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hammmerhead
  10/9/2015 16:27 EST

I'd recommend all folk seeking the good life and reduced price life in any country, let alone D.R., to read a real traveler's deep take on this attitude that somehow Westerners give so-so much to these people in Developing Countries.

Which is the bigger scam? Hotel worker trying to hook up and get some money, or the entire rape and destruction of lands and people by the West?

http://dissidentvoice.org/2015/10/stop-millons-of-western-immigrants/

Kiskeyanos
  10/10/2015 10:17 EST

Strong words. True words. My husband is Dominican, anthropologist for the Smithsonoan. Our quest is to recover as much of the culture and prevent what happened in PR (where I am from) to the DR. My husband has made 5 trips in the last 12 months and I 3. Each time we see a people just trying to survive. We feed the children begging outside of the restaurants, tip generously,, because we are blessed to have jobs. Education for our children and a comfortable home. If you are going to enjoy what this country has to offer. Be mindful of the desperation many of its inhabitants feel everyday, and understand that part of their ":game", or disdain for foreigners is a direct reflection of what they feel is happening to them

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