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Originally posted by YooperSigs:

Isnt the DR actually Hispaniola?

DR is eastern portion of Hispaniola.

DR is eastern part. Haiti is western part. My wife and I went to puerto plata years ago on an all inclusive trip with ambassadair. We had a great time until the she got sick. When she asked where we were going when they finally announced it on the plane. I told her she was going to actually see a third world country. The tours were interesting. Lots of history down there

Oh yeah...I meant Dominican Republic (DR)...sorry should have had a cup of coffee first before posting!!

The last news report I saw (might be old news by now) had High School kids from Oklahoma getting sick like a day after arriving in the DR, high school kids visiting now with all these mystery deaths unexplained...crazy!

Green foam??

https://www.aol.com/article/ne...-his-mouth/23752155/

David Ortiz a loved celebrity isn’t safe there....

https://www.bostonherald.com/2...avid-ortiz-shooting/

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Originally posted by spunk639:
David Ortiz a loved celebrity isn’t safe there....

https://www.bostonherald.com/2...avid-ortiz-shooting/

That site won't let me read it but I hear one the people involved only got a year in jail.

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
The DR is a shithole, have no desire to go back.


Except maybe for some of that Brugal Anejo or some Bacoo or umm some Kirk and Sweeney.

If you stay in the resort and don't get poisoned by Mrs Peacock in the library you are GTG. Yes the place is a shithole country, but you can still have a good time. Same is true for most Caribbean destinations.

One of the times after the island was destroyed from the normal hurricanes that pass through I got a silly week long all inclusive vacation for $2,000. They clean the resorts up real quick after storms, looked like nothing happened, outside the resort, looked like third world country.

Wheel of Fortune often awards trips to the Dominican Republic. I wonder if they will continue doing that.

I wish my son in law was from the same school. Daughter is leaving in 3 weeks working one of the high school tour events.

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Originally posted by Fredward:
My daughter went there on a mission trip several years ago. I had what is commonly known as a "shit-fit." The next year it was Guatemala. When time for the next trip came, she was married to a man who said, simply, "No." She's been in the US since.

I finally heard a TV personage (Jesse Watters) wonder about it only being US citizens who are getting ill and dying. I've been wondering that for some time.

flashguy

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Wheel of Fortune often awards trips to the Dominican Republic. I wonder if they will continue doing that.

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I wish they would do an on location show with Sajak and we would be rid of that annoying program. They should have yanked that show off the air with Monty Hall and The View.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Wheel of Fortune often awards trips to the Dominican Republic. I wonder if they will continue doing that.

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I wish they would do an on location show with Sajak and we would be rid of that annoying program. They should have yanked that show off the air with Monty Hall and The View.

Only if Vanna stays here. Sorry, I was a teenager in the 80s.

Crazy shit happening in a 3rd World shithole is easy to avoid.

I was just in the DR less than 2 weeks ago. La Romania, Punta Cana, Samana, and Puerto Plata (ran a yacht back) was in DR for about 5 days. I didn't have any issues. Seems like a lot of the issues are emanating from the drinks in the mini bar being poisoned. But, who knows.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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Nothing to worry about. The DR PR Dr. at the DR ER said everything was OK.

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The DR at the ER said PR was getting bad PR because of the the DR.
That should clear up the matter.

Is Col. Flagg hanging around down there?

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Originally posted by maximus_flavius:
Crazy shit happening in a 3rd World shithole is easy to avoid.

Yeah, stay home. Or in the US.

My grandson was just in Mexico. Spent the last 3 days with Montzuma's revenge. Serves him right for going there. But he's got this uncontrollable urge to eat at strange restaurants. He's 19 now, but for his 18th Bday he wanted everyone to go to a Japanese place. They had a Hari-kari guy banging a big knife around. I couldn't leave without making a scene. But my wife was wondering why I was strangely silent. I'd just decided I'd be good, but never again. They like to experience different things. He and my DIL decided, I went along that time, the last time.

There are places less than 2 miles away. I'll confine my adventures to the city where I live, mostly. Guess my intestines are immune to the local bugs. They can do what they want, because I will.

rburg, I don't eat anything I don't know what is, and 3/4 of what I do know. I am not an "adventurous eater" and stick to the few dozen foods that I know and like. On trips to unusual places I pack a jar of peanut butter in my luggage.

flashguy

I don't get how people can go to some shithole like the DR and sit in a fancy resort and be wined and dined while 100 yards away it's shacks and extreme poverty and people who barely have enough to eat. It's just strange to me.

Sounds to me like it's a good opportunity to get a really cheap vacation.

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Originally posted by PASig:
I don't get how people can go to some shithole like the DR and sit in a fancy resort and be wined and dined while 100 yards away it's shacks and extreme poverty and people who barely have enough to eat. It's just strange to me.

Don't you live close to Philly?...Camden, NJ?

Fake News!

Dominican Health Official Calls Reports of Tourist Deaths ‘Fake News’: ‘It’s All a Hysteria’

As reports of illnesses and deaths continue, the island nation says that there is nothing for tourists to be concerned about ...

https://people.com/crime/domin...st-deaths-fake-news/