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[Nicko]

I am trying to plan a trip into Dominican saw some cheaper flights and saw some expensive. Just want to know where is the best place to fly into. Dont want to fly in and be far away from all the action. Also not being familiar with the area and not knowing spanish so I thought I would ask. Santo Domingo was the cheaper one is that a good city to go to? Is it good to fly into and go to a closer city? what are my best options for a first timer to the Island.

[Prtyr2]

The difference in cost is quite a bit. Caribe tours is under 10 bucks while taxi may be $150 or more. email www.taxidominicano.com for a current price.

If you have been to the DR before or speak decent spanish, Caribe Tours is fine.
A taxi from SDQ to Caribe Tours would probably cost $25-$30, Caribe Tours to Sosua under $10. . . . .

Obviously travel time by taxi is a bit shorter but Caribe tours runs buses to Sosua every hour and the bus only makes 4 stops. La Vega, Santiago for 2 stops, and then Puerto Plata before hitting Sosua. Then you can take a taxi from Caribe tours into El batey in Sosua which is where the main drag is. . . or if you are traveling light, take a moto concho.

[Lotech]

I'm weighing taking Caribe Tours vs. Taxi from SDQ to Sosua. Does anyone know costs and travel time for each ? Any preferences?

Thanks

[New World Order]

Plan B? I think I am up to plan k. . . . .lol. . . .if I move back down it will be pretty tough to keep juggling. . .. .but I think I have a plan!

Plan K? SWEEEET!!!!

It's always go to plan ahead!!!

[Prtyr2]

Plan B? I think I am up to plan k. . . . .lol. . . .if I move back down it will be pretty tough to keep juggling. . .. .but I think I have a plan!

[New World Order]

Hey buddy

Well, at least you have a Plan B with this girl.

The girls in the DR go over the cell phone menu so well!!! lol

He he he he. . .on my last trip I flew into STI and took caribe tours to SDQ. . . .then a few days later caribe tours to Sosua. Stayed in Sosua a week and took Caribe tours back to SDQ and finally the day before my flight home caribe tours back to STI. . . .

In Sosua I had an amiga from STI come up and spend the day with me at the beach. . .she went home the same night but when I went to meet her at the bus stop a cute chica got off right before she did. . . .

When I was leaving to go to SDQ, I got on the bus and sat in the second seat as the bus was still empty. 2 seconds later the cutey that was on the same bus as my amiga sat next to me. . . the bus was EMPTY so I knew the deal. . . .

I was just watching out the window on our trip but my new friend kept starting a conversation. Asking me where I was from, where I was staying etc. She went to Sosua for a job interview but didn't like the place so was headed back to SDQ.

She tried to et off the bus in POP to get some food and offered to buy me breakfast. I said no thanks plus the driver wouldn't let her off the bus. At the first stop in STI we both got off the bus. I bought some munchies and she bought lunch. . . .once back on the bus she said I should take her cell number and call her once I am in SDQ. . . .I started putting my hand in my pocket to get my cell and she handed me a piece of paper with her number already written on it. Smooth. . . .

Later on I made a cell call and she asked me my number. . . .I played dumb and said I just bought the phone used and didn't even know my number. She took the phone went through the menu and entered my number in her cell. . . . lol. . .

I never called her as I was busy getting to know a nice girl I had met on a previous trip but she called me four times. . . . .

caribe tours certainly has potential. . . .

[Prtyr2]

I do not know if the buses stop at the airport. But the trip is around 5 hours.

Caribe bus has a restroom and a movie.

If you are lucky, you might bump into a girl in the bus and she might keep you busy.

He he he he. . .on my last trip I flew into STI and took caribe tours to SDQ. . . .then a few days later caribe tours to Sosua. Stayed in Sosua a week and took Caribe tours back to SDQ and finally the day before my flight home caribe tours back to STI. . . .

In Sosua I had an amiga from STI come up and spend the day with me at the beach. . .she went home the same night but when I went to meet her at the bus stop a cute chica got off right before she did. . . .

When I was leaving to go to SDQ, I got on the bus and sat in the second seat as the bus was still empty. 2 seconds later the cutey that was on the same bus as my amiga sat next to me. . . the bus was EMPTY so I knew the deal. . . .

I was just watching out the window on our trip but my new friend kept starting a conversation. Asking me where I was from, where I was staying etc. She went to Sosua for a job interview but didn't like the place so was headed back to SDQ.

She tried to et off the bus in POP to get some food and offered to buy me breakfast. I said no thanks plus the driver wouldn't let her off the bus. At the first stop in STI we both got off the bus. I bought some munchies and she bought lunch. . . .once back on the bus she said I should take her cell number and call her once I am in SDQ. . . .I started putting my hand in my pocket to get my cell and she handed me a piece of paper with her number already written on it. Smooth. . . .

