Rigger
Canadian expat in Dominican Republic
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Lives in B谩varo, La Altagracia
Registration: 09 June 2013
Fresh cranberries? by colmcb
Do any of the stores sell bags of fresh cranberries? They usually start appearing in the stores in the U.S. right around this time. Just wondering. For Thanksgiving?
We get canned sauerkraut in Jumbo in Bavaro their food club brand in the canned vegetables aisle never had a problem getting it there Read More
E-ticket website glitch by bryankieronlynch
The E-ticket website is not working properly. It won't let you input flight dates for after the 1st of the year. Is this happening to anyone else?
I am Just wondering if anyone knows if you still need to fill out out the online immigration forms to fly back to Canada before you leave the Dominican Republic we had family visit and told us that they didn't fill out any forms before the arrived ... Read More
vaccine boosters
Just wondering if anyone here in the Bavaro area knows where you can go for a pfizer booster shot Read More
COVID TESTING in the Bavaro, Los Corales area of Punta Cana by #LetsDoThis
Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of where to go and get tested in this area? - According to locals here, tests can cost as much as $270USD and many facilities run out. - According to Copa Airlines, we don't need a Covid Test done before ...
Hello #LetsDoThis I have just got my covid test done 14 days ago to fly back to Canada at the Referencia Lab at AV, Boulevard 1Ro Noviembre down the road by the Punta Cana Doctors They speak English in there and you can choose the kind of test ... Read More
Canadian wanting to relocate, beginning to plan ahead by Eluewipnnatl
Hello everyone and thanks for taking the time to read this post. My name is Aimee, I live in northern ontario. I'm 31, have a 6 month old son, and a fiance. I have been wanting to move to the DR since 2008. I fell in love with the country on a ...
Welcome Back Planner good to hear from you on the blog again. Hope everyone on the Blog had a Very Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year to all. Read More
Expats in Punta Cana by warjen
Hi We are planning a trip to Punta Cana at the end of November. We were wondering if there were any expats in the Punta Cana area that would be prepared to meet up and share some experiences. Thanks Warren and Jen
Yes Planner hopefully we will get together soon and you always have a place to stay here with us when you are in town Read More
Expats in Punta Cana by warjen
Hi We are planning a trip to Punta Cana at the end of November. We were wondering if there were any expats in the Punta Cana area that would be prepared to meet up and share some experiences. Thanks Warren and Jen
Hello Warren and Jen: My wife and I have been living in the Punta Cana area actually in the Bavaro area for almost three years now and have moved from the Toronto area in Ontario and feel free to get in touch with us when you do arrive here in Punta ... Read More
metro taxi driver by kiwiscrobie
avoid driver by name of xxx xxx, i used him he quoted me price of 350 pesos from metro bus station to hotel in santo domingo este but charged me 1500 pesos. he is a crook
Hello Jgolak: My wife and I live in the Bavaro area and lived here for the past 2 and half years but are in Canada right now and are here till the end of Sept. we don't take the cabs in Bavaro to often in the area as we own car here but if you ... Read More
Considering moving to Punta Cana area by MerrittM
Hi everyone. My husband and I are considering moving to the Punta Cana area. We need a location in the DR that is convenient to an airport that our family can easily access and this area seems to work from that standpoint. We are visiting next ...
Hello MerrittM: Like I said I have lived in Punta Cana now for about 2 years now and yes every one says we get allot of earth quakes every month or so but to tell you the truth we have never known about them till some one tells me or I read it in ... Read More
Considering moving to Punta Cana area by MerrittM
Hi everyone. My husband and I are considering moving to the Punta Cana area. We need a location in the DR that is convenient to an airport that our family can easily access and this area seems to work from that standpoint. We are visiting next ...
Hi I ready: Yes any questions that I can help you with just ask away and will help any way I can with any questions you may have, and I do not profess to know everything so keep asking on this forum as there are allot of people who have been here ... Read More
Considering moving to Punta Cana area by MerrittM
Hi everyone. My husband and I are considering moving to the Punta Cana area. We need a location in the DR that is convenient to an airport that our family can easily access and this area seems to work from that standpoint. We are visiting next ...
