No doubt while on a Dominican beach you are going to want some snacks and cold drinks. At many of the beaches like Boca Chica, Sosua, and others there are vendors on the beach happy to serve you while you lay there. That can get a bit expensive though. The price of a beer or food is usually 50% to 100% higher than you will pay if you walk up the street a block and buy it at a colmado. So what do you do when you go to the beach in the States? Bring a cooler of course!

Now, that can be a bit tougher when you are on a vacation and everything you bring has to be able to pack into a suitcase, but not impossible! (more…)

An explosion rocked one of the kitchens at the All Inclusive Resort Grand Paradise Bavaro near Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

5 workers were hospitalized and 16 kitchen workers hurt by the blast that destroyed one of the kitchens on the property. The restaurant was closed at the time and none of the hotel guest were hurt. The hotel has several Restaurants including the Taino which serves Dominican food, La Cana which is the resorts steak house, the Sea Scape a seafood restaurant, Michelangelo an Italian restaurant, Asia with Oriental food and the resorts buffet restaurant La Laguna. There is no word at this time which restaurant was damaged by the gas explosion.

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