Lovely time in Samana

[dronnygirl]

We arrived in Samana by tender to a lovely welcome from dancers and musicians.We were then approached by taxi drivers and 6 of us took a trip with William who spoke English. William took us to a slightly battered bus with a driver, William was our guide! We soon understood why the bus was a little battered, the roads were in a dreadful state - we visited the local town and various beauty spots with lovely views. William desperately wanted us to be happy with our trip and kept asking what we wanted to see. He took us to a place called 'Blue Hole' or 'Devil's Hole'. On the way we passed small villages, a quarry where marble is cut and coconut plantations. There were small children collecting coconuts and placing in baskets on donkeys for collection.We thoroughly enjoyed our trip which cost $20 each.

After the trip we walked along to the small market, although people asked us to look at their wares, no-one pestered us to buy.

We would recommend you go ashore and take trips locally as the people really do need our spending. There was real poverty but at no time did we feel uncomfortable. We were so glad we took our trip and would recommend everyone to accept the place as it is - you will enjoy!

[cruisingbooboo]

I am taking an independent tour in samana in a few weeks, I can't wait!!! as long as our tour bus is in working order I think it will be a great adventure in a beautiful place in the world.

[Joyce From Yardley]

We arrived in Samana by tender to a lovely welcome from dancers and musicians.We were then approached by taxi drivers and 6 of us took a trip with William who spoke English. William took us to a slightly battered bus with a driver, William was our guide! We soon understood why the bus was a little battered, the roads were in a dreadful state - we visited the local town and various beauty spots with lovely views. William desperately wanted us to be happy with our trip and kept asking what we wanted to see. He took us to a place called 'Blue Hole' or 'Devil's Hole'. On the way we passed small villages, a quarry where marble is cut and coconut plantations. There were small children collecting coconuts and placing in baskets on donkeys for collection.We thoroughly enjoyed our trip which cost $20 each.

After the trip we walked along to the small market, although people asked us to look at their wares, no-one pestered us to buy.

We would recommend you go ashore and take trips locally as the people really do need our spending. There was real poverty but at no time did we feel uncomfortable. We were so glad we took our trip and would recommend everyone to accept the place as it is - you will enjoy!

 

Hi,

 

I was wondering, how long your tour was? What ship were you on?

When we were in Samana in Oct. we didn't see any taxi drivers. We were however on a tour ( Discover Samana ) On Royals Grandeur & it was a waste of money. This might be doable for us.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Joyce & Of Course Harvey