The Puntacana Hotel Punta Cana

... we meet Felix, the security guard. Felix tells us about his family and how hurricanes in the DR are not to be feared; we teach him some english and this goes on for about an hour or so.

Then we head to the Club to have a few beers, play some pool and bone up on our Spanish skills with the employees at Punta Cana. There we meet Natalie, Francisco, Felix (with the converse), Pedro, Nicolas, Jose, Diogenes aka Luis, and others whose names I can't ...

... broken English, but like most Dominicans, she's fantastic. She shows me the lodgings at the EF are much like dormitories: two twin beds in a room with a vanity, rod to hang your clothes, and bathroom that connects to another room. This one happens to have AC from 7pm-7am, which I quickly learn seems like a Godsend at the end of very long hot days. Also in the EF lodgings is a laundry room, really nice kitchen and huge great ...

Hi Everyone, I know that it's been a while since I wrote anything here, I've been busy and of course I was away on holiday for a week. So what was supposed to be a vacation to Cozumel Mexico turned out to be a holiday to Punta Cana Dominican Republic which was actually pretty awesome! I myself love the DR and this was my 5th time there and again loved it, though it was my first time to Punta Cana. We ...

... colonial settlement and we are learning along with them.  I am amazed at how little I really know of this time period, and how as an adult revisiting things you learned as a child you see things from a much broader perspective.  I am intrigued with the larger flow of human civilization... the human impulse to discover & explore & survive...of course on a less savory note, to conquer and wipe out and force one's customs on other peoples ...

... the wedding that matters...anyway, I digressed... well, overall this vacation served its purpose just fine... we had a lazy-lazy week...to some  it might seem even boring - no trips, excursions or sightseeing... the whole time was a repetition of this cycle (punctuated with mini cocktail breaks) : "waking up late-breakfast-beach-lunch-beach-happy hour on the terrace-dinner-entertainment-sleep"...a nd it was great in its own way ... would I want to ...

... 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!

... development in our trip, we've decided to spend the next two months respectively in Toronto and New York, working to raise more travel funds before resuming the remainder of our Asian travels. But for now, we are here in Punta Cana and enjoying the overwhelming amount of food and amenities the resort has to offer. Once back in Toronto I'll have more on the last portion of our trip. Until then, here are a few photos of the big surprise.

As I mentioned before, I didn't do my homework. And the too good to be true price we paid for the week turned out that obviously there was a reason. May is the rainy season in DR. The day started out well - we hit up the beach and did some kayaking and swimming in the ocean and then headed to the pool where we planned to remain the rest of the day. But come later in the ...

On our first full day at the resort the weather was gorgeous - our soul intentions for this trip was to sit pool side and not move...utter relaxation...we managed to do a full day of this!

The pool was nice and it was the off season so it wasn't very crowded at all. Overall it was a great day and we enjoyed it very much.

We had dinner at the restaurant and this is ...

... of the country. It was actually the same quoted price whether we booked together or separate so we booked separately to make our lives easier. We had 2 separate reservations and so we were expecting 2 rooms. When we arrived we asked that our rooms be next to each other especially if they had an attached door that would be great. We were then informed that we were put in a room together. We were told that they don't allow singles and that ...