Mehdi's Vacation to the Dominican Republic

 

Mehdi shared his story and photos with us. Thank you, Mehdi.

I went to the Dominican Republic with my friends two weeks ago. The Dominican Republic is located on an island which is made up of two countries, Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR). The Haitians are poorer than the Dominicans. The Island is located in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The currency in the DR is pesos. The average temperature is between 28 and 34 degrees Celsius. When flying over the DR, all you can see is dry land, but it has beautiful beaches.  The flight from Vancouver to the DR is about 9 hours. The DR has over 10,000,000 people, and their first language is Spanish. Out of the 10 million, about 25% are rich and 75% are under the poverty line. Since most people are under the poverty line, the crime and fraud rates are high. In the DR there are two different prices for everything, one for tourists and one for local people. I was very sad to see the life of people, and I hope one day everybody will be free from poverty. The people respect you because you have money. Most of country's income comes from tourism and sugar cane farms. I visited Punta Cana, Saona, Bavaro, and the capital city, Santo Domingo. Columbus  discovered the DR. I was there for 14 days, but I think the DR is good for one time visit only.