James Saunders Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Has anyone been recently ?? whats it like please ?? Cheers James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug phillips Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 It depends wear you are going, we went there 8 years ago (for our honeymoon) (sick) and it was very good. So good that we have booked to go to the same place this October, let me know which resort you have booked. PS when we were last, there we spoke to a young couple who had booked a cheep holiday there, and were awoke at 5AM each morning by the shouts of pain from the local jail. It was just behind the swimming pool, ( they beat them up there, jail is rough). What you have to remember is that it’s a 3rd world country. If you smoke……. fags are very cheep, but if like me you smoke cigars buy them at home. ( I know that they make them out there but what a price……..). Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mav Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 My sister went to the Dominican for her honeymoon. She enjoyed although everyone suffered with stomach bugs. She came back a nice tanned shade though. She did say if you go out of the resorts the people are very poor looking with very little of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyPandy Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Malaria prophylaxis is dead cheap-about £2.50 will cover a 2 week holiday. That's all I know I'm afraid teeth.gif Superlight 143 teeth.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 It's about 6 years since I've been there but it was fantastic at the time. I think a lot depends on what you like. I stayed in Cabarete? east of Puerto Platta which is one of the best windsurfing spots anywhere- big waves, lots of wind in the afternoon etc Mountain biking is also very good and tours/bike hire easy to sort out. Really cheap,really friendly place. I think there is also one of those all inclusive places( Sandals?) somewhere but never done that side of things. MikeW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug phillips Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Yes,.......... the people are very poor, the kids in the small towns love it if you give them pens and pencils( for there school work). The biggest thing out there is baseball, it’s a ticket to the USA if you are any good. When I say small towns, I mean mud huts with bamboo leave roofs. The strange thing is that a lot of them have sat dishes to watch USA soaps, and each week they will take a truck battery into town to get it re-charged…. Which lasts the whole week. It looks very strange to see a mud hut with a sat dish on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morls Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Hello it's Karen I went about 5 year's ago... The diving was wonderful and the people very smiley. The weather was funny. Very warm with grey clouds. Rain for one hour every day which then evaporates in very little time. Don't eat or drink anything with ice in. The locals expect a little change in exchange for carrying bags and things. The unpleasant prisons rely on a system of "your family bring food or you starve". Prisonable offences include possesion of cannabis and interaction with the local street girls (pimped by the police). There are lots of big American pimp taxis which drive around the potholes and occasionaly corpses draped with palm leavessad.gif Things to do... Jeep Safari, Horse riding, (the aforementioned) Diving, casino-ing and taking in the scenery. In summary... Good, late deal was cheap, tan-tastic. Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morls Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 You can go diving, jeep safari and Horse riding in Robin Hoods Bay. And safely eat the icesmile.gif And go Llama tekkingsmile.gif The locals are a bit funny tho wink.gif Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Saunders Posted June 17, 2002 Author Share Posted June 17, 2002 Thanks for info ... keep em coming ... ! James CATERHAMWEBid=black> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Elizabeth Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 The fish and chips are better near Robin Hoods Bay as well (I hope the Magpie Cafe is still going strong Mark ?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Howe Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 The dove shooting is highly rated but don't take your own gun - hire a cheapo automatic as you will shoot it to bits and the auto takes the strain JH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesA Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 There is a terrific resort called Casa de Campo, no food bugs no problems and two really great golf courses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morls Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 The magpie Cafe... thumbsup.gif The queue is probably about 100ft long today, as the replica of Captain Cook's Endevour is sailing back into town, from Austrailia. It looks very grand moored up off Sandsend surrounded by smaller boats. As local peoplewink.gif, we wait for a rainy Tuesday in winter to avoid the queue. The Magpie's fish, and veiw across the harbour, is tongue.gifsmile.gif, although recently a vote on whitbyites.com decreed that Riverside Fisheries had the best mushy peas. Mark (Ilike food smile.gif ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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