Travel News
DOMINICAN TRAVEL NEWS AND FAST FACTS:
- Gasoline is about $4.00 per US gallon!
- Moto-Conchos are motorcycle taxis. 20 to 50 pesos will get you around Sosua!
- Guaguas are mini-vans that taxi you between cities! Very cheap but stops often!
- Driving in Sosua is on the right side of the road! (Same as United States)!
- Motorcyclists are required by law to wear helmets but the law is not always enforced!
- Many pharmacies sell antibiotics without a prescription!
- Insure a healthy vacation by drinking and brushing your teeth with bottled water!
- US Citizens must have a passport but not a Visa to vacation in Sosua!
- The rainy period is usually the months of October through December!
- Famous Dominican Major League Basball players include Sammie Sosa, Manny Ramirez and Pedro Martinez!
- US dollars are the most easily exchangeable foreign currency in Sosua!
- No Daylight Savings Time! Sosua is one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time during the fall & winter months!
- The legal drinking age in the Dominican Republic is 18 years old!
- The major agriculture products are sugar, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, bananas, and rice!
- The electricity in Sosua is 110 volt, same as the United States!
If you are like many tourists visiting Sosua you will want to stay! To live and work permanently in the Dominican Republic obtaining residency status is required! However, there are many Americans buying businesses or working in professions like real estate and are not residents of Sosua. There are large numbers of Germans, Austrians, Canadians and Americans who live here year round!
It takes 3 to 4 months before provisional residency is granted for a period of one year. After the expiration of the provisional residency, the applicant may file for permanent residency! To get a Dominican driving license you will first need your Dominican residency! The Dominican Republic is the Caribbean’s largest democratic country! The Dominican Republic has sixteen national parks protecting and conserving its wildlife and natural resources.
