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Week 1 – Facts, Figures and Pictures

Week 1 – Facts, Figures and Pictures

  We’ve been on the road for a week now. A short summary in numbers and pictures:   Accomodation [table th=”0″] Hotels,1 Private Rooms,2 [/table] Transport [table th=”0″] Bus/Guagua,2 Taxi,2 Taxi drives in which we ended up telling the driver the way,2 Motoconcho (backseat of a small motorbike),1 Taxi/Moto-Offers we turned down because we REALLY wanted to walk,approx. 74 (mostly in Bavaro/Punta Cana area) Motorboat,1 [/table] Weather [table th=”0″] Sunshine hours,basically all from sunrise to sunset. Except for some short…

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Christmas… Christmas everywhere!

Christmas… Christmas everywhere!

  It feels kind of strange to have breakfast in an air conditioned hotel restaurant with the sun shining bright outside listening to “Jingle Bells” and other Christmas songs. And they ONLY played Christmas songs, nothing else. When checking out I asked for how long they were planning to do that; the answer was “maybe 5th of January or so…”. I figured it’s for the orthodox tourists who celebrate Christmas on 7th of January. It’s not only the hotel but…

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