventually see the ocean, and the road will end at a road.
Make a right to go to Palenque - a left to go to Najayo.
Otherwise, from SD you can take the malecon west, pay the toll and go forward towards San Cristobal, through Haina, Nigua, ends at the cruce to Najayo/Palenque.
Or through San Cristobal, come up over the mountain, keep going straight and you'll come to Najayo then Palenque.
If we're in DR, stop for a cup of espresso.
