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"Hold down arms and service tail" just seems too obvious to not mention. Sorry. You know that I have enjoyed this whole sequence of story lines but my "voyeur" mentality overcomes. You know that isn't true either but we have to write something, don't we? Best regards, RA1

I know, I think its FABULOUS !!!!!

I strongly suggest Casa Conde Hotel Boutique.... Calle el Conde # 511 Santo Domingo Distrito Nacional 10210 Dominican Republic 1-866-599-6674 Excellent location, on the conde, the main strip in the tourist area....secure, they have a security door, the owner speaks excellent English from living in the states and you can have guests...I had a Dominican guest for my entire stay and was not charged extra It's newer as well, very nicely decorated and affordable....definitely check around for other hotels but this one as far as location and cleanliness can't be beat compared to some of the other hotels.... I was told to check out the Roma hotels and went to both of them and did not like either of them....to me, they were old and outdated and not kept up at all...A friend of mine told me that one location was robbed with the guests in the lobby as well as the hotel front desk robbed....

RA1, you make a good point, several in fact. Sitting on top of several thousand tons of LOX and 'rockety' fuel and lighting it afire seems inherently problematic. Thirty years after, here's an article on one of the Thiocol engineers who did their damnest to stop the launch of the Challenger.

Every Apollo mission was MORE than hairily close run. If they knew then what we know now, no one would have dared go on such missions. Except for the test pilot credo, " I would rather die, than look bad". Best regards, RA1

The Discovery Hotel, Mercure and Roma I and II all allow guests with ID. Mercure may charge a fee for guests (not sure, the policy changes every now and then) but last I checked it was $20 USD. One way to try to sidestep that charge is to book the room for 2 but that has had mixed results. The good thing about the Mercure is that hotel guests get the great free breakfast in the downstairs patio while everyone else pays, so it somewhat evens out. The Romas and Discovery are well-known in the straight sex tourism community as hotels that are friendly to male tourists there to pick up women discreetly, and gays that are discreet can easily use the place and check in their Dominican guests for a visit as long as they have their cedela (ID) which is left at the front desk and/or copied there. These three places are no frills and very simple but the Roma 1 and 2 do have rooms with kitchens available and every room has a TV and small refrigerator. I would describe all of these places as "friendly to single travelers" instead of "gay friendly", because some more culturally naive posters might get the wrong idea about the establishments or about the DR in general. All of these places are along the Conde, either the exception of Discovery which is one short corner off the Conde but adjacent from Grand's / Paco's, the 24-hour restaurant / pick-up spot.

Different poster- same bitchy disrespect on your part though. The way social media works is that we each express our view and later readers decide for themselves which to believe and which to discard. A forum that consists of identical reviews ultimately has little value. And when new posters are discouraged, the site becomes a conversation between old friends who reinforce each other's opinions. This site has potential to be an open, honest informative exchange rather than a front porch knitting circle.