DriftwoodWilly
11/30/2011 01:24 EST
Inversor depends where you live, I live, around the capital it is off much of the day, in Bvaro/punta cana it is a private supplier and so there is very rarely an electricity issue, central Jarabacoa, you lose electricity whenever it rains hard, but other than that there is not much issue, we live central without the need for an inversor. As mentioned you will need what you nedd to supply what you want to run. Minimum people tend to have are enough to keep the fridge running and the lights, TV, you can buy inversors for anything from RD$12,000 to RD$50,000, the batteries are the expense.
Your tourist visa lasts 30 days, after that you are illegal, and so not legal to drive a car or anything else, if you get into trouble then you are are not legal, so expect to be treat as such, if you need the help of the embassy, in their eyes, you are not even there, so...........
Many people stay months and years without a visa and simply pay the exit tax when they leave, which is a fine, (I stayed 3 years before settling down without a visa, but I didn't draw any attention or have any scrapes, infct I was ignorant to the situation until afterwards, so bare in mind what I said above.
You can not drive a car until you are a resident, outside of your tourist visa 30 days, if you have a bump then you will be held in prison until the case is taken before the court, which it will be for sure, the only way to avoid this is to take out an insurance that secures you are held in a hotel rather than prison if an accident occurs. My advice is to simply not drive until you understand the country completely and how to deal with the police and the people. There are ways to handle police and natives you will learn in time.
Buying a car will cost you 3 times the cost of that same car in the US or UK/Europe, cars are terribly expensive as is Gas.
Public transport is very good and very cheap and usually much quicker all over the country. I lived 5 years without wheel and without problems, I have a car now but I also have kids to haul around.
Good luck, life is not so easy down here these days, be sure to settle somewhere safe.
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