Puerto Plata

[Darelax]

Looking to see if someone has quality entertainment or inside information to set up a birthday party in late August in PoP. Looking for high quality but not an insane USA pricing guide. Thanks!

Air tickets, accommodation and the party is cheaper in DR than just the party in the USA? That's great!

[Charles Pooter]

Looking to see if someone has quality entertainment or inside information to set up a birthday party in late August in PoP. Looking for high quality but not an insane USA pricing guide. Thanks!

Late August may be OK, but I would not commit yourselves for a month or two to see how the pandemic goes. A local flare-up (as is happening in so many areas, including the USA) and things could still be totally or partially shut-down. It will not be much of a party if you and the chicas have to wear masks and stay two metres apart.

I am a bit confused as to your intended location. POP is a small airport with no hotels or entertainment suites, so I assume you do not mean there.

Do you mean anywhere within reasonable travelling distance of the airport, in which case Sosua would be a likely venue? If you mean Puerto Plata City (abbreviation is Pto Pta) then the two obvious venues are Blackbeards or Oasis. Oasis is not generally recommended, but if you have a sizable party you will have the muscle to make it work for you. You could stay onsite or in one of the many hotels or rental properties in Playa Dorada, which is walking distance from Oasis.

Guys do not come to the Dominican Republic for "high quality". I live here and it is a third-world shit-hole (but a lot of fun). They come for "value for money".

[OnePocketWill]

Looking to see if someone has quality entertainment or inside information to set up a birthday party in late August in PoP. Looking for high quality but not an insane USA pricing guide. Thanks!

[Oakie]

(QUOTE=Oakie;2458373]Improvement.

Deaths have flat lined in the neighborhood of 500.).

Unfortunely the numbers given by the goverment don't provide reasons to feel good about it. As of today, 6/15/20, the number of deaths went over 600 and the new cases reported are increasing at a faster rate than ever before. The authorities have to choose between people starving or trying to limit the spread. I don't think they will be able or willing to shut the economy again any more than the governors in the US SouthWest will in spite of the reported increase of cases. We are not out of the woods by any means and nobody knows how all of this will end.

The country is still under strict curfew, and nobody is "feeling" good about the problem.

But feelings aside, deaths are a lagging indicator, and new cases are in fact declining, according to the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology.

"The fatality RATE continues to decline and as of Bulletin #87 is at 2. 58%. ".

Previous bulletin results have been:

Bulletin #87:22,572 confirmed cases, 390 new cases, 592 deaths.

Bulletin #86:22,572 confirmed cases, 564 new cases, 577 deaths.

Bulletin #85:22,008 confirmed cases, 571 new cases, 568 deaths.

Bulletin #84:21,437 confirmed cases, 629 new cases, 561 deaths.

And yes, we do know how this will end. This pandemic will end, like all pandemics. With today's available medical technology, the unprecedented extreme co-ordinated global response, treatment, and an eventual vaccine.

It's just a matter of time.

In the meantime, stay safe!

[Yonkers44]

(QUOTE=Oakie;2458373]Improvement.

Deaths have flat lined in the neighborhood of 500.).

Unfortunely the numbers given by the goverment don't provide reasons to feel good about it. As of today, 6/15/20, the number of deaths went over 600 and the new cases reported are increasing at a faster rate than ever before. The authorities have to choose between people starving or trying to limit the spread. I don't think they will be able or willing to shut the economy again any more than the governors in the US SouthWest will in spite of the reported increase of cases. We are not out of the woods by any means and nobody knows how all of this will end.

[Questner]

While on boarding obviously and on a tarmac aircon system doesn't work like during the flight.

[Tempoecorto]

I am not worried about the flying part. Funman13.

I am attaching a picture today from today's NYT. Do I want to be part of a sci-fi?

The problem here is that there are states where there are spikes. This means there is no guarantee that someone asymptotic from Florida would not hop on the plane I am, which would be a problem despite the better air filters, airlines are speaking of. Also the issue of the health of the airline crew, who do this for a living. The other thing is quarantine on the way back. Clearly, for those that travel to Brazil, it is going to be an interesting one.

[YyzTravel]

Lots of hungry chicas to be had from your smart phone.

Stay safe!

Exactly what I'm looking to hear.

