Две недели лета в середине зимы. Two weeks of summer in the middle of winter.

In short, 1 Dominican Republic is better than 3 Egypt. A completely different level of relaxation. And not only in the hotel, people are completely different.
So in order. The road - the whole road from Kyiv to the room took 25 hours. While in Boryspil, while registration (there was a nuance. The wife remained with her maiden name. All her passports, and the child is 6 years old too. In general, it turned out that it was necessary to have either a birth certificate or a marriage certificate ...Although it was not mentioned anywhere. In general, they passed, with unrest and all that. It seems to be difficult to break through the police, and the child has exit marks in his passport). UIA flew to Paris, they fed us well, sat down well. And then it began. Charles de Gaulle Airport is a stable, both in size and cleanliness. Although they moved from terminal to terminal on an internal bus, they still searched things. We took away water, we all take off our shoes, we take out all the computer and electronics ...
They also found fault with the duty free package, bought 10 minutes ago right there in Paris ...Docking - 4 hours of waiting. Food, water - everything is terribly expensive. zachuhany sandwich - from 5 euros, water - from 3. True, there are sockets for recharging. There is WiFi, but only on the airport site, the rest is for money. When landing, the plane was not delivered to the "gut" by bus. The line is wild. Flight there - 9 hours. Entertainment - movies, games. Only one film in Russian, games - so-so. The feed is terrible. Everything is cold, the meat is at least somehow burnt. The menu is creepy, some kind of millet in a salad, meat and plastic mashed potatoes. Breakfast was given in the form of coffee with a cold bun 20-25 minutes before boarding. The only thing is that drinks during the flight are free, they gave wine for lunch, well, they also gave an additive, so they arrived "warm". Punta Cana Airport - peculiar. The landscape is rural. Thatched buildings. To the terminal, stomp on foot, transport is not given. Thankfully it's not far.

There is also a queue for stamps (acquaintances, by mistake of the staff, bought 3 stamps for 4 - they failed), we fill out the emigration papers. I filled in what I understood - I received the phrase "$5 no problema" - I had 10k at hand - of course they did not give change. By the way, having paid a little more, you can skip the queue at all and go through the "green corridor". Luggage...And so it began, a big surprise from AirFrance - ours did not come. One suitcase for three - did not reach. We were not the only "lucky ones" on this flight. The dude that draws up the loss - speaks English even worse than I do in Spanish, and I didn’t even teach him. In general, with grief in half, I was able to make out their receipt, I filled it out by 80% myself. This native, instead of entering the code of a plastic suitcase with locks into the description, entered a soft one with a zipper. In general, looking ahead, we can say that the suitcase was found a week after arriving in Kyiv.
And for two weeks AirFrance was lying, then they found it, then they lost it, then it was without a tag, they gave a description and a lock code - as a result, on February 6, it only got into the database as unidentified. The whole holiday as idiots ran to call every evening washing and ironing. In general, if you want to relax - do not fly AirFrance.

Back to the hotel - we flew through a small tour operator Siesta, meeting side of Ninfa Tours. Our group of 7 were their only guests so it was a private transfer. We arrived quickly, Alexander explained the reception, after 20 minutes we were in the rooms, we didn’t even have time to drink a welcome cocktail. What I want to note is that it’s hard with English there, few people understand, even at the reception not everyone knows the school volume. With Russian - for the whole hotel there were a couple of waiters in a la carte and one concierge in the guest service (all issues are resolved there). We took the Family Deluxe rooms, the rooms are clean and spacious enough. The description matches.
We got practicals in front of the children's pool. The building consists of three trains. Two 3 storey and 4 floors in the middle. It is better to take the last floor - the ceilings are much higher, more volume. Cleaned regularly, but replenished not in full, did not depend on the tip. Generally left in a day. The bed is changed either on demand or once a week. Towels daily, bathrobes (none) and slippers (size up to 37-39) in the room. I partially saw the alarm clock with an iPod connector, I couldn’t use USB on the TV, it’s not clear how it turns on, you can only watch pictures, the TV is somewhat in itself, by the way there is a built-in DVD. Of the channels, only ORT and local ones. Of course, they didn’t try cinema by order. It is better to take your player and wires. I managed to connect a netbook via VGA with a little fiddling with their system.

