sounds awesome!
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Just don't eat the space cake.
That made for an incredibly un-enjoyable evening. |
I heard they make the portion sizes small, so I plan on ordering like 3-4 entrees a night. I'm a big fan of all-inclusives.
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Yeah, our Thanksgiving meal was small enough we all ordered 2 plates of it.
BTW Space Cake = hash brownie |
how could that be unenjoyable?
i don't plan on leaving the resort...maybe for an excursion. |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 990916)
how could that be unenjoyable?
i don't plan on leaving the resort...maybe for an excursion. Fireman - "No, how much did you eat" Me - "We ate all of it" Fireman - "OOOHHHHH NNNNOOOOOOOO. Just a small bite" Essentially the space cake should have lasted 4 of us all day nibbling on it. Depending on the resort, the beach will be private, semi-private, public. Where we stayed in the Bahamas was right next to a public beach, so we got harrassed all day non-stop by vendors, etc. I swear the guy was selling tobacco with seeds in it. Sandals Montego Bay - completely private beach. There were guys in tiny canoes that would paddle up close to the beach to sell "Green" or "white" Sandals Negril - First 10 feet back from the water is public, so vendors can walk up and down the beach, however, there a few security guards to keep them from stopping you and bugging you if you said no. That was the best setup, we watched a guy go pull a lobster out of the ocean, grill it, and sell it to us. It was amazing. |
I worked at Club Med Punta Cana for 3 months back in '99. The windsurfing was absurd... flat water inside the reef to learn, and small wave action at the reef for air.
The beaches were second only to my time in the Turks and Caicos... absolute ridiculousness, makes anywhere in Hawaii look like a Siberian oil port. Stay away from French Canadian chicks... they are 100% soaking wet horny as long as they're breathing and don't care if you're married/whatever. The ones with short hair are stronger than you and batshit crazy as fuck. On the plus side, they will pull your shorts down, dick out, have you spent and then disappear before your chick gets back from the bathroom, so be careful around them or roll the dice. |
Originally Posted by shuiend
(Post 990805)
You are a light weight drinker, they will not loose money on your booze intake. I mean it only took like 3 beers to convince you to make Hustler a mod.
Rafa you should totally get Scott drunk and have him make you a mod. No way! Maybe if the price wasn't to be a mod I'd consider it. BTW Scott, you mentioned a Resort in "Punta Cana", not Bavaro. Which one so I can check. Punta Cana and Bavaro are close by but are not the same location. The beach in Punta Cana is totally different than the one in Bavaro. The one in Punta Cana is where Sam Navy said he stayed at. Even though Club Med is practically broke now. |
It's probably Bavaro. It's about 1hour from the airport on the "northern" side of the island.
the website said punta cana, so what do i know. Excellence Punta Cana - Excellence Group Resorts honestly, when people say locations in Maryland, I have no clue what they are talking about...and I bet you'd have no clue what difference I am saying when I say Rockville or Bethesda, nor do I. I believe it is a public beach, but it has a private area for the high rollers like myself, but I've read they dont really secure it so it's pointless. So vendors might bother us, I'm not too fond of that, but when they quickly discover how cheap and rude I am, I'm sure they'll catch on quick and leave us alone. Also, the particular area on the resort is at doesnt have much coral, so people complain about waves, which I dont really mind, and they say you can walk east on the beach a bit off campus and get calm waters and good snorkeling. I'm scared of the water anyways... We looked at other resorts closer to the airport in PC, but we required an all-inclusive, adults-only resort and that narrowed the field a bit, but this place gets crazy good reviews and was a pretty good value compared to some of the rest in DR and other islands. If you can recommend anything cool outside the resort let me know. We aren't much of site-seers, I take my laziness to a whole new level when I go on vacation. |
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 991124)
It's probably Bavaro. It's about 1hour from the airport on the "northern" side of the island.
