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well let us welcome you officially to the rooftop of our new home here in cabaret we're finally back
in the town we are so the last few weeks have been very very busy we were in los terrenas
we were in harabakoa amazing eco lodge that overlooked before the plata wow it's amazing
so we haven't really had much time to show you our new apartment we moved a few weeks ago we're here
for a couple months yeah today's the day we show you all around there's so much to see so get ready
if you happen to be new around here we've been in the dominican republic for a few months now
so if you haven't watched our previous content we have loads of videos go back and do that
my name is anna trevor is behind the camera we are at the delightful travelers we're on the road to
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and leave us a comment so as we stand on our rooftop here and admire the gorgeous view
you can see that a lot of the units in here have their own private rooftops it's a very
unique building and i also just have to mention take a look at the color of that water
it's just so beautiful here so as trevor just mentioned this is actually our own private
rooftop area just for our unit they have a little bit of furniture up here but i think our favorite
part is that bench back behind me with the bar stools this is my kind of station you can work
here you can have your morning coffee you can have an apparel spritz or vinoblanco at night and enjoy
the gorgeous sunset also because we're in cabaret there's always a really nice breeze here so even
though it's usually around 30 degrees celsius the breeze keeps us nice and cool the apartment that
we're renting is typically a short-term rental so i totally understand why they kept the furnishings
pretty basic i realize things probably get damaged all the time when you have people coming and going
but it's kind of a tease because i feel like if we own this we would totally
deck it out with like flooring maybe some door rugs that is cushions i noticed some people have
hot tubs and others have like outdoor showers and loungers you can basically make it a whole other
room of your unit so we're going to take you guys down to our apartment it's just one floor down
here but those of you that follow us on instagram would already know about this place because we
showed it in stories on instagram stories we're big fans of instagram but specifically we like
instagram stories so if you're not following us make sure to do that because we always have kind
of behind the scenes and you get a first look at things so welcome to our apartment the first
thing that you're going to notice is that it is a studio it's quite small but for us not a big deal
we actually got stuck in the philippines at the very beginning of the pandemic yes that actually
happened we were in a hotel room for basically four months and we managed that just fine we
also have a very small condo at home in halifax is like 500 square feet just above that and we also
own a tiny house so we're definitely very used to small spaces so just like the roof there is
great outdoor space here as you can see you have a few nice chairs right behind us and the view
that we look at is well it's amazing just like the roof not quite as good but it's also amazing
we have been spending quite a bit of time out here the only thing i wish it had is an actual table
where you can eat at but again i think it's just set up for short-term rentals for a few nights
we're here for quite a long time so a table will come in handy just to you know sit outside and eat
all right back inside we do have a big king sized bed super comfy and then just right next to it
is our living room area got your sofa coffee table and then i guess this is sort of our eating area
slash editing working space as well it's actually not that comfortable i know trevor was just
talking about like outdoor eating space he finds the chairs here a little bit uncomfortable not the
best you know it's set up for short-term rentals and it's not the coziest or comfiest so this is
the kitchen area it's actually relatively good it's got full-size appliances which i really like
there's a little bit of space on the counter to like meal prep and that kind of thing some of it's
some stuff is a little bit weird it's like there are full-size appliances but they kind of block
some of the cabinets and like some stuff's really high up and i have a really hard time being not
that tall reaching it just to go back to this is really made for short-term rentals it's it's it's
clearly well-designed but it wasn't really thawed out that's the only issue with the place we like
it but there's just some things that just don't quite make sense to us it's funny we've overheard
conversations with people that are clearly buying here and they're definitely redoing their kitchens
yeah and i don't know if you noticed but one other little thing where we were just at on the patio
there's no screens bug screens on the doors and there's mosquitoes around so i just find
that a little bit odd it is a little bit weird but no one seems to complain about it so maybe
maybe the mosquito thing isn't that big of an issue i'm not sure i forgot to say that there
is a dishwasher here that is definitely a major perk it's probably my favorite thing about this
kitchen and it's definitely not a guaranteed thing here we've noticed a lot of apartments
do not have dishwashers closet area is right here and we also do have a washer and dryer
that is another big perk it's nice when you're staying a couple of months somewhere to not have
to uh worry about going out to do your laundry come on into the bathroom do you see yourself
okay so the bathroom does the trick this is all we need we have a nice little vanity
of course we have a toilet that's very important and we have a shower as well the shower is just
okay it's an average shower but it does the trick for us i just realized i totally skipped this area
when we were walking by earlier our wi-fi rotor is here it's actually really really good wi-fi
some of the fastest we've had here in cabaret also our tv which is right in front of the bed
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supporting creators like us so we're now outside our place on our way to go get some lunch because
we haven't eaten today somehow that happened but i know you guys saw the pool and you're gonna want
