Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Bayahibe

... of Consuelo.<br><br>For those who don't know, the Rotary club of Dartmouth East, along with a few other clubs from Nova Scotia, are planning a 5-year development project in one of the bateyes that is too remote to receive international aid. A few years ago, the Rotary club of Whitby Sunrise constructed a central water source for the village - previously they had no running water at all. Now the villagers can come to the tap and fill up to their ...

... the way. <br><br>After a sweaty day walking around the city, we caught a couple of buses to Bayahibe, on the coast to the east of SD. When we arrived, a painter who runs a colorful art "compound" in the middle of town offered to help us find a place to stay. I'm usually wary of such offers, especially since I'm often traveling alone. But funny enough, the guy, Jean, was speaking French, so Shen was happy for ...

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.

... at the resort. Part of the reason she was mad was that she'd traded her timeshare in St. John (valued at $5000/week) for this. They said the manager wasn't available but would meet with us at 9:30 the next morning. At this point, we tried to put it out of our minds and have a good time. We both spent some very enjoyable time at the pool with book/iPod. We got dressed up pretty, took a few self-portraits, then went to meet ...

... hurricane season). After getting the room thing sorted out, I loaded up a beach bag and headed to the ocean. I walked in the waves for a bit before grabbing a lounge chair to just sit and watch nothing in particular. I saw a school of small fish erupt out of the water by the dozens. I also saw several pelicans feeding (but apparently on something larger than those small fish, since the pelicans' location never seemed to coincide with those particular fish). The pelicans ...

Next day I drive to Bayahibe, which will be my last night in DR, as soon as i get to the beach i see a boat about to leave for Saona island. I can get on that boat, but i must hurry... In the hurry i forget to bring along my swimwear - How cruel life can be!! The trip to Saona is indescribably wonderful. -see pictures-. I check into a hotel when I get back to Bayahibe and spend some time talking to the receptionist/ concierge. She speaks english, so that makes for some good conversation ...

... 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>

... double up singles to share rooms. (they did not know we knew each other) Now, this wasn't an issue because we were friends - but if I was a solo traveler being put into a room with a stranger it would have been a totally different matter. We didn't fight the issue, because honestly what was the point - but I'm still upset that that particular piece of important information was never communicated prior to our arrival or during booking. <br><br><br>