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    Sosua to Cabarete?

    I am planning on spending a day in Cabaerete on my next trip down next month, What is the best way to get to Cabarete, spend the day or half a day there, and then catch a ride back to Sosua (NG)?

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Guagua, taxi publico or a normal taxi. Varying prices from 15-20 pesos to 300-500 at the other end.
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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Thanks Ap. Is there a place to find the cabs? I don;t even remember seeing them while I was down there. Of course my mind and eyes were on other things.

    I saw plenty of motoconchos but no cabs'

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    There r a lot of taxis outside of the NG hotel and some on the strip. Most of the day.

    Quote Originally Posted by krafty1 View Post
    Thanks Ap. Is there a place to find the cabs? I don;t even remember seeing them while I was down there. Of course my mind and eyes were on other things.

    I saw plenty of motoconchos but no cabs'

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    Quote Originally Posted by LJDMV View Post
    There r a lot of taxis outside of the NG hotel and some on the strip. Most of the day.
    You want public taxis not tourist taxis. You will get ripped off.

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Taxis:

    there is a regular/tourist taxi stand at the corner of Pedro Clisante and Dr. Rosen, across the street from el flow.

    I would take a publico from the well signed parada just across the highway from the Texaco station. Much cheaper.

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Perfect, thanks. Yeah, I knew about the guys outside NG, just wasnt planning on paying $20 dollars each way like going to the airport.

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    http://news.insearchofchicas.org/for...063#post816063

    see post # 6 ....
    jesus Taxi service..... good rates...

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    I usually talk to 1 of the taxi drivers on the block of the NG hotel and get in good with them. When I am ready to go some place I tell them what I want to pay in pesos and they will accept it no problem. Same thing for when I am going to POP airport. No way I am paying 20 for a taxi ride to the airport.

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    How often do the publicos come and how late do they run?

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Quote Originally Posted by jmackulate View Post
    How often do the publicos come and how late do they run?
    They run 24 hours a day. They wait for a full load before they leave the base. You can buy up all open seats.

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Would you suggest riding them at night (maybe between 8-11)?

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Quote Originally Posted by jmackulate View Post
    Would you suggest riding them at night (maybe between 8-11)?
    I rode them at 3 in the morning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Señor Jimmy of Medellin View Post
    I rode them at 3 in the morning.
    Cool. I can factor this into my budget. Only four more months.

    Oh, my mistake I was confusing the publicos with the guaguas.

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Quote Originally Posted by krafty1 View Post
    Thanks Ap. Is there a place to find the cabs? I don;t even remember seeing them while I was down there. Of course my mind and eyes were on other things.

    I saw plenty of motoconchos but no cabs'

    walk out the gate of new garden hang a left....continue down street to the intersection.....DO NOT GO to the taxi stand acrossthe street (crooks)....continue to the main highway there is a building across the road....public taxi stand....you can grab the front seat for 50 pesos.... in one direction they go from Sousa to POP....the other direction they go from Sousa to Nagua first stop being Caberate...get dropped off in the centre of town where the bars are on the beach...
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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Quote Originally Posted by Citynights View Post
    ... continue to the main highway there is a building across the road ... public taxi stand ... you can grab the front seat for 50 pesos ... in one direction they go from Sousa to POP ... the other direction they go from Sousa to Nagua first stop being Cabarete ... get dropped off in the centre of town where the bars are on the beach ...
    Good to see you recommending the publicos. Guys here know I have made it my mission to divert people away from the private taxi crooks to public transport (publicos and guaguas).

    Just to clarify a few points:

    The paradas (taxi ranks) for Puerto Plata and Cabarete are actually separate (although adjacent). If you wait at the Puerto Plata one (which is the one with the shallow curved roof) you will die of old age before you ever see Cabarete.

    Cabarete is not necessarily "first stop". Neither publicos and guaguas have set stopping places. They will stop wherever you ask them to. Make sure you leave your instruction to stop until the very last moment (Dominican style). This allows the driver to show off his skill at braking, and if he can startle a few pedestrians, carve up a couple of other vehicles, and shake up his own passengers he will enjoy it even more.

