El Cortecito Inn Punta Cana

... much that I will definately return in my next trip in January 2010.<br>How I can describe Saona??White beach, blue and warm water, a lot of music and drinks.<br>It is like the paradise island of your dreams.<br>I woke up little bit early...7.00am on vacation it IS early, but I was expecting a great day and so it was.<br>The bus till Bayahibe, then the Catamaran and a lot of Dolphin swimming around...then Saona ...

... and he says we're going in the right direction. 5 more minutes pass and we just don't really see where the lagoons could be, plus we're on private property at this point (haha). So we ask a beverage cart guy and he laughs at us and tell us we're going to the wrong way...that we should have gone to the right down the beach not the left. So we past the first guy again on the way back and he says, "oh las lagunas, si, estan por aca" (pointing the opposite ...

... back to the present: so the girls and I grab a beer at the Club and I meet the boys from the study abroad group. By the way there are 4 girls, 4 guys...kinda Real World style. <br><br>At 8pm go to dinner at a restaurant in the resort, which provides us with a limited menu covered under my lodging fee at the EF. The hotel/resort area is absolutely ridiculous. It has a lobby that is covered but open to the outdoors (no doors ...

Fui en el autobus a el Parque Nacional del Este. Fui a acampar en el parque y fui a pescar en el agua. Fui a subir en las arboles. Fue a estar fenomenal. Fui a ver los animales. Muchos iguanas en la Republica de Dominicana. La Republica de Dominicana tiene muchos animales. En el Parque Nacional del Este, fui a comer bocadillos.

... or really any of the staff. I feel you don't get that closeness that I have enjoyed at other smaller resorts (where some of the staff remember your name, what you want to drink with dinner, how many people are in your group, things like that!) This hotel was very beautiful, lots of amazing gardening and well kept grounds, the rooms were standard hotel rooms, nothing spectacular. I found that this ...

... said it was a go so we got on the boat and hoped for the best. They took us for a ride around the bay and then we stopped at an area with coarl reefs and fish for us to go snorkeling and to see some aquatic life. this was Sarah's first time snorkeling so she wasa bit nervous about the whole thing. they gave us fins, snorkel and masks and we headed for the water. The weather was not the best but the fish did not mind and we got to see some aquatic action ...

... tried to learn how to windsurf. We also went swimming with sea lions, a highlight for me. It was a great trip, although the last day and the few days after were unfortunately ruined by both of us getting pretty sick...Montezuma's Revenge claimed its latest victims!<br>

... sure I will not feel out of place again...I learned a lot of lessons after this trip - I'd say that is the only savings grace...<br><br>I know I won't stay at another Club Med - very disappointed in it. And despite my horrible time I cannot really blame DR for the bad time, as I didn't even leave the resort - but the bad taste has been left and I will just never go back! <br>

... range - early 20s - so the staff kept hovering around us. Male employees mostly, which made us extremely uncomfortable. Constantly making inappropriate comments, always trying to talk to us, eying us up and down - really did not make for an enjoyable time.<br><br>The food also started to become monotonous and was not very good...and then the trip really started to go down hill. <br>

... so I was ill prepared.<br><br>My roommate suggested that we try a club med - she had heard about them before and people seemed really happy going to them - she also liked the all-inclusive idea, which lets face it, I did too.<br><br>I flew out of Newark International and my roommate flew out of Charlotte...we were going to meet at another airport and then take the same flight to Dominican Republic. Her flight got delayed and the airline ...