Tropical Clubs Bavaro (Dominican Republic) Punta Cana

Hello!!<br>I am Bianca Roldan and I would like to share with you my new experience in the DR.<br>You will never finish to discover it.....the beach, the sun, the coconuts...all is fantastic....and people much more! ahhh...they are amazing.<br>I stayed just for one week but it is enough time for be part of the Dominican spirit.<br>I went to Saona Island and I met a lot of friends, local and internation...we enjoyed ...

... 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 ...

... that serves as a dining/living room. Downstairs at the EF are offices, labs and classrooms.<br><br> After showering and unpacking, I meet the girls from the study abroad group on their way to the Club and I join them. The Club is a 2 min walk from the EF and consists of a store where they have the 'basics' (batteries, coca cola, rum, Presidente (THE dominican beer), and snacks), two pool tables (very tattered, and only one of ...

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.

Up early once more, this time before the sun actually rose (5:45?). I took the camera and tripod again and took a bunch of pictures on the beach, including some fun self-portraits in a silhouette style. I need to buy pants that fit me - I look fat in part because my shorts are baggy at the waist! I spent one last hour at the pool - heat, sun, warm water (but cool enough), and one of the rafts the resort has out for everyone to use. I could not have been more relaxed! Then ...

... 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>

... ff early, guesstimating the st*p *ff f*r *ur p*tential h*tel, near the small t*wns *f Puenta Cana and Bavar*. This is 'all inclusive res*rt' t**rit*ry, but that isn't *ur type *f travel. We d* find a place that is rath** spiffy at a g**d price, but d*esn't include shuffleb*ard *n the beach n*r all y*u can eat lunch buffets. The p**l, TV and fridge h**e is h*wev** a b*nus. Walking t* the beach, we stumble acr*ss the Hurican Cafe (**, Spanish spelling). Owned and run by ...

... the sun went away and the rain clouds came out. It started raining - and for the rest of the trip it only stopped sporadically. <br><br>We hadn't really budgeted for the overpriced excursions as we were fresh out of college and making no money at this point - we really just intended to veg by the pool and now that wasn't an option. Luckily, I had some books and I was able ...

... 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 ...