    If you do the polite thing and warn him 100 metres in advance you will have 90 metres to walk.

    Most publicos in that direction just run between Sosúa and Cabarete. Only a few go on to Nagua as passengers are thin on the ground beyond Cabarete.

    Another option is the Rio San Juan guagua if one happens to come along before you have settled into your publico seat. They come in various sizes and colors but most are white people-carrying vans and all have this distinctive white band with red lettering at top of the windshield:


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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Quote Originally Posted by Citynights View Post
    walk out the gate of new garden hang a left....continue down street to the intersection.....DO NOT GO to the taxi stand acrossthe street (crooks)....continue to the main highway there is a building across the road....public taxi stand....you can grab the front seat for 50 pesos.... in one direction they go from Sousa to POP....the other direction they go from Sousa to Nagua first stop being Caberate...get dropped off in the centre of town where the bars are on the beach...
    Or, you cqn cram in the back for like 25 pesos- have your coins ready.
    It was 30 at night- I think more because it was late?
    So, yeah a "publico" is a shared taxi. Small cars like Toyota Corollas usually

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    Quote Originally Posted by weyland View Post
    Good to see you recommending the publicos. Guys here know I have made it my mission to divert people away from the private taxi crooks to public transport (publicos and guaguas).

    Just to clarify a few points:

    The paradas (taxi ranks) for Puerto Plata and Cabarete are actually separate (although adjacent). If you wait at the Puerto Plata one (which is the one with the shallow curved roof) you will die of old age before you ever see Cabarete.

    Cabarete is not necessarily "first stop". Neither publicos and guaguas have set stopping places. They will stop wherever you ask them to. Make sure you leave your instruction to stop until the very last moment (Dominican style). This allows the driver to show off his skill at braking, and if he can startle a few pedestrians, carve up a couple of other vehicles, and shake up his own passengers he will enjoy it even more.

    If you do the polite thing and warn him 100 metres in advance you will have 90 metres to walk.

    Most publicos in that direction just run between Sosúa and Cabarete. Only a few go on to Nagua as passengers are thin on the ground beyond Cabarete.

    Another option is the Rio San Juan guagua if one happens to come along before you have settled into your publico seat. They come in various sizes and colors but most are white people-carrying vans and all have this distinctive white band with red lettering at top of the windshield:

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    I take the publicos from Sousa to Rio San Juan ...whenever I go golfing at Playa Grande ....its a must during my trips... the first time I did this it cost me $55 US return( private taxi)... now its 50 pesos for the front seat & 20 pesos for the guagua to take me the rest of the way to the golf course each way .....140 pesos total= less than $4 US... there is always room for my golf clubs...

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Quote Originally Posted by Citynights View Post
    I take the publicos from Sousa to Rio San Juan ...whenever I go golfing at Playa Grande ....its a must during my trips... the first time I did this it cost me $55 US return( private taxi)... now its 50 pesos for the front seat & 20 pesos for the guagua to take me the rest of the way to the golf course each way .....140 pesos total= less than $4 US... there is always room for my golf clubs...
    A chica I was with on a trip also showed me that if you want to travel in an uncrowded publico or you wanted just to be more comfortable (they tend to pack the car sometimes) you could pay for an extra seat. It still beats taking a private ride.

    I'm also discovering that you could easily arrange for one of them to take you to the airport if you give them a heads up notice regarding time and all. Could make your trip to the airport anywhere from 300 to 600 pesos. Just a thought.

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    Re: Sosua to Cabarete?

    Quote Originally Posted by MrMagnum View Post
    I'm also discovering that you could easily arrange for one of them to take you to the airport if you give them a heads up notice regarding time and all. Could make your trip to the airport anywhere from 300 to 600 pesos. Just a thought.
    Shouldn't be more than 300 as they will take you to Puerto Plata, which is three times the distance, for 400/500.

    However I don't think publicos are allowed all the way into the airport. Whenever I have been on one they have always stopped at the barrier, leaving the passenger a five-minute walk to the terminal itself. Can anyone clarify this point?

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