Отлично отдохнули Have a great rest

Welcome all! So my wife and I visited the Dominican Republic. (From February 3.2012 to February 16.2012) I’ll start with the flight, Transaero flew, about 12 hours, fed 2 times, they could have been better and more, but in principle everything suited us, after reading reviews about feeding, we took with us a few sandwiches and fruits, but in general, who is not obsessed with food, will not die of hunger, and they gave water and juice without problems, then there were monitors on the plane that showed films, cartoons, and what is the most interesting cartographic location where we fly, height, temperature overboard, speed, distance to Punta Cana and the third channel showed the image from the camera at the bottom of the plane. The first bright and positive emotions, when a turquoise coastal spit is visible when the plane descends...
: ) After landing, we see a cheerful airport in the local style, such as huts covered with palm leaves, but then, when all almost 400 people start to break and push towards the stoics, it’s a little sad, well, it doesn’t last long, the whole passage through the arrivals area, if not crowd, it would take a maximum of 5 minutes, it includes a payment of $ 10, a passage of 50 meters showing a check, a stamp in the passport and getting luggage : ) what they said where and which bus to get on, waited about fifteen minutes for everyone to gather and set off on a journey that lasted about an hour, although we drove a maximum of 30 kilometers, due to the fact that our hotel (Grand Palladium Punta Cana) was appointed fourth in the queue of races , and each race was slowed down for 15 minutes. But it's not scary in front of the rest and only positive!
From the bus window, except for a narrow path, and forest thickets, there is almost nothing interesting.

I’ll start with the Grand Palladium Punta Cana hotel, I would give the hotel no more than 4, but in general, the most important thing is what room and where it is located, we purchased the cheapest promo - and we did the right thing, because for $ 100, after a short trade that began with 280 dollars, we were given a room in the fourth building on the second floor 4128 and as it turned out later this hotel is one of the best options.
The room, of course, is not new, but not absharpanny, as I read a lot where ... , everything worked, the content: a jacuzzi, a shower, a double bed, a normal TV, a safe, a coffee maker, a hairdryer, an iron, an ironing board, a balcony ...in general, everything that is needed and even more ...they clean every day well, regardless of whether there is a tip or not, the minibar is replenished every day, but the cleaning time from day to day sometimes varied from 8-10 in the morning, during this period we had breakfast and sat on the Internet at the reception.
Or in the afternoon at 2 o'clock. In this beautiful country, we met three couples from Russia, Ira and Michael, Igor and Tanya from Nizhny Novgorod and Zhenya and Olya from Moscow (huge hello to all of them! ) We visited their rooms - this is the Palace, the neighboring building Punta Cana, they have about the same thing, the main thing is that everything worked and everyone was happy with everything. Well, then the rest itself ....!!!
That's great!! ! The ocean, something indescribable, I advise everyone to go there! Especially who doesn’t like intense heat… there is always a comfortable temperature, and even if it gets a little hot, you can always swim in the refreshing ocean (water t 22-24) in winter, but as the locals say in summer from April t 25-27, it doesn’t happen anymore, but again, who loves warm water 28-30 is not here. Of the 14 days, there were a couple of cloudy ones and it rained almost every night, but by 10 in the morning nothing reminded of it.

The food, in principle, without any frills, but very good, there were days when our restaurant (“buffet” or dining room, as we later began to call them) did not have a very large assortment, but we did not despair, went to the next one and there was always excellent assortment even before closing, and vice versa ...In general, for breakfast everything is like everywhere else, eggs in any form, cereals, cereals .. , vegetables, fruits (not a very large selection and not super tasty - relative to Thailand, but very much even nothing ..
), and dry champagne a couple of days a week, I already knew what evening I could turn on alcohol, because in the morning my health would be improved ...J Lunches are also without anything special, a couple of types of meat, not always fried, chicken cutlets, side dishes, pizzas, pastas ...soups, ice cream, cakes ...Well, in the evening it’s already more interesting, either themed evenings in the same canteens, or a la carte, I’ll say right away not what to do in Marenostrum, but the rest are worth a visit, Japanese is not very bad, there is a chef's show, and it's not bad anyway. Brazilian, they feed only meat there, it’s not bad, and most importantly, everything is delicious and fried. J, Chinese is not bad, seafood is on the coast in Bavaro. You can have a snack around the clock in the sports bar near the Bavaro reception. In general, you definitely should not leave hungry! Unless, of course, you are super-duper gourmets ...then you need to look for a hotel at least 40 thousand more per person.
Remember that in principle, this hotel is not a bad four, although it says 5! From entertainment on site, everything that is written in the description of the hotel on any site. In the evening there are various events in the amphitheaters, such as the show of the stars, Michael Jackson, this is what I advise you to watch, the disco until 2 am. There is live music in the lobby every evening . . It is worth noting their music of bachata, merengue, regeton . . (Aventura, Don Omar, Zacarias Ferreira ... ) fun, simple, not forcing ...everything for relaxation J Tranquilo - in Spanish, relax, somehow so if I didn't mess anything up. Cocktails are not bad in the Hemingway bar on the territory of Bavaro, for me I’m not a particularly lover and understanding of cocktails, in all other bars I was satisfied with alcohol, the main thing is to explain what and with what in what proportions to mix.
Regarding the service, I did not notice any slowness and neglect without tips, everything is quite dignified and fast, with a smile and sometimes dancing and singing , since I myself saw how dudes, just for the fact that they poured a cocktail and gave them 5 and 10 dollars, maybe of course they have wagons of money, but I think this is not so, just pathos ...and you can give 1 dollar and then when to something has already been brought to your table a couple of times and they understand you well what you need, everything else is worthless show off. There are few Russian people in the hotel, 10-15 percent of the total number of vacationers, respectively, the Russian language, except for a couple of three expressions, they don’t know, but they’re already trying to remember something, it’s better to know English, of course, and best of all, at least a little Spanish, but you can even without a language .

Internet (Wi-Fi) in the lobby is free, but when there are many who wish, the speed is not very good, and sometimes even 0. Sunbeds on the beach, and we almost always just lay there for days, it’s better to take it until 8.30 later, there may not be places with shade, for us this was not a problem, because we lived near the beach and we have a difference with our homeland of 13 hours J we always woke up at 7 o'clock, and at first it was generally at 3 am, and it was cut down at 9 pm. In general, the sunbeds themselves can always be found without problems. Trading people on the beach did not bother much, if not interested, just refuse and they immediately leave. If you meet Sasha, he usually offers fishing near the pool in Punta Cana, say hello, he speaks Russian quite well, and in general a cool guy ...J Regarding excursions, we went to the capital of Santo Domingo with an awesome guide Antonina (Tez Tour ) she has been living in the Dominican Republic for 33 years, so her stories were very interesting and informative, I advise everyone!
Then we drove ATVs - nothing special, snake one after another at low speed, but I want to drive L, but I don’t advise you on buggies, you will be in the mud from head to toe. Other excursions are Saona, Samana…. we left next time J Well, everything that I wanted to tell seems to be. I advise everyone to visit this wonderful country! I recommend Palladium hotels. There will be questions, ask ask, I will be glad to tell you what I know.