[Zeos1]

Those are strong words. Please elaborate. What is hygiene in this case? What is special about airplanes when compared to other places that you cannot contract the virus there if you practice hygiene? So why didn't everyone just climb into airplanes and start practicing hygiene in order to avoid this entire ordeal if what you are saying is the truth? Where is an easy place to contract it if not inside a plane? Can you go to these easy places and practice hygiene and not be able to contract it there as well? Is the place or hygiene or both the key to not contracting it? So I can be sitting inside a metal tube for 12 hours with recycled air among 10 people with the virus and cannot catch it because I was practicing hygiene?

You will not get it through "recycled air". Especially in a plane as the air is filtered as it is recycled, and this only moves in conjunction with water droplets. So hygiene is distance from people, masks, handwashing, touching surfaces.

So yes, if the person beside you was shedding virus heavily there would be risk, but if everyone kept masks on and were perfect in hygiene risk would be low. But I wouldn't want to be that person because I've been two seats away from someone sneezing and wheezing. Stressful. And to ensure that everyone follows all hygiene guidelines. It will never happen.

[Mr Enternational]

You cannot contract the virus inside a plane if you practice hygiene. If it's easy to contract the virus inside a plane, all airlines would have been shut down.

Those are strong words. Please elaborate. What is hygiene in this case? What is special about airplanes when compared to other places that you cannot contract the virus there if you practice hygiene? So why didn't everyone just climb into airplanes and start practicing hygiene in order to avoid this entire ordeal if what you are saying is the truth? Where is an easy place to contract it if not inside a plane? Can you go to these easy places and practice hygiene and not be able to contract it there as well? Is the place or hygiene or both the key to not contracting it? So I can be sitting inside a metal tube for 12 hours with recycled air among 10 people with the virus and cannot catch it because I was practicing hygiene?

[FunMan13]

There are two sets of situations: NYC and when it allows International travel (with or without quarantine on return) and secondly, the DR. As we speak, the US is reporting spikes in several states and so I think it is going to be a toss up and in the end, it is going to be your call based on how comfortable you will feel rubbing shoulders while flying.

Hi Tempoecorto,

I am not worried about the flying part. I was in 6 Asian countries from last December to February. I flew back to USA in mid February. Then I made a round trip to Singapore in the third week of March, just days before the airports were shut down. You cannot contract the virus inside a plane if you practice hygiene. If it's easy to contract the virus inside a plane, all airlines would have been shut down.

But your point about NYC is valid. They may not allow international travel. Heck, I may not even be allowed to travel to NYC from Texas. I have to keep staying on top of the fluid situation. But Thank you for your insight.

Funman13.

[FunMan13]

I will wait and see. I will check out the Sosua Thread too.

Funman13.

[Oakie]

It's been a month since Oakie's report. Any sign of improvement? Or worse? I still have the air ticket to come from NYC in the last week of July. Thanks.

Improvement.

Deaths have flat lined in the neighborhood of 500.

DR is in Phase 2 of gradual re-opening.

Curfew is reduced to 8 pm to 5 am, until June 27th, but SOE extended to June 30th.

Public transportation is allowed, with extra space required, and fewer passengers, (but resulting in longer wait times).

Businesses are open, salons, general stores. Even La Pulgas.

Churches re-opened.

Schools scheduled to open August 24.

Gyms to reopen July 5.

PP Airport to re-open July 4.

Hotels and AB&BS are taking reservations.

In my favorite barrio, Domingo Sociale is unaffected, plastic chairs lined up on the street by the colmado, no masks, no spacing, beer shared.

Some restaurants doing good business with back room bars.

More begging on the street, but fruit is cheap and plentiful, bananas are almost free, and free mangos are growing everywhere around town.

Lots of hungry chicas to be had from your smart phone.

Stay safe!

[Tempoecorto]

It's been a month since Oakie's report. Any sign of improvement? Or worse? I still have the air ticket to come from NYC in the last week of July. Thanks.

There are two sets of situations: NYC and when it allows International travel (with or without quarantine on return) and secondly, the DR. As we speak, the US is reporting spikes in several states and so I think it is going to be a toss up and in the end, it is going to be your call based on how comfortable you will feel rubbing shoulders while flying.

[FunMan13]

It's been a month since Oakie's report. Any sign of improvement? Or worse? I still have the air ticket to come from NYC in the last week of July. Thanks.