It is impossible to get to the DR from the U.K. sensibly by scheduled flights. Best I can do is about £690 sterling return (approx Can$1415, US$1283) but the outward trip takes 30 hours (!) and two changes (U.S. and Puerto Rico). Return is 12 hours and only one stop. The chances of my baggage arriving intact on both legs is nil (and my name is not even 3somefan).
So I have bought two return charter flights and will "waste" one leg of each. Total cost £573 (approx Can$1175, US$1065), no meals included and fuck all leg room, but the flight is direct to
POP and only takes about 9 hours.
So spread out over my 11 week stay flight costs are just under US$100 per week (as against US$225 per week for my previous two 2-week stays. Illogical way to look at it, I know, but I have to cheer myself up somehow).
So stop whingeing and get your ass down there. Just be grateful you're not a limey and in a different hemisphere from the chicas. I want to hang with you longer than the twenty seconds greeting we exchanged at Herman's end March. You supported me a lot when I first came on
ISOC and was getting myself into trouble so I am going to let you buy me a santo libre to complete the job.
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