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Santa Bárbara de Samaná
Samaná Province
- Dominican Republic
Waters of the Caribbean (Automatic translation, under review)
This it was the first destiny of my trip by the South Caribbean.
One is a new place for the cruises. Since it does not have port to disembark is searched to certain distance of the coast and the transfer is realised in boats.
Like everything in the cruise, the exit of the boat was very organized.
The city of Samaná is very small and the truth that I did not find any attractiveness him. When in the cruise it was asked to him the people who seemed to him the destiny, the generalized impression was not very goodly, especially considering that the majority of the guests was North American and the infrastructure of this pueblito did not get to convince them.
In Samaná it is spoken Spanish, the currency is Peso Dominican Gold and the time zone is UTC-4.
Where to go:
Bacardi island
When disembarking of the boats of the cruise we arrived at Samaná and we underwent typical the harassment of the villagers.
In the cruise excursions were sold. In the case of Samaná the destiny was the Bacardi Island.
The cost was of 35 dollars by person. Considering that this era the unique port of Hispanic speech where it would stop the cruise, I decided to negotiate by my account the transfer to the Bacardi island with some villager.
He is peculiar that yankees bought the excursion in the cruise, but I was with other tourists who decided just like I, to leave to look for transfer. They were of Canadian, French, Portuguese origin, but nonNorth American (that usually is timid of everything).
Finally I secured the crossing to 20 dollars by person, although it is certain that the resistance of the conditions of security of both boat was significant. The trip lasts only minutes, because it is close, but we did not have nor life jackets attack.
In addition, to disembark they asked to us that we said that we came from a certain place (not of the cruise), because but they would not let lower to us.
In short, those typically Latin details that never can lack. In spite of these points, it seemed to me a good option and it would return to buy this transfer instead of the other.
The island denominates Bacardi by a publicity of this drink, where palms similar to the presents in the island and of its popular name saw themselves there.
It is a paradisiac place (it had more to be when he was desert stranger and), were very many tourists and particularly many of French speech.
The water was very scrambled when we were, because the previous week whipped a hurricane the zone. So it was impossible to make snorkel.
Shaken and everything, for my the water was gorgeous and the temperature but that pleasant.
Besides the beach, there are positions to eat and a fair of sale of crafts.
The return: To 5 pm we returned in the precarious boat to Samaná and there we changed of boat (this time the one of the cruise) to return to the boat. To 18 the cruise with some absent people weighed anchor apparently.
This it was a problem that accompanied the trip throughout to me. Because the schedule of clawing of the boat always was very early, I am not considered that it will be by questions of security and coordination. When I planned the trip, I forgot to consult the schedule of arrival in the different destinies, but always it seemed to me that he was extremely early and several times I arrived at last moment to the boat.
In addition, it must have to do the North American custom to have dinner to the 18, was habitual that crossed to me people dressed in suit going to have dinner to 18hs, when I was returning of the sink or jacussi in short of bath. This time they were those that saw me like a little wild:)
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