the website said punta cana, so what do i know. Excellence Punta Cana - Excellence Group Resorts honestly, when people say locations in Maryland, I have no clue what they are talking about...and I bet you'd have no clue what difference I am saying when I say Rockville or Bethesda, nor do I. I believe it is a public beach, but it has a private area for the high rollers like myself, but I've read they dont really secure it so it's pointless. So vendors might bother us, I'm not too fond of that, but when they quickly discover how cheap and rude I am, I'm sure they'll catch on quick and leave us alone. Also, the particular area on the resort is at doesnt have much coral, so people complain about waves, which I dont really mind, and they say you can walk east on the beach a bit off campus and get calm waters and good snorkeling. I'm scared of the water anyways... We looked at other resorts closer to the airport in PC, but we required an all-inclusive, adults-only resort and that narrowed the field a bit, but this place gets crazy good reviews and was a pretty good value compared to some of the rest in DR and other islands. If you can recommend anything cool outside the resort let me know. We aren't much of site-seers, I take my laziness to a whole new level when I go on vacation. Much better beach than Bavaro. Good choice. It's definitely far away. In the DR, all beaches are public by Law but vendors won't bother you there. Only by agreement with the resort and only for a few hours 1 afternoon a week may they sell their wares. And they can't bother you. I'll check with friends working in that area if there are any excursions worth trying and get back to you. I like waves too but careful with those. It's not so much the waves but the underwater current. |
Originally Posted by Rafa
(Post 991158)
In the DR, all beaches are public by Law but vendors won't bother you there. Only by agreement with the resort and only for a few hours 1 afternoon a week may they sell their wares. And they can't bother you.
I like waves too but careful with those. It's not so much the waves but the underwater current. Good choice. It's definitely far away. |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 991170)
We've thought of private transportation back to the resort form the hotel, think that's a good idea? I've read the roads are complete crap and if the bus is dropping off at other resorts it can take much longer than an hour. But I'd feel more safe with other tourists in this situation. I dont want to hire a private driver, then have him take me to his secret sex liar, and have him rape me and my wife and try to ransom us off, but then kill us when he realizes we have no money, nor do our friends/family. Roads are indeed pretty crappy and especially on that part of Punta Cana. Not worth private transportation. Plus, those guys are really highway robbers when it comes to charging tourists for their services. I can check with some friends and get back to you. Don't forget, the owner of the company running the airport used to be my closest friend. When he was poor hahaha. I'll contact him and ask. Maybe I can get you something cheaper and still private like a minivan. |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 991170)
We've thought of private transportation back to the resort form the hotel, think that's a good idea? I've read the roads are complete crap and if the bus is dropping off at other resorts it can take much longer than an hour. But I'd feel more safe with other tourists in this situation. I dont want to hire a private driver, then have him take me to his secret sex liar, and have him rape me and my wife and try to ransom us off, but the kill us when he realizes we have no money, nor do our freinds/family.
In other words, you get on a bus going to your resort, it doesn't make any other stops. |
Originally Posted by z31maniac
(Post 991181)
In other words, you get on a bus going to your resort, it doesn't make any other stops.
It's okay though, my flight coming in leaves at like 5:45am from Dulles...I get in well before check in. |
Originally Posted by Scrappy Jack
(Post 990551)
And pirates.
Originally Posted by fooger03
(Post 990549)
I consider "everywhere" to be a place to worry about - so I make sure to stay paranoid at all times when I'm "everywhere". I'll most likely stick to the touristy area, no plans for anything like "backpacking" or "seeing the country".
Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
(Post 986343)
We liked both of the excursions, however, once you get outside of the resort areas the DR is definitely a third world country. I wouldn't be going into town just the two of you at night time, that sort of thing.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 991184)
I feel like this wasnt the case for me last time I was in Jamaca and St. Lucia. However, when I did Sandals in St. Lucia, it was just the one bus.
It's okay though, my flight coming in leaves at like 5:45am from Dulles...I get in well before check in. Either way, I'll be curious to hear your experience. I'm too lazy to look back through the thread, when are you going? We haven't decided where we are going this November yet and we are trying to coordinate with a Canadian couple we met last year. |
I'll post after I go.
tl;dr. I didnt post when that is. |
Originally Posted by z31maniac
(Post 990925)
Sandals Montego Bay - completely private beach. There were guys in tiny canoes that would paddle up close to the beach to sell "Green" or "white"
Jamaica's alright, if you wanna get in the middle of a knife fight Jamaica's alright, if you wanna get AIDS or dysentery Jamaica's alright, if you wanna be mugged or murdered Jamaica's alright, if you're a misogynist, or a homophobe Jamaica's alright, if you like only one kind of music Jamaica's alright, if you like small bananas and spiders Jamaica's alright, if you wanna buy drugs from your hotel room Jamaica's alright, if you want your hand lopped off by a machete |
Originally Posted by Braineack
(Post 991223)
I'll post after I go.
tl;dr. I didnt post when that is. |
I was well aware of this and I'm taking precautions.
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