Thursday, June 22, 2006

SANTO DOMINGO SUCKS!...




DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A VACATION...ALONG TIME! SANTO DOMINGO WAS GOING TO BE THE BOMB...SAND, SURF, AND SUN...WHAT ELSE COULD I WANT? SOME SERVICE WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE...MAYBE ALITTLE A/C DURING THE DINNER HOURS...NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK....IT ALL STARTED OUT WITH RUSS & MADISON NOT GETTING THERE PASSPORTS IN TIME TO LEAVE...THEN THE SHUTTLE FROM THE AIRPORT TO BAVARO PRINCESS ASKING ME FOR VOUCHERS THAT I DID NOT HAVE...ONCE THERE I REALIZED THAT THE PLACE (HOTEL/RECEPTION AREA) DID NOT HAVE ANY A/C...AND THE ROOMS DID NOT HAVE INTERNETS ACCESS...OK I COULD HANDLE THAT BUT WHAT I COULDN'T HANDLE WAS THAT I FOUND OUT THAT THE MEN HAD TO WEAR LONG PANTS AND COLLARED SHIRTS TO DINNER EVERYNIGHT...NOT A PROBLEM IF I WOULD HAVE PACKED RUSSELL SOME PANTS! YES, NOWHERE (INTERNET/TRAVEL AGENT) DID IT INFORM THAT THIS WAS A HOTEL REQUIREMENT...THATS BECAUSE ITS A RULE THAT YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ONCE YOU HAVE PAID AND YOU ARE THERE! AT THIS POINT I WAS YELLING "SANTO DOMINGO SUCKS!" RUSS & RODGER WORE MAINTENANCE WORKER PANTS THE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE IN SANTO DOMINGO...TWO SIZES TOO SMALL BUT THEY WORE THEM PROUD...THATS NOT ONLY THE WORSE PART...OUR TRAVEL AGENT FORGOT TO MAIL US OUR TRAVEL VOUCHERS...SO WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOTEL THEY ASKED US FOR OUR HOTEL VOUCHER (THAT IS HOW THEY GET PAID) WE HAD TO CONTACT OUT AGENT AND HE OVER NIGHTED US OUR VOUCHERS BY UPS...THAT DIDN'T STOP RUSS & RODGER FROM CALLING LISA EVERYNIGHT AND ASKING HER FOR HER VOUCHER..."YOU, NO PAY DE BANANA!" IF IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THAT STATEMENT THIS VACATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ONE TO REMEMBER!

2 comments:

Martha Bravo said...

OK you exito! jajaja to bad the place sucked but is the little things that make vacations memorable and this is one you'll never forget!

so exito!

Martha Bravo said...

I love this picture of king Triton! too funny!