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 by quartinb
being at Punta Cana, going to Isla saona, is the must do activity tip.
a tourist bus travels from Bavaro beach, where i was, to Bahyahibe, and there, a small launch boat, takes you to the island.
all the way tipical south american scenes to snapshot and really a trip to remember.
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 by quartinb
several options are offered to yu when yu arrive at the resort, and everyday they take yu to visit a town or other points of interest.
of course those tours are taken by bus in land or by boat if u choose to go to an island with other tourists. amazing tours and wonderfull sites that u can visit, if you go there not only for the resting thing. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 there are 4 people on this
moped, room for 1 more! by jodssmile
Many potholes, crazy /fast driving. Little mopeds and motorcycles with up to 5 people on them whiz by.
(Don't be surprised to see motoconcho with propane gas tank on bike fly by you!)
Everyone in big hurry and proud to pass even when no room to do so.
Let the locals drive, you'll be glad you did.
They honk often to warn others and the country makes their own rules.
Because of frequent power outages, street lights not common.(And if have, usually not in use).
Their are taxi drivers and mini-buses or shuttles to take you where you need to go.
Recommend you let locals do the driving. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Bus by micas_pt
For traveling around during the stay, we also used some kind of buses: one was very touristy and bright coloured (see the photo) and there was merengue playing loudly - this was an organized tour.
Some other day we decided to visit a local city (actually the capital city of San Juan Province, which is Higuey) and used public transportation. Some say that usually it isn’t recommended to leave the resort on your own, but we had no problem at all. Public buses are very cheap, but take a long time to get to destination as there seems to be no rush or stress in local people to be in schedule. It is all much laid back, which feels so good on holiday time. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 by Spinka
The horses will help you to pass the greater lenght of the distance, but at the end you will have to walk by your own.
Views you will se on your way and the and a bath you will take when you reach the waterfall will recompense all the efforts... Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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 Beach by micas_pt
There are several kinds of boat in Dominican Republic, particularly on the organized tours. I made 3 boat trips: all different from each other, varying from an almost artesian boat to a bigger one that transported lots of people on two decks.
I got the idea that is easy to find locals with motor boats that for some euros or dollars will “drive” you around.
When sailing/traveling by boat don't forget to use a very high spf. Leave a Comment Theme: Ship/Boat
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 Beaches by micas_pt
On our way back to Portugal, we waited for our flight at the lounge (the flight was late). There are no screens showing the flights. They announce them loud in (bad) English. Sometimes it occurred to me that I might my “call"! Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 Las Américas airport to the
left, seen from space by marielexoteria, 1 more photos
- Aeropuerto Internacional Las Américas (SDQ) in Santo Domingo.
- Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao (STI) in Santiago.
- Aeropuerto Internacional de Gregorio Luperón (POP): in Sosúa, Puerto Plata province.
- Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana (PUJ)
- Aeropuerto Internacional de La Romana (LRM).
- Aeropuerto Internacional El Catey (AZS) in Samaná.
- Aeropuerto Internacional La Isabela in Santo Domingo.
- Aeropuerto Internacional Arroyo Barril (EPS) in Samaná. Theme: Airplane
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Caribe Tours and Metro are the biggest bus lines that travel across the country. They both have air conditioned, comfortable buses. They used to serve wafers and coffee before but I don't know if they still do nowadays. Competitive prices.
Some routes will make a few stops on the places where most people travel to.
There are more "informal" buses, minibuses, that travel back and forth between most cities. They're cheaper than Caribe Tours and Metro but they're not as comfortable. There's 2 kinds of these: those who are "express" and those who will stop wherever a passenger winks at them to stop or wherever someone is getting off. Those minibuses have a guy that stands on the exit, called "cobrador" and his job is to collect the fare. On the stop-basically-everywhere minibuses they'll hang half his body outside the door and yell the route they're traveling. They signal the driver by knocking on the bus once or twice.
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 TAXI by REYNALDOPICHARDO
This service is highly affordable, since it's actually used by the locals primarely, and covers the entire national territory as well, however, since these services originate in the major cities and towns, once you reach your destination if in the case of a rural town, as soon as the taxi returns to it's base, it will cost you extra to have them pick you up again at that destination, so if possible you must discuss for retrival during your trip there.
There're two types of taxis, one is private which in the case of hotels and villas operate under that place of business guidelines or are directly hired and maintained by them, and there're those public which are independantly owned and operated by drivers themselves. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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