guillermone previously said:

xwill7-
Oh come on man...... Why did you have to ruin it. We had so many nice pictures, you just had to slap on a dose of reality.

But you know what, I remember the DR as a kid lived my summers with friends, neigbors and relatives. I use to go and spend time in precisely many of those very same fragile, but sturdy wood houses with corrugated zinc roof tops. I use to love going to bed, just falling asleep while listening to the sound of rain drops bouncing off the zinc roof. They were the happiest days of my life. You could just drop in on anyone, any time of the day, without a problem and they would be so happy to see you. We would make fruit drinks from trees in the back yard, brewed coffee with cloth strainers, eat home made desserts, bath "en el patio" in a make-shift shower "con un jarro de agua."

We did not have fancy clothes and shoes, residential luxury towers, McD, BK, Papa J, Tony Roma, Dominoes or any of the other US American eating icons, but we were all very close. We spent time with each other, always together. Today these houses sit empty, all of my relatives, cousins, aunts and uncles have moved on and now live on beautiful hill top mansions, pent-house condos with a front desk security, week-end beach front properties and drive fancy expensive cars. "Progress and prosperity", yes maybe, you can call it that. But you know what? They are never home, too busy working to keep up the lifestyle. Can't never see them anymore, like I once use to. They have become encarcerated within their own success and just like prison, visiting time are only certain days of the week, when they have time, exactly and just like the way it is in the USA.

Boy do I miss the simple life, when everybody was poor but free and knew each other by your first name. No one put up any airs and the whole neighborhood was like an extended family. Nevertheless, I have to accept that life continues and with time our past will disappear. It is inevitable. What we should do or at least attempt to preserve the positive aspects of our Dominican culture and hold back the negative, depersonalized aspects of outside influences, no matter from where it comes from.

dreadlocks previously said:

a fine day to you, too, Carlos. and thanks to all the posters who try to nail some insight into the heads of people like Eriliza and Sicar. STARBUCKS!! whaat! go to the coffee shop at Pier 17 on the FDR drive in Manhattan. there is coffee all over the shelves and the floors. but, if you want Jamaica Blue Mountain, you have to request it from the cashier, who has it by her side, unlike the lesser offerings. it is the gold standard of coffee in the world, or so say the cogniscenti of that beverage. i myself have had it , many a time and oft. and guess what? in my humble opinion, Cafe Santo Domingo is EVERY BIT AS GOOD!. it is the best kept secret on earth. so, i ask you, how can someone from a country with some of the best coffee in the world rejoice when some overrated, overpriced franchise is about to introduce some rotgut swill to the country? is that progress? as to the buildings, and economics. when some of these condos are selling for a starting price of over 300,000 DOLLARS, where is the MIDDLE CLASS that can afford them ? that is nearly 12 million pesos. with 20% mortagages, ever try figuring out the monthly payment? and, as i asked Mr Dom, who refused to reply: what is the state of emergency response services, in the event of a natural disaster, or a fire? does the DR have any 20 story cherry pickers?

xwill7 previously said:




More Boom! Every country must want to be like DR

xwill7 previously said:


Yes I also remember visiting family that lived in casas del campo. It was fun but life is not always about fun. Kids in DR don't care about being in school. The are drinking at an early age, fat old politicos are sleeping with young girls. I love DR but somethings are still in the stone age in DR

dreadlocks previously said:

a fine day to you, too, Carlos. and thanks to all the posters who try to nail some insight into the heads of people like Eriliza and Sicar. STARBUCKS!! whaat! go to the coffee shop at Pier 17 on the FDR drive in Manhattan. there is coffee all over the shelves and the floors. but, if you want Jamaica Blue Mountain, you have to request it from the cashier, who has it by her side, unlike the lesser offerings. it is the gold standard of coffee in the world, or so say the cogniscenti of that beverage. i myself have had it , many a time and oft. and guess what? in my humble opinion, Cafe Santo Domingo is EVERY BIT AS GOOD!. it is the best kept secret on earth. so, i ask you, how can someone from a country with some of the best coffee in the world rejoice when some overrated, overpriced franchise is about to introduce some rotgut swill to the country? is that progress? as to the buildings, and economics. when some of these condos are selling for a starting price of over 300,000 DOLLARS, where is the MIDDLE CLASS that can afford them ? that is nearly 12 million pesos. with 20% mortagages, ever try figuring out the monthly payment? and, as i asked Mr Dom, who refused to reply: what is the state of emergency response services, in the event of a natural disaster, or a fire? does the DR have any 20 story cherry pickers?

vacanos previously said:




Xwill 3 million backward people bringing their misery and deppresing the salary of our people not helping either.

MIRABUENO previously said:


Cafe santo domingo= Agua de Aguita which by the way is actually haitian coffee with the dominican label. have you ever tried cafe quisqueya??? the best in my humble opinion!