The Dominican Republic The Real Truth

A carribean paradise or a haven for corruption.

White sandy shore lines and beautiful reasonably priced all-inclusive beach resorts.The Dominican Republic can offer you best vacation of your life.

If you plan to get outside of your hotel room a good tour guide can be worth money.

For a retirement destination it can be risky because economy is very unstable and dollars yo yo has left American products at about 10 times their prices in United States.When dollar started going up from about 19 to 1 to 57 to 1 you could see merchants in stores and supermarkets raising there prices every five minutes. But when dollar dropped from 57 back to 27 to 1 stores owners didn’t notice and just sat in there offices and forgot to lower prices. The Dominican people are close to starving to death because of prices of food in stores. Which also equates to extremely high prices for a person vacationing in dollars or living in dollars in Dominican Republic. The tourist can get around gastly prices by simply staying in an all-inclusive resourt. I had a stomach ache after eating my favorite peanut butter and fried banana sandwhich and went to buy a bottle of Pepto Bismol that cost $1.98 back home and I had to pay $15 dollars. That gives you an idea of how prices are set.

For a bachelor looking for a girlfriend or wife, there is no place better. The Dominican Republic has many available beautiful women. And I don’t say beautiful lightly. The Dominican Republic holds crown for Miss Universe. Amelia Vega was crowned Miss Universe in 2003. To avoid wrong girl again bachelor looking for that special girl needs that special tour guide who is also a professional matchmaker. These beautiful girls are readily available but you have to know how and where to look for them. Again you have to have right professional guide for job. See resource box listed below.

Getting around . You will need military version of Humvee. I couldn’t imagine any worse roads in world. You can go into most exquisite areas in Dominican Republic where their wealthy live and you will find mud roads with deep holes in roads. The wealthy have no respect for their communities. Trash , Dominicans aren’t happy if they don’t have some trash in street. Even in most exclusive areas.

The people. The nicest people in world. They are kind, friendly and beautiful people. They seem to love Americans.They have an American raised and educated President. He was born in Dominican Republic but raised and educated in New York.

A tropical vacation usually evokes images of images of sultry summer days lounging on beach and soft breezes caressing you in evenings while you sip a drink in evenings. There are so many wonderful tropical vacation packages that give you just that in Mexico, but if you’d like to take it to next level, consider traveling to interior as well and experience full spectrum of nature’s glory. Tropical also means exotic plants, gorgeous birds and chattering monkeys, mountain cliffs and amazing wildlife!

Jungle and Tropical Rainforest Vacations

Ecotourism is one of most incredible adventures you can embark on in Mexico and other tropical areas of world. These eco adventures give you opportunity to see and hear things you would never be able to experience outside of a zoo or museum. In tropical regions of world there are jungles and rain forests that shelter an amazing array of plants and animals that are colorful, unique and exotic.

Traveling with an experienced guide through interior of a rainforest or jungle will bring you into a world where time has stood still for thousands of years. Imagine trekking along a stretch of sandy beach your first day, then heading spending next few days in a rainforest where brilliantly plumed parrots fly overhead, calling to one another and flashing feathers of emerald, ruby and gold. The chatter of monkeys as they swing overhead will delight your group as your guide explains delicate balance of Mexico’s ecosystem.

There are coral reefs to explore, natural springs and underwater rivers with stunning rock formations and always crystalline waters of Caribbean Sea.

In evenings you’ll view glorious sunsets from atop majestic Mayan ruins or high natural ridges, all part of protected heritage of Mexican people. The warm breezes will sweep away humidity of your jungle day as you relax with your small group of fellow travelers, suspended in time under a brilliant blanket of stars.

Challenge Yourself in Tropics

If you’re up to something a bit more physical, tropical vacations offer a vast range of topographies for every activity from mountain biking to scuba diving. The mountains of Yucatan Peninsula offer extremely challenging mountain biking trails and hiking opportunities for solo or group trekking.

Check out some of stunning vistas you can see from various mountain locations, including views of several of largest volcanoes in Mexico like Pico De Orizaba, Iztaccihuatl and still active Popcateptl (which erupted spectacularly less then ten years ago, causing evacuation of two villages). Near Mexico City you can visit Pyramids of Teotihuacan, another spectacular example of early Mayan culture.