David,
I was in the DR for a couple of weeks last year. We had a local guide and
driver.I recommend it for the "adventurous" traveler. But, I will say, that
your first impression is more accurate than you might think.
Get a good DR travel book.
Russ
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From: "David Kirsh" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: shelling in the Dominican Republic
> Thanks, John and Vicky.
>
> It will be interesting to find out that it's possible to do shelling in
> the Caribbean and not either spend a fortune for accommodations, stay at
> an industrial tourist resort, or lodge at a place where it's quite risky
> security-wise. When I was a teen, my parents took me to places like
> Anguilla or British Virgin Islands and we stayed for a modest amount in
> comfortable settings. Back in 1969, it must have been something like $45
> for the 3 of us to stay at the Rendevouz Bay Hotel in Anguilla. Now I see
> the Rendevouz Bay is between $110 and $1260 for double occupancy plus
> assorted taxes and fees.
>
> My Spanish is passable enough to make myself understood. But I had not
> considered DR much because I had the impression that the choices were
> polarized between the walled-off, raked-clean resort compounds and the
> poor areas where gringos would be likely targets for robbery. Not to be
> misunderstood, I've felt comfortable in poor areas of Tobago, Venezuela,
> Nicaragua, Mexico, Thailand, India, etc. And maybe I've been overly
> influenced by rumors about how bad things are off the tourist reservations
> in Jamaica, DR, etc.
>
> I have to say I was pleasantly surprised when I stayed at a tourist
> compound on Grand Bahama for a couple of nights and found an absolutely
> gorgeous Chicoreus florifer in 3 feet of water and a nice, crabbed
> Strombus raninus. This was in just 10 minutes of snorkeling; it was in
> front of empty beachfront NEXT to the resort. (Maybe the marine habitat
> was destroyed after the lot got sold.) Was it Abbott who said, "Shells are
> where you find them"?
>
> David
>
>
> "Life...is a minestrone."--Father Guido Scarducci
>
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