Hotel Bayahibe

... to take us from Consuelito to Vasca, which is a different way to get there than I have ever taken. We noticed menacing rain clouds, so we knew we had to be quick if we were going to get back to the road before we got soaked! (Dominicans don't ever go out in the rain...I think they think it's like acid!)
There were 4 or 5 women, as well as the teacher, present at the meeting. We were there for half an hour or so, and they asked me to ...

... Domingo. We had a nice little hotel not far from the Zona Colonial, whose Playa Central has (supposedly) the oldest church in the Americas. We walked along the Malecon, which is the walkway along the ocean where most of the ritzy hotels are. The view is great, but there's not much else to the Malecon aside from the gaping entrances of the resort hotels, and crossing the road to the ocean side is taking your life ...

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.

Fui a ir en el autobus a la Romana. Fui a ver los edificios de viejo. Fui a comprar en la comercial de la Romana. Fui a comer en los restaurantes bien. Fui a comer chuleta al carbon. Fue muy bien. Fui a quidar en Hotel Casa del Mar. Fui a sacar muchos fotos por el ciudad.

... Advisor! The guest relations woman continued to insist the rate is normally $55 a day, but said they could knock it down some since there'd been some confusion. Then she produced a paper that showed the $35/day rate. Sara thinks she tried to pass it off as the one I'd given her yesterday (which I had a copy of in the room). That thought didn't even cross my mind, perhaps because I'd spent enough time pouring over the fine ...

... heron-like bird. We sampled the house red wine (as bad as the white, unfortunately). We inspected the open shops (over-priced, as expected). We sat by the pool and dangled our feet in the water, made plans to go to Punta Cana, made plans to go to the gym instead of being complete lazy slugs all week, and put none of our plans into action yet. fº Apparently the only open restaurant was the buffet last night. I was so much more ...

... says $26 a day, so that's a huge difference. Unfortunately, our confirmation form also says the fees are subject to change, but still...a hundred percent markup?!! I fought it, and we are going to talk to the main office on Monday when they're back at work. Then I got to the room, which had one bed, no kitchen, no pullout sofa, and no second bathroom, all of which were also mentioned in our confirmation form. After complaining again, they opened up the doors between that ...

... 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...

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!

... 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.

The food also started to become monotonous and was not very good...and then the trip really started to go down hill.

... in power boats before anchoring at a sandbar for a drink and finally mooring at a deserted beach to sunbathe. During the week I read two books; 'the Horse Whisperer', which was **** and 'He Died with a Falafel in his Hand' which was absolutely hilarious. The only low point for the rest of the holiday (remember this is our first holiday together) was when I enthusiastically bounded into the surf and clocked Jane on the nose. It's amazing how even a little blood ...