Bahia Dominican

Well some might say we're re-living our missed opportunities after Uni, but hey better late than never...we're finally getting to do the 'travelling thing' in our mid 30's!! Can't wait, its been a busy year and 3 months off work sounds bliss!! This will ...

Gran Bahia Principe San Juan, all inclusive ****

... the three boats from our anchorage plus the three or four boats from the other anchorage, we were quite the fleet heading toward Puerto Bahia. Eventually, we struck the jib and turned up to motor to the marina.  It was a bit of a struggle what with ...

bob and I get to puerto platas airport, our resort is in a city called san juan, we chose this week because bob is in university and this was his reading week. it was a pretty cool and normal vacation, we checked the place out, went out, made a couple ...

... would surely nip it in the bud. But in the little added love around my lovehandles, I became aware of another aspect of Dominican culture. My friends and family on two seperate occasions, were more than happy to tell me upon seeing me the other day ...

... 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, ...

I'm not sure if I can say I've really been to the Dominican Republic.  We flew in, hopped on an a bus at the airport and drove to the Bahia Principe resort in the middle of nowhere.  A week later, the same bus took us back to the airport for the ...

... until a few weeks before departing, we still had no aprtment to live in.  So...I researched and found a phone number to the hotel Bahia Blanca, in the little town of Rio San Juan.  It is set right on the beach.  The person I talked to when ...

... to get back to the hotel room and sleep!  Too bad as it was a beautiful day. On the long private drive back to the Bahia Principe the bus got stuck in the mud.  Men appeared out of nowhere to give our driver a hand. It doesn't matter which ...