Hello I ready: Yes we live in Bavaro and is very friendly area with allot of different cultures in the area and do find it very safe here , Yes there are different private bilingual schools in the area but can not really tell you to much about them ... Read More
Considering moving to Punta Cana area by MerrittM
Hi everyone. My husband and I are considering moving to the Punta Cana area. We need a location in the DR that is convenient to an airport that our family can easily access and this area seems to work from that standpoint. We are visiting next ...
Hello MerrittM Yes Spanish is a very valuable asset which will help you allot in the D.R. no matter where you end up on the Island. Right now we are on Holidays in Canada visiting our family and will return back home at the end of September. And yes ... Read More
Considering moving to Punta Cana area by MerrittM
Hi everyone. My husband and I are considering moving to the Punta Cana area. We need a location in the DR that is convenient to an airport that our family can easily access and this area seems to work from that standpoint. We are visiting next ...
Hello MerrottM My wife and I have moved to the Dominican Republic in the Punta Cana area about two years ago to Bavaro and is only approximately 15 minutes from the airport. We are very centrally located to some very good shopping areas for ... Read More
North Coast needs your HELP by Bob K
As many of you may know from my other posts as well as some of the news outlets the North Coast of the Dominican Republic is a major disaster area. We have received over 50 inches of rain over the last 3 weeks with major flooding in many areas ...
We are travelling from Bavaro Punta Cana area this weekend and just wondering if any one on the blog knows what the highways are like for travelling on, Via highways 3 to San Pedro,then 4 to Santo Domingo then north on 7 to highway 5 and ... Read More
North Coast Get Together Sat Dec 10th by planner
To all who have asked to have a get together, it is happening! Saturday December 10th, 1pm at Bailey's in Sosua! Please let us know if you are coming! Me first, I will be there. Bob and his lovely wife will be there!!!!
Whoo Hoo we are booked into a room for the weekend of the North Coast get together on the 10th of Dec. and looking so forward to meeting some of the people we have only read about on the blog especially seeing Darlene again and also finally meeting ... Read More
Meeting You by dragonflies
Hi All, Me and a friend of mine are leaving for a small visit Sosua, Cabrera, Las Terrenas, Las Galeras and Punta Cana. Miriam and myself (Sylvie) will arrive at the Puerta Plata Airport on Thursday, November 12 at 14:44 p.m. Our itinerary will ...
Myself and my Wife would be interested in meeting in the Punta Cana area as we have just moved here from Canada and would love to meet some expats and friends we have met who live in the D.R. Sounds like it would be a good time Read More
Expat meet up in Bavaro pronto..
Maybe next time as we are not moving to Bavaro area from Canada till Oct. of this year. Read More
A DAY IN THE LIFE by planner
With this thread I am asking THOSE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE to create a post below describing their day! We want to share with others what is normal, typical and usual here! Please keep your posts informative and feel free to post often as our days ...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to every one on the forum and am finally down in paradise and out of the cold weather of the great white North (Canada).And Especially to Planner and Bob for all your awesome advise and help on this forum. Thanks ... Read More
Questions from Canadians coming for 4 months by Wildrose27
Hello everyone, I had browsed this site for only a few minutes and I knew I was in the right place for good advice. Congratulations on an excellent website! Now for my questions. 1) Is changing Canadian dollars into pesos easy to do or should we ...
Thanks so much Bob for the information hope everything is going great with your Mom as I do believe you are still in the States taking care of her and hopefully we will have the opportunity to meet and get together one day as my wife and I are ... Read More
Questions from Canadians coming for 4 months by Wildrose27
Hello everyone, I had browsed this site for only a few minutes and I knew I was in the right place for good advice. Congratulations on an excellent website! Now for my questions. 1) Is changing Canadian dollars into pesos easy to do or should we ...
