Riu Melao-All Inclusive Punta Cana

... was there...so near..
The lunch time was like a picnic in the Caribbean.
The afternoon was full of activities, beachvolley, snorkeling, dancing and relax!
The return hour arrive TOO early! and at 6.30 pm I was in my hotel again with the fantastic remember of nice people and a great experience.
WOW...that was nice but I have more incredible adventure for my next trip to the DR!
See you again...Bianca

... island...also fantastic.

So we head off down the trail (which is a big loop) with me in the lead. We are quick to find out that there are spiders the size of your palm everywhere...including over the trail. When I say everywhere, I mean that one makes a giant web over the trail about every 10 yards or say...and there are ones to the left and right in the trees about every 2 feet. Also among the creatures are Anoles (little lizards) everywhere ...

... beautifully landscaped and has really nice open, beachy architecture. The restaurant is also open to the outdoor evening breezes and about 20 yards from the beach, but its night and I've yet to be awed by its incredible beauty (that comes tomorrow). For the most part, dinner passes quite uneventfully.

After dinner I immediately zonk out at 10 pm after 13 hours of traveling and 4 hours of culture shock.

End of Day 1.

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.

... museums here we come!  We are heading from here to Santa Domingo, the capital, and then to visit friends who work at an orphanage.  It may be abrupt to their little world views to go from the all-you-can-eat of the resort to the real world.  I wish I had this on video: Ross asks Luke upon sitting down with a huge plateful, "So Luke, do you have a strategy when you go through an all you can eat buffet... do you survey the scene first and decide ...

... threatened not to due to conflicting bus schedules), pointed out how tanned she was and through a mixture of bargaining in spanish and batting her big blue eyes got us a discounted taxi to the hotel in El Cortecito. We stayed in La Posada de Piedra, a little stone hotel that backed right onto the beach. It had a lounge area that was basically a couple of comfy chairs on the sand and a view of the ocean ...

Just a few weeks after we got back from Europe, we took another drip down to the Dominican Republic. We stayed in Punta Cana for a few days and, in a complete departure from our Europe trip, did essentially nothing. We went scuba diving, enjoyed the beautiful beaches, and ...

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 ...

... things really started to bother me. The hotel really tries to get you to interact with staff and other guests - which just really isn't my style. I don't like to make small talk and I don't like to be put into these situations...Well, at club med they sit you at large tables with guests and their staff also comes to sit with you as well.

We were the only guests there in our ...

My post graduation trip with my college roommate was taken to Dominican Republic - never once have I ever wanted to come home from a trip early, especially a 1 week trip, but there is a first time for everything.

Now, in complete disclosure I will say that had I done a little more pre-trip research I may have enjoyed my time in DR more, or have chosen to go someplace else. How I was young and this was my first trip I had ever planned on my ...