Deryl Fisher

Once you get to the DR,and just a word of warning No one says the Dominican. It is the Dominican Republic or DR or even RD as in Republica Dominicana, but once on island find some person to talk to in Spanish and pay them something to help you. A ... Read More

To the original question I believe I saw it in Sosua. On the main drag on the southside as one is getting oit of town toward Cabarete. I don't remember the name of the huge hardware building supply place, but do remember seeing PRX there Read More

It has been around for years in Europe I am told, but the first I ever saw of it in the USA myself was after Hurricane Katrina. One needs a couple of hundred dollars of crimping tools and other PEX specific tools, but it is a quick and easy method ... Read More

I use duolingo too. They tell me I am 48 % fluent in Portuguese without ever having presented how to count to 10, nor any past tense, nor future tense. But i do enjoy my daily lessons and have no need of using the language. My Spanish is quite ... Read More

This may not be the very best place for language training. Dominican Spanish is way off center as far as professional Spanish. Like my Mexican friend said when he goes to the Dom Rep he leaves the letter s at home because he knows he will have no ... Read More

That is the way it goes anywhere. In Miami I had a total of probably 8 different doctors and dentists working for me doing unskilled work such as painting because their doctor's credentials were not accepted from their country of origin. Most ... Read More

My own self I never arrove in the DR until I was already retired. I have done a bit of writing since then and sold a couple of pieces, but didn't need proof of qualifications for that. Dingo El Gringo Read More

I really like the Monument to the restoration in Santiago. Whenever I have others in my car and they want to know where to go I take them there. It is beautiful and a part of the history of the country I have adopted. Dingo Read More

A year or more ago the program was started called regularization for people who were in the country without residency and overstaying their visa. It referred to people there since 2011 if I remember correctly. So I filled out the initial ... Read More

It all depends on what one wishes to eat. I too was totally confused by how could Dominicans even live with their income of less than $500 USD per month, I couldn't. But I did find that if I bought my veggies from a truck tha cruised thru the ... Read More

Hello bikerchick. It is generally said that if you don't have an income from outside it is foolish to try to move to the Dominican Republic. wages here are low enuff as to be nonexistent. I was offered a job teaching English for 9,500 pesos ... Read More

Kind of like a guarantee? What is that? I buy light bulbs here and they warn me I should try them out before leaving the store. Read More

Transportation is basically cheap here. You can live a few miles from the beach and arrive there in a carro publico for less than a dollar in 10 minutes or so. Check out www.suncampdr for places for rent for $200.00 monthly and up. She has ... Read More

I buy my monthly meds at any local farmacia. The month's supply for 5 drugs comes to 1400 pesos, back in Tennessee it is about $40.00 so a bit cheaper here with no shippin charge, but mine are very common meds. Metformin, simvastatin amlodipin ... Read More