Thanks so much everyone for all the very informative information and think we will just bring down D.R. pesos that we can purchase up here in Canada as we have a site that gives us the rate of exchange here and seem to be a fair rate of exchange and ... Read More
Questions from Canadians coming for 4 months by Wildrose27
Hello everyone, I had browsed this site for only a few minutes and I knew I was in the right place for good advice. Congratulations on an excellent website! Now for my questions. 1) Is changing Canadian dollars into pesos easy to do or should we ...
HI everybody Just wondering if any one knows the exchange rate in the D.R. for exchanging Canadian dollar to D.R. peso. Changing our Canadian money in Canada to the D.R. peso they are giving 38.42.pesos to the dollar. and is there anywhere you can ... Read More
A DAY IN THE LIFE by planner
With this thread I am asking THOSE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE to create a post below describing their day! We want to share with others what is normal, typical and usual here! Please keep your posts informative and feel free to post often as our days ...
Had a very busy weekend with our 4 children and 6 of our 9 grandchildren out for our Canadian Thanksgiving turkey,beautiful day weather was nice and company was awesome so Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadian expats on the Forum a day late but ... Read More
A DAY IN THE LIFE by planner
With this thread I am asking THOSE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE to create a post below describing their day! We want to share with others what is normal, typical and usual here! Please keep your posts informative and feel free to post often as our days ...
Hello Planner: Just to wish you a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY from up here in Canada and glad to hear you have your cast off and know, you will be out dancing soon enough but look out for the wet steps, will be in touch soon and looking forward to ... Read More
Just a quick question today - Drain covers? by syringles
Hello all, especially those who have followed and helped with my rather shocking start to my Punta Cana 6 month journey,.. Much has transpired, likely more shocking than what I've already written about before, yet I'm still here and as I am ...
Hello Syringles: Just a quick note on the drain covers when we stay in the D.R. we have the same layout as you are describing with the floor drains in the wash rooms and we cover them with a rubber stopper which we bring from Canada and is the same ... Read More
HELP... WAS NOT PREPARED PROPERLY FOR THIS PART OF A DAY IN THE LIFE by syringles
Actually, I have just lost the first copy of my post about this but alas probably too long.... Summary though, you all know how much homework I did... I remember "other side of Dominican Postcard" reviewing numerous months ago so seeing trash in ...
Hello Syringles My wife and I have just been reading all your posts on not being prepared and planning your whole trip and that sounded like such a familiar story as we have been coming to the D,R, for about 15 years to all different parts of the ... Read More
A DAY IN THE LIFE by planner
With this thread I am asking THOSE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE to create a post below describing their day! We want to share with others what is normal, typical and usual here! Please keep your posts informative and feel free to post often as our days ...
So sorry to hear of the loss of your loved puppy Randy and Darlene Read More
A DAY IN THE LIFE by planner
With this thread I am asking THOSE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE to create a post below describing their day! We want to share with others what is normal, typical and usual here! Please keep your posts informative and feel free to post often as our days ...
I will be in Bavaro area Read More
A DAY IN THE LIFE by planner
With this thread I am asking THOSE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE to create a post below describing their day! We want to share with others what is normal, typical and usual here! Please keep your posts informative and feel free to post often as our days ...
Really enjoy reading the 天美麻豆 of all the adventures you people are having down there and cant wait till we are down in Jan. and hopefully maybe get to meet some of you to get some of the low down and ins and outs for our move down there. So ... Read More
Costs of every day things . by Ladytrougher
Am thinking of buying in Dominican We have been there 6 times and love the Punta Cana region but have only stayed all inclusive so really have no idea as to what it is really like. I don't think we will be living there full time for lots of years ...
Thanks Bob k and planner for your information and are looking so forward to coming down for the three months and will be pretty busy checking out a lot of information and different areas of the island Read More
Costs of every day things . by Ladytrougher
Am thinking of buying in Dominican We have been there 6 times and love the Punta Cana region but have only stayed all inclusive so really have no idea as to what it is really like. I don't think we will be living there full time for lots of years ...
We have been going to the Dominican Republic for about 15 years now and have been to many parts of the island in all inclusive resorts till last year. We rented a condo in Bavaro last year for 1 month and we have decided to rent this year for just ... Read More