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    Bavaro Beach

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/the-10-most-beautiful-caribbean-beaches-in-2024-and-where-to-stay-near-each/ar-AA1lAusH?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=fdd9f602c4234757b000ade60fd26e7b&ei=108
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    More Tourism..... Golf Related

    https://www.golfdigest.com/story/dominican-republic-best-golf
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    Gua-Gua

    I don't ride in them often but they are very useful. Errands I don't want to run Sent a radiator to Nagua once..... my passport to the embassy in POP....... and today I sent an envelope to CMC hospital for 300 pesos Dropped off at the secretary who notified me in receipt Better than a 3 hr...
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    DNR - Do Not Resuscitate

    This common in Canada and the US but I'm told it is illegal here My wife and I have it in conjunction with our wills..... no 'life on a respirator ' for us !! Not allowed here, I'm told
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    Toll Road

    I saw a photo showing the toll road flooded and impassable Any further details??
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    Las Galeras

    https://apple.news/A4QUxaOFNS0WdCNQ0dE6peA
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    New Overstay Schedule??

    I hear there is a new, higher fine schedule Anybody know anything???
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    DR Photo Shoot

    https://apple.news/AjMFp4nUCSfuVGVW0jcNwUg
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    Cruise Passengers - E-Ticket?

    As I watched a cruise ship pass today, I wondered ---- They typically come for a day...... do they fill out the e-ticket ?? Anybody know ?
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    Head/Neck Surgeon

    At the risk of looking/sounding like our boy 'rey'..... I ask the question I remember a thread about a clinic with foreign trained doctors but can't find it. I have reached out to Clinica Abreu Any suggestions will be appreciated I expect Sto Dom will offer a good selection Thx
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    PUJ

    We know that 65% of all flights Into the country land here...PUJ. I wonder how many of the country's tourists land there? Must be a lot !
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    Wedding Words

    I learned this y'day..... In English we call the party the night before a wedding - the 'Rehearsal Dinner' Here it's called - Fiesta Solitaria
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    Scams

    I got a notification from McAfee that my order was completed thru their auto renewal program Guess what?? I don’t have an account They have no credit card on file $399.99 was the cost annually Watch out for this sort of thing I never cancel a subscription, I just remove the credit card...
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    Rep Dom

    Talking about culture. personalities, etc is more subjective ... one's opinion If we can try to step back and be a bit objective, it might be fruitful... bit more factual RD has a consistent climate... a pleasant one RD doesn't feel like an island, big enough so you don't feel 'trapped' RD is...
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    POP - EWR

    These days United has just one flight a week on this route Plus it’s a lot more$$ than the SDQ option SDQ is cheaper and daily Worth the trip for me
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    Attn All Neat Freaks

    If you like like clean… especially those little tough to get to places….. I suggest a cleaning gel Mine is Pulidiki but there are lots of others Great stuff and cheap!!
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    Terminal Illness

    I have melanoma and have had two rounds of immunotherapy in the past eight years The side effects are very hard to live with I have decided that I will take no more If, if, if I get it again I want to know my options I believe in God to an extent but I prefer to ‘drive the bus’ myself I...
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    End of Life Scenario

    My friend had prostate cancer 14 yrs ago. It never went away. Recently, he was in bad shape... bone cancer, needed a walker, needed help dressing...... bad situation. The doctors tried all sorts of drugs.... old & new. Finally, they said nothing was working.... they had no more ideas This was...
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    From Today's Metropolitan Diary (NYTimes)

    Tools of the Trade Dear Diary: I was on a packed downtown No. 4 train and nearly nose-to-nose with a window washer laden with all the tools of his trade: straps to secure him to window frames, a bucket, a sponge and a squeegee. Our eyes met for a moment, and he cocked his head: “As long as...
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    Trip Before Hurricane Franklin

    I won't clutter the Weather Thread with this I had a flight today (Wednesday) out of SDQ to EWR at 1pm..... but the weather scared me So I changed it to 3pm Tuesday, hoping to beat the storm. The plan worked. Drive was about 1/3 terrifying.... the Nagua part had real rain...