[QUOTE=Frannie;1928115]... if you have a car. For example, you could easily stay in the hotel in Sosua, enjoy the restaurants and make sorties out to Montellano, Cabarete, Puerto Plata, Sabaneta, and so on.
[/QUOTE]Indeed, this woman lives with her family in Montellano! The problem is that to find that "rough diamond", one has to have patience and even then one may not get lucky. That hard luck bit happens to me often, with two in Boca Chica on this trip itself. Of course, for me, the attraction of Sosua, not unlike you and some others, is also the small town vibe, proximity of everything (though it was hard to walk in 100+ degrees this time) and the beach!