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Czech expat in Dominican Republic
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Registration: 05 April 2015
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What has struck you the most culturally speaking in DR by drtuttle
Hi everyone Please feel free to tell us about your own experience, what has struck you the most in D.R. culturally speaking. It can be any funny experience, or something related to your everyday life, or of a social nature. In my personal case, ...
the NOISE and the fact that people cant live here without it. also the fact, that adult people have no basics of math or geography that any 12 years old child in Europe would have. Read More
reservations about living in the DR! by CJJC
Hi everyone, I too have been reading through many of the posts here for the last month or so and have found many of them to be extremely helpful, so thanks to all of you for your contributions. My reason for being here is that I spent 7 weeks in ...
you are not Tainos. they were murdered long time ago. you are mix of the most adventurous (and brutal, too) Spanish blood with African blood ;-) and who are the Australians ? hah.... Im Dominican. Hate to see you guys say "oh yeah youll get ... Read More
Record-breaking temperatures in Puerto Plata yesterday? by drtuttle
Puerto Plata reported a new record with the maximum temperature of 37.5°C yesterday, surpassing by one degree the previous record of 36.5°C set April 17, 1963. And the color in the air you could see yesterday similar to pollution was in ...
i'm leaving the house not earlier than 4pm, even for the beach.... too hot. Read More
planning to move to Cabarete - cost of living by therealsabra
Hi, I am planning to move to Cabarete to work at a non-profit pre-school starting next May (2015) or August. I am originally from Dallas, Texas and came to this forum while drafting a budget to figure out what my year in Cabarete will cost. So far, ...
have you visited by any chance Lake presa de Hatillo in Maimon ? How is it recently ? it is also beautiful region of DR. i remember driving Jarabacoa - Constanza road few years ago. excellent, new road...I remember also Manabao near Jarabacoa...nice ... Read More
Is there a place in the DR for expatriots who are not rich? by carlvelas
i have moved from new york city to santo domingo. i like the city but it's too crowded and costly and i would never try driving here. i want to explore other places to live in the dr that are not designed only for rich expatriots. from what i ...
what do you mean "not for rich" ? you can live everywhere in DR with 1,000 $/ month or less. even in Bavaro, east coast. OR in Santo Domingo. I see no problem in that. as for the traffic - usually the biggest cities are worst when it ... Read More
reservations about living in the DR! by CJJC
Hi everyone, I too have been reading through many of the posts here for the last month or so and have found many of them to be extremely helpful, so thanks to all of you for your contributions. My reason for being here is that I spent 7 weeks in ...
true in some areas Santiago and Puerto Plata are not far behind! :( Read More
planning to move to Cabarete - cost of living by therealsabra
Hi, I am planning to move to Cabarete to work at a non-profit pre-school starting next May (2015) or August. I am originally from Dallas, Texas and came to this forum while drafting a budget to figure out what my year in Cabarete will cost. So far, ...
make it 700 $/ month and if you speak Spanish, you will be totally fine. especially that you have dinners @ your school. heheh Read More
reservations about living in the DR! by CJJC
Hi everyone, I too have been reading through many of the posts here for the last month or so and have found many of them to be extremely helpful, so thanks to all of you for your contributions. My reason for being here is that I spent 7 weeks in ...
unless you go to buy drugs in some shady place in small town - I would say that most of them are completely safe during the day. I never had a problem anywhere in DR and generally speaking - I live here "close to dominican reality". I ... Read More
looking to buy business in DR by craig44
Hi members, I am new on here and excited to learn more from you that are already living here. My partner and I have been in the hotel business in Texas for many years. We are looking at some hotels there in different parts of the country. Of course ...
Hey, generally speaking - I would be very careful about it and very careful about doing business in DR. if you speak no Spanish, have no concept of local mentality and reality - I would suggest reconsidering your choices. as for hotel in Barahona ... Read More
reservations about living in the DR! by CJJC
Hi everyone, I too have been reading through many of the posts here for the last month or so and have found many of them to be extremely helpful, so thanks to all of you for your contributions. My reason for being here is that I spent 7 weeks in ...
generally speaking it is the same in Dominican Republic. only Santo Domingo can be really dangerous - the rest of the country not that much. there are also some "bad neighboorhods" in Santiago, but usually they are OK during the day - if ... Read More
reservations about living in the DR! by CJJC
Hi everyone, I too have been reading through many of the posts here for the last month or so and have found many of them to be extremely helpful, so thanks to all of you for your contributions. My reason for being here is that I spent 7 weeks in ...
CJJC: you will be fine...BUT.... maybe you should discover charms of this country to not come only for the charms of one person...as it is - RISKY. probably even more risky than these "safe issues" that you are so concerned about. well ... Read More
Translating Spanish only Dominican Websites by acadien175
Some Dominican websites are only in Spanish and challenge my limited language skills. I found that using Google Chrome as a web browser provides the ability to translate a web page from Spanish to English (The "A" ikon which appears on ...
being a little of topic: god damn,even if they would pay me, I would never use google chrome browser.... giving more power to Big Brother Corp. no idea why people do that... but whateverr...... Read More
Moving to the DR by BMorgan
Hi, can anyone advise me if American style Washing machines, Fridge freezers , coffee machines and other electrical appliances are available in the DR, and if so any idea of cost or websites where I could check this out.We are moving to Punta Cana ...
I would rather say that sometimes its even between 90-115 V :-D and sometimes there is no voltage at all. But there shouldnt be any problems with that in Las Terrenas as power is quite steady there...for that price, what would you expect... ;-) Plug ... Read More
What is so special about Cabarete & Sosua that most expat settle there by drtuttle
I have this curiosity since I went there once, while on vacation and It didn't impress me. I must admit that the place is gorgeous in terms of Wilderness. I have spent some time in the mountains with some friends when I returned to the Island ...
as I find nothing that interesting in Sosua and Cabarete - for me it is overrated. I may see few reasons why they go there: - because it is famous, and somebody told them or they red something about it - so it is a lemming- like rush ;-) - because ... Read More
call center by Sara Europe
hi to all. I was looking for some information about Dominican Republic and I find your blog... it's interesting and I think it will help me to have a better idea before moving there. I plan to open a call center in Santo Domingo and I need ...
nah, not really. your questions seemed just a little funny when I looked through the window....especially "well organised". oh sorry that i didnt post earlier, but we had 3 hours power outage, and still wonder why , because in Las Terrenas ... Read More