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Day to day life in Las Terrenas
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The city center is more or less a large village. Businesses are generally good and mostly owned by Europeans:
- 4 Banks (Interest rates on current accounts are approximately 2% per year)
- French school
- 5 pharmacies two of which are french
- 2 French bakeries
- French butchers
- Italian caterer/butcher
- 3 Supermarkets
- Hospital
- Ambulance service
- Fire service
- 8 churches
- Real estate agencies, travel agents, internet cafe, dentist, butchers, police station, doctors, taxis, hotels, restaurants, currency exchange, hairdressers, beautician, car rentals, quads or motorbikes, french bookshop, garage/mechanic, horseriding, medical repatriation, scuba diving, all kinds of watersports...
The most used modes of transport in the village are quads and motorbikes. Quads are an integral part of life in Las Terrenas. They can be seen everywhere. They have especially been adopted by women for their daily errands (that’s right!!!).
They are indeed one of Las Terrenas’ distinctive features since except for the Police force, no other towns and villages on the island uses them.
Settling in the Dominican Republic is quick and easy. There are many opportunities and things to do in Las Terrenas but I do still recommend that you have an income from your country of origin.
Let me explain:
Say you have 1000 euros coming in each month from your home country (rental income from a flat, investments, unemployment benefits or something else).
Over here 1000 euros = 43000 pesos.
see today’s exchange rate
The recently introduced minimum wage in this country is 6800 pesos. It’s easy to see how such a small amount in France can enable you to live royally in this country. Life is cheap and 10 euros lasts a long time. Las Terrenas does however remain slightly dearer than the rest of the island, motsly due to certain expats (conquistadors even) who only see tourists as a form of revenue.
In a bar, a 500ml bottle of coke costs 60 pesos (1,20 euros). A coffee is 10 pesos. A good sized meal in a restaurant is around 500 pesos (12 euros). A cartridge of Marlboros is also 500 pesos. Five gallons of mineral water (1 galon = 4.5 litres) is 40 pesos (0,95 euros). A concho (motorcycle taxi) costs 10 to 20 pesos…
The Dominican Republic is 98% catholic with the remaining 2% being Jewish or Orthodox. Las Terrenas is on the north coast on the Samana peninsula. This village has the distinctiveness of having three types of beaches. Playa Bonita to the west has wind and waves popular with boarders while Playa Ballenas and Playa Popy to the east have incredibly calm waters. Not forgetting Playa Coson where small lapping waves disappear into beautiful turquoise waters.
Las Terrenas is the jewel of the island, its privileged location shielding it from most floods and storms.
For example, on the day hurricane \”George\” hit and destroyed the island in 1998, Las terrenas only had a little rain. And again when the country was flooded on the 26th of may 2004, Las terrenas suffered no damage whatsoever...
So there you have it, a short summary of life here. You should also know that Las Terrenas has 18000 inhabitants, including 8000 expatriates (1800 French, 1200 Italians, 700 Swiss and Belgians, 500 Canadians, 500 Germans and also some British, Spanish, Dutch, Americans…). It’s partly thanks to them and their knowledge that this ancient fishing village lost in the Samana peninsula has become so convivial and structured in the last 10 years.
Drinking water is available in certain places, roads are tarmaced and there is a good sewer system. Also available are 220v electricity, broadband internet access, satellite TV, a European supermarket, a wine cellar, a salsa dance school, Orange Telecom and a computer supplies shop. An 18 hole golf course is also nearing completion and a large marina is soon to be built on Playa Bonita...
Las Terrenas remains an exception to the rest of the island. The other side of the coin is that real estate prices are quickly increasing – 30% rise in 2004/2005, 40% in 2006 and 30% in 2007. The trend seems to be continuing in 2008!!
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1000 us$/month
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