| The Melia Bavaro resort was the most beautiful
resort to which we have been. A real tropical paradise with beautiful flowers and birds
everywhere. The beach was also beautiful, but we spent most of our time around the pool. On the downside, service was not that great, and we always had to ask
for them to put alcohol in our mixed drinks. They catered, primarily, to a European crowd,
and Americans were in the minority. In catering to the Europeans, it was not all that
uncommon to see woman sunbathing topless. An elderly woman even changed swimsuits for all
to see, right in the pool area.
Forget any dress suits if you go here. What they call air
conditioning, we call heating! At a couple of our dress up meals I thought I was going to
die from heat exhaustion; and couldn't wait for dinner to be over. Dining at the
Melia Bavaro resort was not that great; and we found better food at another resort ... to
which we had to take a bus. Traveled through some extremely poor areas to get there where
armed guards stood at the resort entrance ... giving you that warm and cozy feeling.
That said, we really did enjoy our stay.
Memorable Moments: A snake showed up in Oz
and Margie's bathroom. The clerk at the front desk told them "they're generally not
poisonous." Oz and Margie then turned their air conditioning up on high, hoping
that little bugger would stay under the bathtub. Hmmmm, wonder if they paid extra
for the room wildlife? Oz buying cigars on his Mastercard. That charge appeared on his
account, along with another charge ... one for $1000.00 made in Santo Domingo (3 hours
away from where we were staying). |
