>Hi David,
We stayed at the Barcelo Barvaro resort, the Bavaro rooms were the
economical ones but we were still in the resort area. We were traveling
with  another family so bare bones wasn't an option! So I don't know of
other places to stay. Where we were we could snorkel off the beach but not
many shells out there...I did find one immature queen conch and a few dove
shells. The beaches were raked every day.
Vicky






 Hi Vicky,
>
> I'm wondering if there are any accommodations in between the fancy resorts
> and bare-bones hotel rooms in DR. I haven't heard about any type of
> lodging besides the resorts, which aren't my favorite.
>
> Did you notice any beach drift or are the beaches raked clean every day?
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Vicky Wall <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Apr 13, 2007 11:03 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: shelling in the Dominican Republic
>>
>>Hi Jan,
>>I just returned from the DR. This wasn't a "shelling" trip per se as I
>> was
>>on a family vacation. But I was able to collect shells when we did a few
>>scuba dives. One of the dive masters wanted my husband to return some
>>crabbed shells to the reef, but that was his opinion, not anything
>>official. The only species not allowed back into the US from the DR is
>> the
>>queen conch. Other than that, I had no trouble bringing back the few
>>shells we collected. I just packed them well in my checked luggage and it
>>was fine. I hope you have good luck shelling there...oh, on our last
>>morning there, I saw a spearfisherman walking down the beach with several
>>large tritons in his bag....wish I had seen those on my dives!
>>Vicky Wall
>>
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