Trip Report to Santo Domingo

[Potato_Salad]

Hola everyone :classic:

Here is my trip report. Enjoy!!!

Day 1, May 10th, 2006 (Wednesday)

I arrived at the airport in Santo Domingo.
I took the 6:30am flight out (American Airlines) of JFK
and arrived in Santo Domingo at 9:45am.
The flight arrived 30 minutes ahead of schedule.
I got a rate of 31.75 pesos for one U.S. Dollar at the airport.

My friend and his wife greeted me at the airport.
We went to a restaurant in
Boca Chica called "Boca Marina"
This restaurant is located right next to Neptuno.

The address is Calle Prolongacion Duarte #12-A
Boca Chica
Tel: 809-688-6810 sin cargo
Tel: 809-523-6702, 809-523-6750
Fax: 809-688-6810
Email: bocamarina@hotmail.com

Here are some pictures.


My second most favorite drink after Presidente. :chinese:

Pictures of the restaurant.

Fish sticks. Yummy Yummy~~~ :cheeky:

This was my entree. Its lobster with rice in some
kind of stew. I forgot the name of the dish.
But it was really good.

This is what my friend and his wife ate together.

The price came out to around 1,800 pesos.
You can also swim and sun bathe in this restaurant.

 

[Chirimoya]

Potato Salad, please resize your photos to make this readable!

 

[Potato_Salad]

Day 1, May 10, 2006 (Wednesday)

Here is one more picture of the restaurant.

I checked in at the Napolitano Hotel.
The cheapest rate was $83 per night.
This includes tax, breakfast, and one coupon for a free drink.

Here are some pictures of the room where I stayed at.

For a late lunch, I went to a place called "Fry and Grill".
The phone number is 809-534-2717/809-534-2796.

I ate here with two of my friends
and the price came out to around 1,800 pesos.

This is what I had.

Carnes, Burges, Sandwiches, Empanadas,
Mariscos, Ensaladas y mas,.....

The address is 27 de Febrero No. 579 Plaza Brothers
Santo Domingo

Do I recommend this place? Yes I do!!! :bunny:

 

[Potato_Salad]

I prefer Bon's over Baskin Robbins.
Baskin Robbins is too sweet. Bon's is just right.
But to each his own.

A picture of ice cream from Baskin Robbins.

And a picture from Bon's.

Later that night, I grabbed a bite at some burger
place that is located right across the street
from the Napolitano Hotel.
It was only 210 pesos for a burger and coke.

 

[Potato_Salad]

Day 2, May 11, 2005 (Thursday)

Drank, partied, danced, and got drunk.

 

[Potato_Salad]

Day 3, May 12, 2006 (Friday)

There is a delicious Cake house near the Acropolis
Mall called Pasteleria.

Calle Freddy Prestol Castillo Esq. Max Henriquez Urena
Edificio Fermachabe, Primera Planta, Ensanche Piantini
Santo Domingo
(809) 566-2420
lacucharademadera@hotmail.com

This bakery shop has a variety of cakes,
sandwiches, coffee and cup cakes.
But this shop does not have buns and bagels.

This place is closed on Sundays.

Do I recommend this place? HELL YEAH!!! LOL

For lunch, I went to a place called Adrian Tropical.
The addresses are,.....

Av. 27 de Fecrero 809-565-9236
Av. Abraham Lincoln 809-566-8373
Av. Independencia 809-508-0025
Av. George Washington 809-221-1764
Santo Domingo

This is what I had. It is called Seafood with rice.
Its 465 pesos.

My friend had this. I forgot what it is called.

Here is a picture of the restaurant.

Do I recommend this place?
Well, the food was not great.
It was just okay. But to each his own.

 

[Potato_Salad]

For dinner, I went to Tony Romas with my friends.

The address is Ave. Sarasota No. 29
Santo Domingo
Tel: 809-533-4658/809-535-5454
Fax: 809-532-7360
Email: trdominicana@hotmail.com

This is what I had.

This is what I had for dessert.

 

[Potato_Salad]

Day 4, May 13 2006 (Saturday)

For lunch, I was at the pool and I saw around
30 tourists heading to the hotel for a
lunch buffet at the Napolitano Hotel.
So I took some pictures of the food.

I went Hotel Conde de Penalba for a late lunch.
The address is El Conde Esq. Arz. Merino Zona Colonial
Santo Domingo
P.O. Box 75-Z
Tel: 809-688-7121
Fax: 809-688-7375
Email: condepenalba@verizon.net.do
Website: www.condepenalba.com

I went with my friend and the price
was around 1,000 for both of us.
The food was pretty good.
Do I recommend this place? Yes, I do.

 

[M.A.R.]

ok Iam starviang now, I can't even type. everything looks delicious, the ice cream from bon looks incredible.

 

[Potato_Salad]

I had a late late dinner at
this place called Modesto Crisostomo.
The address is Ave. Gustavo Mejia Ricart,
Plaza Andalucia
Santo Domingo
Tel: 809-683-4848
Fax: 809-732-1542


This is what I had.

Dessert.

This is a very nice place to go to during the early
to late afternoon
to hang out.

 

[ZEUS]

Mofongo..

Now that you made me hungry, thanks for sharing those great dishes.. Great pics, to.

Your friend ate mofongo..

 

[Potato_Salad]

Day 5, May 14, 2006 (Sunday)

For lunch, my friend and his wife treated me to Vesuvio.

the address is Ave. George Washington 521
Santo Domingo
Tel: 809-221-1954
Fax: 809-221-3300
Website: www.restaurantvesuvio.com
Email: vesuvio@restaurantvesuvio.com


This is what I had. Lobster pasta. :bunny:

My friend had this dish.

I love cakes in the Dominican Republic.
I ate three of these!!! :bunny: :cheeky:

 

[Potato_Salad]

I just got a private message from a fellow DR1 member,
telling me that the photos are too big.
I want to apologize to all of you for the inconvenience.

I use tinypic.com. Several days ago,
another fellow DR1 member
recommended me a very nice website to host pictures.
I will look into it tonight and re-size the photos.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.

 

[Potato_Salad]

On Saturday night, I was walking in the
Malecon at around 6pm
and I suddenly see many people and cars.
My friend told me that tomorrow is election day.

Good luck to all candidates.

That wraps up my trip report.
And again, my apologizes for the large photos.
I will look into another website and re-size the photos.
Have a good day. :classic:

 

[FireGuy]

If you don't already have a program to resize your pics here is a free one called PixResizer:

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Individually or in batches.

Gregg

 

[Brian]

ho was the food at boca marina.Im headimg down next month,

 

[Dragonfly32837]

This is more of a food report. Thanks Potato Salad. Thank you for giving us a different kind of trip report. I loved the pictures.

 

[Potato_Salad]

If you don't already have a program to resize your pics here is a free one called PixResizer:

http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

Individually or in batches.

Gregg

Thank you for the website. I greatly appreciate it.

 

[Potato_Salad]

ho was the food at boca marina.Im headimg down next month,

The food and drinks were very good.
But it was a bit expensive.

The three of us ordered (my friend shared an entree with his wife)
and the total price came out to around 1,800 pesos
(Four drinks, one appetizer, and two entrees).

The waiter was kind and spoke pretty good English.

You can also get a sun tan here and swim.
This place is quite during the weekday but gets very busy during the weekends.

 

[Potato_Salad]

This is more of a food report. Thanks Potato Salad. Thank you for giving us a different kind of trip report. I loved the pictures.

You're very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :classic: