Reality check
When will Canucks discover Swedish saunas? It's a lot cheaper and more convenient to go to it for your daily self-inflicted torture. At least you can leave just before you pass out from the heat and humidity. That way you save thousands of Canadian dollars over going somewhere else for the experience. You could even install an ultraviolet lamp in it for sunburn. That way you don't have to spend the remaining 2 weeks of your trip under an A/C (if there's even electricity). You could also drink dirty water while in the sauna to get the trots later and remind yourself what a good trip you had. Don't forget the boom box, either, or other noise maker (your lawn mower parked inside, running wide open, for example, for street noise). You can even locate your sauna in Skid Row for the added suspense of never knowing whether it will get broken into, even with bars over the windows.
As for flu, Dominicans are world champs at having it (or saying they do). And you don't have to worry about dengue fever or malaria in Canada. Most flu seems to originate in the tropics anyway, such as Hong Kong. Maybe winter flu has more to do with the scarcity of fresh veggies than the weather itself, or the lifestyle of confinement with poor ventilation, both factors of which we can at least partially control for ourselves (even if no one else listens).
As for women, Dominicanas are below average, no offense truly intended. Those bottoms that somebody mentioned are usually oversized by a "wide" margin. Very few of them are 10's, in fact I'm not sure that I've ever seen a 10 in the DR. Look at the news clips from Iraq, for example, and notice the difference. (AZB, why in the world did you leave such beautiful women in your part of the world? Even your female politicians, such as Benazir Bhutto, are beautiful). Or even watch the novelas (how can you escape them?) with models from Venezuela or wherever (but not the DR). Dominicanas are not cheap, either, since they ALWAYS want money, and in typical Dominican fashion under perform and over charge as much as they can get away with (and steal anything they can behind your back). Yes, admittedly the DR is a lot closer than Scandinavia (where they're free) or the Far East (where they aim to please), but sometimes one could even go to those places for the same airfare as to the DR. Closer to home, a man could have more fun for less money and MUCH less hassle (air travel, etc.) by going to Nuevo Laredo, Juarez, or Tijuana.
Right now, it's trendy to go to the DR. Ex US presidents find it as obligatory to be photo'd golfing in the DR as it was to go to church while in office. When anything is in the stampede phase, all news is good news. Even things like power blackouts and dodging bullets is hyped as "adventure" and simply adds to the attraction.
When a stampede is in progress, all one can do is get out of the way so as not to be trampled. Anyone for a $100 cabbage patch doll? How about for stinking tennis shoes made for 25 cents but endorsed by a trendy sports star?
What I'm writing will be ignored by 99% of the readers. I'm writing to the 1%.
"Remember where you are (at)" !!
When will Canucks discover Swedish saunas? It's a lot cheaper and more convenient to go to it for your daily self-inflicted torture. At least you can leave just before you pass out from the heat and humidity. That way you save thousands of Canadian dollars over going somewhere else for the experience. You could even install an ultraviolet lamp in it for sunburn. That way you don't have to spend the remaining 2 weeks of your trip under an A/C (if there's even electricity). You could also drink dirty water while in the sauna to get the trots later and remind yourself what a good trip you had. Don't forget the boom box, either, or other noise maker (your lawn mower parked inside, running wide open, for example, for street noise). You can even locate your sauna in Skid Row for the added suspense of never knowing whether it will get broken into, even with bars over the windows.
As for flu, Dominicans are world champs at having it (or saying they do). And you don't have to worry about dengue fever or malaria in Canada. Most flu seems to originate in the tropics anyway, such as Hong Kong. Maybe winter flu has more to do with the scarcity of fresh veggies than the weather itself, or the lifestyle of confinement with poor ventilation, both factors of which we can at least partially control for ourselves (even if no one else listens).
As for women, Dominicanas are below average, no offense truly intended. Those bottoms that somebody mentioned are usually oversized by a "wide" margin. Very few of them are 10's, in fact I'm not sure that I've ever seen a 10 in the DR. Look at the news clips from Iraq, for example, and notice the difference. (AZB, why in the world did you leave such beautiful women in your part of the world? Even your female politicians, such as Benazir Bhutto, are beautiful). Or even watch the novelas (how can you escape them?) with models from Venezuela or wherever (but not the DR). Dominicanas are not cheap, either, since they ALWAYS want money, and in typical Dominican fashion under perform and over charge as much as they can get away with (and steal anything they can behind your back). Yes, admittedly the DR is a lot closer than Scandinavia (where they're free) or the Far East (where they aim to please), but sometimes one could even go to those places for the same airfare as to the DR. Closer to home, a man could have more fun for less money and MUCH less hassle (air travel, etc.) by going to Nuevo Laredo, Juarez, or Tijuana.
Right now, it's trendy to go to the DR. Ex US presidents find it as obligatory to be photo'd golfing in the DR as it was to go to church while in office. When anything is in the stampede phase, all news is good news. Even things like power blackouts and dodging bullets is hyped as "adventure" and simply adds to the attraction.
When a stampede is in progress, all one can do is get out of the way so as not to be trampled. Anyone for a $100 cabbage patch doll? How about for stinking tennis shoes made for 25 cents but endorsed by a trendy sports star?
What I'm writing will be ignored by 99% of the readers. I'm writing to the 1%.
"Remember where you are (at)" !!
Maybe that's the 1% you?re talking about?