Food is uniformly varied.

For breakfast, in addition to the European set of scrambled eggs, pancakes, waffles and all kinds of breakfast cereals, there was jamon, and salted red fish, and meat dishes. Always 4 fresh varieties, a fruit smoothie station - they cook whatever you order from in front of you, mountains of various fruits and champagne with chilled glasses ...In general, there was plenty to create a menu for yourself. We dined mainly in the buffet (it's probably more correct to call red restaurants). With soups they are tight, and so - side dishes to choose from - potatoes, rice, pasta. Any meat, pork, lamb, beef, poultry - eat and fried and stewed and boiled. Grilled pig and grilled lamb are always for lunch. It’s rather weak with vegetables, no tomatoes, I’m not greedy for greens. In any case, there was a choice and you could always try something new. Yes, it is worth noting cheeses separately - from the trivial Edam and ending with parmesan, dorblu. Dinner - almost the same as for lunch, but there is a nuance. Finally set up a la carte.
For a week you get 4 cards, 4 people can go on each. Cards for booking places in a la carte restaurants. It is better to reserve in advance, today for today there is only a late time. In the guest service, you sign up when and where you want, no queues, everything is decorous and noble. French Nedvano has become paid - $ 15 per person. We tried everything, most of all we liked Italian and Spanish. Yes, there is a problem - not everywhere the menu is in Russian, there is not always a description of what it is. Fortunately, there were many of us, we ordered everything in a row and tried it. I would like to note the excellent show in the Japanese restaurant and the terrible rolls. They ordered a crab - they brought a lump of rice with a slice of crab stick ...But rice with an egg, the main side dish, is beautifully cooked and delicious.
It is worth noting the sports bar - around the clock you can eat and drink.
In general, all-inclusive works fine, bars near the water from 9 am to sunset, the rest are also quite long, not until 12 pm.

Entertainment - animation during the day, as usual polo, aerobics, dancing and all that. But much more fun and somehow livelier than in Egypt or Turkey. On the beach you can rent a kayak for 1-2 people, a water bike for 2-4 people, windsurfing and a sailing catamaran. Everything is free, free, only the catamaran must be reserved in advance, as a rule, today for tomorrow. The staff does not doze off, the rescuers work at the level. In the evening - a show program in a huge amphitheater. Its own corpse of performers, its own ballet, live orchestra. Everything is very interesting, the only thing I didn't like was Jackson's show. Variations on the theme of clips to the phonogram. Very amateur. Yes, there are two bars in the amphitheater; From 11 not a bad disco until 4 in the morning, very incendiary.
There is a 24-hour casino, but cash games in the evening, during the day there are very few people.


Shopping. On the territory of the hotel there are shops, prices space. Well, if it's hot and you need checks, then it's easier to go to 4ku or take a taxi to the city - Palm Royale or San Jose. The first taxi is $10 one way, the second is $15. If just souvenirs for yourself, beachwear or something else - along the beach along the ocean to the left, behind the 4th market place. Prices are 30-50% lower than store prices, many Russian speakers. Be sure to bargain, and set your price and stay on it. 50% discount from the starting price can be obtained, 30% parka always. A box of cigars was offered for 80, in the end they were ready to give for 40. With clothes it's also fun - 10-20 bucks for a thing - easily. Souvenirs are better to take there - an excellent choice, magnets took 1.5 bucks against 5-3 in the store.

Excursions - tried almost everything. We flew in a helicopter, went to whales, to the skeleton, went to Santo Domingo.
Excellent kids club, with a bunch of games, both regular and virtual. For 14 days there was always something new, interesting. The only fly in the ointment - in the middle of the holiday they brought in a crowd of teenagers, girls from 11 to 15 years old. A sort of pioneer camp. Terribly uneducated, yelling, running around, arrogant like elephants. They put their hands into the food. Because of them, there were difficulties with sunbeds and food - it was too much of them. Luckily it only lasted 2-3 days.