Later on I made a cell call and she asked me my number. . . .I played dumb and said I just bought the phone used and didn't even know my number. She took the phone went through the menu and entered my number in her cell. . . . lol. . .

I never called her as I was busy getting to know a nice girl I had met on a previous trip but she called me four times. . . . .

caribe tours certainly has potential. . . .

[Prtyr2]

Good info on domestic flights. Domestic flights are out of Herrera airport. They are not scheduled too regularly. . . .only a few flights per day etc. so while the flight may be only 3045 minutes if you need to wait 2 hours for the next flight. . .Caribe Tours doesn't look so bad!

I would like to take one of the Domestic Flights to Samana as that is harder to reach than POP etc. . . . .

heck I just checked their schedule and they don't even fly to POP. They only fly to Samana Portillo. Since Caribe Tours has buses leaving every hour for POP and costs less than 10 bucks. . . .

[Travel Addict]

Received several PM's about domestic flights in the DR
Most days, you can fly anywhere in the DR for about 80-100usd, there are several small airlines that fly twin engine prop planes. Flight times are 30 minutes to one hour. Baggage is a little restricted. If you are traveling alone, this makes more sense than taking a 5 hour, $120 cab by yourself from one end of the island to the other, e.g. from Sto Domingo to Puerto Plata or Sosua, but of course the bus is much cheaper. Depends on how you value your time and comfort. Note that the International airport in Sto Domingo is NOT the same as the domestic airport, about a $20 cab ride from one to the other, but the domestic a/p is actually closer to DT Sto Domingo, about an $8 cab ride from the Malecon area. See:

http://www.aerodomca.com/English/english.html

[Mister]

Fron Santo Domingo Airport, how would I catch the Caribe Bus to Sosua? Do the buses stop at the airport? How long is the trip?

Get a taxi from the airport to the Caribe Tours bus stop. Might cost about 200-300 pesos. I dont "think" they stop at the airport, but that would be nice if they did. You can always ask personnel at the airport. It is 5 hours and the ride will cost about 280 pesos one way.

What day do you arrive in Sosua?

MISTER NYC

[Travel Addict]

Keep in mind, local flights within the DR are about $90 each way, in a prop plane. Kinda fun, and you get to skip the AWFUL bus rides.

[New World Order]

Fron Santo Domingo Airport, how would I catch the Caribe Bus to Sosua? Do the buses stop at the airport? How long is the trip?

I do not know if the buses stop at the airport. But the trip is around 5 hours.

Caribe bus has a restroom and a movie.

If you are lucky, you might bump into a girl in the bus and she might keep you busy.

[Lotech]

Fron Santo Domingo Airport, how would I catch the Caribe Bus to Sosua? Do the buses stop at the airport? How long is the trip?

[New World Order]

Keep a keen eye brotha! I mean, almost every girl I've tatooed in Sosua over my last 5 visits talks to me about her novia and how they are coming to see them and sending them money, yada yada yada. I always use that as an excuse to pay them less!

Anyhow, keep a keen eye...its hard to love these girls...especially from a place like Sosua...not to sound prejudiced, but its like loving a girl from a terma in Rio...can you turn a ho into a housewife...not my kind of endeavor. At first hint of asking for the paper...bounce. They want that love story sh*t, but at the end of the day, they want money...or 'security' which can be translated into long-term money.

Now if she worked in a supermarket, that's different!

McDonalds as well.

Good advice.

[Monger 3]

The way look at it she hasnt asked for anything yet, but if she does i probably would send her 100us or 150us just to see if she asks for it again that little bit of money will buy a piece of mind and know what you are dealing with "if walks like a duck and quacks like a duck its a duck". If she starts with that "mi Bambinos/madre sick BS" i will really be disappointed becase she had me question this thing.I would hope she would be more original and come up with at least something I could at least post and say "thats is some original shit". Also I havent really lost anythig all the times that i have come to the DR and she has cooked sucked and fucked me. I am coming out of it at about a $4-$10us a day and that is if ever send her anything. It is a no lose situation. I will enjoy the ride but i never close my eyes.

Keep a keen eye brotha! I mean, almost every girl I've tatooed in Sosua over my last 5 visits talks to me about her novia and how they are coming to see them and sending them money, yada yada yada. I always use that as an excuse to pay them less!

Anyhow, keep a keen eye...its hard to love these girls...especially from a place like Sosua...not to sound prejudiced, but its like loving a girl from a terma in Rio...can you turn a ho into a housewife...not my kind of endeavor. At first hint of asking for the paper...bounce. They want that love story sh*t, but at the end of the day, they want money...or 'security' which can be translated into long-term money.

Now if she worked in a supermarket, that's different!