The room was like from the picture, everything worked, there was everything you needed - soap and water accessories, and an iron and a hairdryer and a mini bar with coolness. drinks (water, sprite, cola) The territory is green, well-groomed, clean. several ponds, swamps. Ducks swim there, peacocks and herons walk.
ACCLIMATIZATION. We were 11 hours away from home. arrived at 14:00. were at the hotel at 17.30, ate at 20.00 were already in the cut. On the trail. day woke up at 4.00. While the sun was shining until 19.00. there was cheerfulness, after all - a veil on the eyes. Didn't make it to the evening show. And once we're back, we can't go back. During the day we sleep for 3 days - at night - we wake up. There are problems with water. You can’t drink from the taps, only bottled, they brought a new one every day, but if you stand for 2 days it smells like a swamp. After 2 days of drinking this water, my stomach could not stand it - sorry, 2 days of diarrhea and did not know how to make up for dehydration. I found chamomile tea in a restaurant and drank it.
Then I tried not to drink water, I really wished that I didn’t take mineral water with me. The day before check-out, go to the reception and tell CHECK BEALS. Your account will be checked to see if you have any debts. they sometimes mistakenly issue invoices to you. it was time to figure it out. WiFi internet is expensive. 1 hour -$10, per day. -20$. We took a day, but after 18 hours. no longer worked. We didn’t go to figure it out - it was too lazy, we already got on.
FOOD. Lots of food in the main restaurant. Seafood every dinner, meat, vegetables, fruits a lot of everything. We were given cards for 2 visits per week to restaurants on the reservation. We went to one sleepy at 20.00 and waited for the order, as expected, in the restaurant min. 40-50, quite sleepy ate, and decided to go to the Swede. restaurant. There was a grill bar on the beach, they made pizza. But almost the same food quickly gets boring. I wanted borscht and something homemade, then this soup with seafood and oysters is so tired)))).
I understand that we probably snickered from so much food. Of the fruits were awesome pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, melon, watermelon. Mangoes are not in season right now. freshly squeezed juices in the morning.
Beach. This is without comment. Insanely beautiful ocean, horizon, light, clean sand, moderate waves. You can walk along the coast along the entire length of the coastline, i. e. up to 60m. beach from the water belongs to the state. Our beach is the best - more even, and there are fewer waves. The water was 26°C. It is not recommended to sunbathe from 11–14.00 – you burn out. They give cards for towels - you change dirty ones for clean ones on the beaches, and when you leave, back to the card.
MONEY. PURCHASES. . Calculated $. There are shops on the territory of the hotel - they are expensive, do not buy, especially in the shop at the reception. There, an adapter for an outlet costs $ 7, and on the market, a cat. located to the left of the exit. hotel (behind the barrier) $1–2. There you can buy rum, trinkets, magnets - they are cheaper than in supermarkets, in a cat.
brought on excursions. Cocoa, coffee, coconut oil are better to take on excursions from plantations.
TOURS. We went on a jeep safari and on about. Saona. Jeep safari. $99 from host us. parties – Travel Service. Driving a Suzuki Jimmy Jeep. Rights are not needed, the main thing is to be able to drive a mechanic. a column of jeeps goes first to a sugarcane plantation, then to a supermarket, then to the mountains to a plantation of fruits, coffee, cocoa - they tell everyone there, let them try everything, then we go to the ranch - ride a bungee, horses, have lunch, then to a wild beach Macau, we swim there and drive back. Full day tour from 7.00 to 18.00. We learned a lot about the country, drove a car, saw a lot.
O. Saona. $90 first 1.5h. by bus, to the pier, then by boat to the catamaran, then on it for 1.5 hours. with music, dancing, drinks. The beauty is incredible to sail in the Caribbean. We moor to the island, and there is a snow-white besok, a coast of beautiful shells (several.
grabbed for memory), palm trees are bent. There's lunch and 3 o'clock. free pastime. The Caribbean Sea is incredibly turquoise, quiet. We swam enough, then on boats we sail to the starfish - at a distance of several. km from Belega, the depth is waist-deep, and at the bottom there are starfish. They are allowed to be pulled to the surface for 5 seconds, if longer, they will die. Don't forget about it - beg for this priceless fauna. And on the boats we return to the pier. The tour is also for the whole day. Indescribable beauty. Of course, having been in the Dominican Republic and not visiting about. Saonu and the Caribbean is a sin)))))
Flight. We flew from transaero. I've read a lot of bad things about them. There was only one minus - not enough food. Fed 2 times. at 12 o'clock But there were lashes and socks and a blindfold for sleeping, and individual headphones, and the screens worked and even films were shown. Polite staff. The flight was calm. Before landing, it is better to change into a minimum amount of clothes, because.
AND TAKE PANTHENOL (spray or foam) AN EXCELLENT REMEDY FOR BURNS AND AFTER SUN BATHING. SKIN REGENERATES QUICKLY AND tans evenly.
I WISH WHO HAVE NOT BEEN YET - A MAGIC, FANTASTIC, PARADISE REST.
My room suited me, I repeat, I rest without complaints in principle. Cleaned clean, daily, with the maid in general, we somehow liked each other, and she was ready to do more than she was obliged, and completely disinterestedly. Maybe it was my meager tip - $1 a day - that did the trick, but I liked that attitude. The rooms in the hotel are different, more often this is due to which are newer, which are better. But I have no complaints. Any problems related to accommodation (for example, my air conditioner was weakly cold) were resolved immediately through managers. The food at the hotel is normal, there was always fish and chicken (I don’t like meat), though not very varied, still 4 stars, but it didn’t bother me - they fed me like for slaughter. There were so many fruits and such that I didn’t even remember the names of all, and I have never tried such delicious pineapples in my life! The animation team is just super - such energizing boys, and they worked hours from 8 am to 2 am. They worked all the time. And with them it was possible not only to have fun, but also to talk on various topics. As for talking - those who do not know Spanish or English have nothing to do there, the staff is not Russian-speaking, but I did not experience any difficulties with my average English, and I avoided Russian tourists, communicated with foreigners. Foreign tourists and absolutely all the staff are friendly smiling people. It's nice. With Travel-service I was on three excursions "O. Saona", "Deep" and "Santo Domingo", I was satisfied with the guides, to be honest, these are the best guides in my life. Traveling girls who want to try closer communication with the local male population, I will answer separately in private. In general, I was satisfied with the rest. If it wasn't so expensive for my wallet, I would say that I will never return to Turkey and Egypt again. I fell in love with the Dominican Republic with all my heart!