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I've also read reports and heard discussion saying that Dominican issued VISA cards are not accepted on the web by most companies and are not much good internationally. You'd think VISA would want to prevent it's brand from degrading into meaninglessness.

Fellas,

I am looking to rent a nice 3/4 Bedroom vill in Sosua/Cabarete that is chica friendly. I'm traveling with 2 other guys from 5/16-5/27.

There is alot of info on the internet and I am using a broker to find me a place as well. We'll have a car and I don't drink anymore, so as long as we are in close proximaty to the town, we'll be OK.

Any advice on nice places ranging from $200-300 per night?

Any places I should absolutely avoid?

Thanks in advance.

Casa Linda is off the main highway not too far past sosua. [url]http://www.casalindaonline.com/[/url]
Their top model is $130, $150 with tax for 3 BR/2Bth. Some have mature plantings that make the pool area secluded enough for naked chicas to roam free.

With the other 5000 pesos a day you just about afford to include the price of a chica for each bedroom in $300 per day.

Thanks Marc. I did look at Casa Linda, but larger villas were unavailable. Found a 3 BR/3 BA in Sol de Plata, looks nice. Booked it for 5/16-5/27.

Different, fun, and a doble finish!

Thanks guys for the info about travelers checks. Thank you Ponderosa for presenting the question. I will be making my first visit to the DR and to BBs in a few weeks. I have another question. Being a business owner I need to call my office once daily. I think it will be expensive to use my cell phone. So what is the best way to do this? Should I buy a phone card before I leave or after I arrive in POP? Should I use pay phones or can I use the phone at BBs?

LC.

Gents:

American Airlines are running some "specials" from Miami and Fort Lauderdale to a lot of the Caribbean starting from April 9th. (eg $158 MIA/SDQ return).

Not that American Airlines are special, though!

Suerte!

Polvo

AA cheapies from many gateways(MSP was only $550 with tax through JFK).

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Hi Leftcoaster,

I was at BBs a week ago and while there I bought a Verizon "Comunicard" phone card at the bar for 100 pesos. I forget how much time that grants me, but I was able to make at least two calls home with it. On the back of the card at the top you scratch off to reveal the code you will have to punch in. The instructions on the card are very small and in Spanish, but if you pick up the phone and dail 611 before punching in the phone card code you will hear instructions in English.

I hope this helps. Have fun!

For 30 min., it costs 600 pesos(almost $18 !)

[QUOTE=Leftcoaster]..... I have another question. Being a business owner I need to call my office once daily. I think it will be expensive to use my cell phone. So what is the best way to do this? Should I buy a phone card before I leave or after I arrive in POP? Should I use pay phones or can I use the phone at BBs?...LC.[/QUOTE]

Leftcoaster:

A lot of the phone data is contained in this post:
[post]547721[/post]

If you look 10 posts up and down from that point you will also see a lot of background info about calls from the DR.

Suerte!

Polvo

We were sitting in a very nice, established, Juan Dolio restaurant/bar, Guila's, watching the NCAA Finals. A local band had started playing about 10pm. Suddenly, 15 Policia surrounded the place. All with automatic rifles and sawed-off shotguns, flack jackets, and helmets. Everone ''froze''. They walked around the place in a menacing way. Finally, they seized the muscicians sound equipment, not the instruments. Half hour later, they drove away with the sound equipment. These fuckers risk everone's lives apparently over a loudness complaint!

[QUOTE=Chily]We were sitting in a very nice, established, Juan Dolio restaurant/bar, Guila's, watching the NCAA Finals. A local band had started playing about 10pm. Suddenly, 15 Policia surrounded the place. All with automatic rifles and sawed-off shotguns, flack jackets, and helmets. Everone ''froze''. They walked around the place in a menacing way. Finally, they seized the muscicians sound equipment, not the instruments. Half hour later, they drove away with the sound equipment. These fuckers risk everone's lives apparently over a loudness complaint![/QUOTE]

If you think the DR is scary, you should drive around the streets of Caracas at about 2am. Nobody around except - "coked-up rage club kids" and [b]"secuestradores"[/b]. You're happy to see a cop with an automatic weapon! ;)

Are you sure that it was all over a noise complaint? That seems alittle over the top even for SDQ. The policía nacional are famous for executing arrest warrants and such at off hours and in off-beat locations. Maybe the band members had outstanding "wants" for some sort of drug charges (or considering the arsenal of weapons the cops brought with them) - gun charges?

That seems more likely than anyone complaining about noise! I remember staying at the Hilton one night in SDQ and all-night long two guys parked a pick-up truck right on the Malecon (Ave George Washington) right in front of the hotel with huge 6 ft high amplifiers "perched" in the flat bed. For 3 straight hours (between 12-3am) these two guys blasted a collection of Bachata, Merengue, Joey Veras, Elvis Martinez, Sergio Vargas and Antonio Santos at about 130 decibels!:eek:

Half the guests of the Hilton were standing in the lobby screaming about the noise, but the management said that the truck was on public property, the policía nacional had been contacted and that they [the police] felt the music was "within acceptable levels" :confused:

(Acceptable for a 757 taking off, maybe)

Noise complaints are rare, might have been more to the story than you knew.

cheers............

I havent seen a sunny forecast for the DR since last winter. What is going on with the weather ?