to see that back at our condo we're gonna take you back there right after we eat lunch so welcome to
cabaret coffee this is one of our favorite coffee shops in the whole town i got a delicious iced
coffee to drink today anna has gotten a juice we're sitting here outside you're gonna hear a
bit of road noise that just adds to the fun but we got some delicious food that you're about to
see take a look what i got this is the grilled cheese for grown-ups so normally we come over
here and get sandwiches and we often get them to go so i don't get the hot ones so taking advantage
of eating in today and got a something that needs to be heated up which of course is grilled
he's got some cheddar in there some danish cheese and some monster
that is really good a nice combo of cheeses i just realized i probably should have added some
bacon on there which would have been a really nice smoky addition to it but it's good just as it is
perfect like i guess comfort food on a saturday afternoon i'll show you guys you
can see the traffic out there happening so that's why it's a little bit loud
so check out this bad boy i got something called a turkey mountain
blt it's basically a take on a traditional blt on this guy we have some smoked turkey tomato
lettuce there's some bacon and there's a pesto-y kind of mayo that i'm very excited to eat
check out the mounds of turkey in here the bread is really fresh
this is one of my favorite sandwiches in the whole entire town if you're coming to cabaret
make sure to come here all right we're now back in our place and we're on our way to the pool
area by the beach and you can see well we're just surrounded in these palm trees here huh
we are but i want to talk a little bit about how we end up booking apartments here because a lot of
you guys reach out and ask us that basically both places that we stayed at so far we found on airbnb
and you can do monthly um look for monthly listings because some places have like good
discounts if you book for over 30 days so take a look for that you can actually go in
and search monthly and in general you know some places don't do you know might be like 5 000
a month and they obviously don't do good discounts but lots of places do yeah and just because you
said five thousand dollars a month we're not paying anything even close to that no although
this place is definitely not budget either well welcome officially to our beautiful pool here at
our condo does this not feel a little bit like a resort there are chairs everywhere you can
lay down wherever you want there is a restaurant a little bar area honestly the grounds are just
gorgeous there's also this where we're at right now we're in like a little volley bed and this
happens to be the best seat in the house i think the best part about this is that you can be
right by the pool and also like looking directly at the ocean the ocean is literally
right there it's just a few steps away the view from everywhere in this complex is just
incredible the last place we stayed was really really close to the beach but we couldn't see it
and it just feels a little bit extra special and i know trevor just mentioned the lounge
chairs and the volley beds we actually lucked out with us i feel like we never can get a bali bed
but those lounge chairs was a little intimidated by them at first they're really low to the ground
hardest part about them is getting back up again once you're down but when you are
in them they're so comfortable so a lot of you guys have been asking us questions as of late
around how long we're going to be here in the dominican republic we've already been
here now for about four months but honestly we don't really have plans to leave just yet
we have however booked a different apartment until early june so yeah chances are we're
gonna fly home then we haven't actually booked our plane tickets yet but we keep an eye on them so i
think that's probably gonna happen so what that also means is because we're here for a lot longer
if you guys have suggestions on what we should do in the dominican republic like where we should go
what we should see leave us a comment below because we have lots of time to explore also
we think in probably about a month's time we might be leaving cabarete for a little while
we're still trying to kind of work all that yeah so we have this apartment for another month or so
then we have a few weeks where we're not quite sure what we're going to do and then we have
another another apartment here in cabaret park so we have a few weeks in there to kind of
play with might we say so as you can probably tell we're not getting sick of this place i know
a lot of you were wondering that as well like honestly the dominican republic has blown our
minds and i mean how do you get sick of this honestly it's paradise yeah i think maybe if
we were just staying in cabarete the entire time and never did anything yeah sure maybe we'd get
a little bit tired of doing the same thing over and over again but like trevor just said dominican
republic has so much to offer so i actually feel like in the last few weeks we've been so busy
we've done so many things i feel like we've hardly spent any time here in cabaret yeah and then we
have as we kind of alluded to in the last video we have some major upcoming plans next week with some
other people yeah and we think some of you are gonna know who they are so i'm gonna take you guys
down to the beach here as you can see there are steps to go right down into the sand so yeah there
is the condo there is the beach so this is one of the highlights at this condo that we're renting
we really like the appeal of being able to get to the beach and you know hang out by the pool
like we're doing today right now it's we're a bit lucky because it's low tide so it's not as rough
out there but there's always waves we're on the north coast of the vr right now so you're always
going to have a little bit of waves another thing we really like about this specific condo building
is we're very close to town still so we have about a 20-minute walk that way into town and what we
find is we walk there and then we walk back and it gets you know gets all those steps in it makes us
exercise by default and honestly it doesn't feel like exercising when you're walking on a beach
like this also back this way is kite beach so i think you guys know by now cabaret day is usually
full of kite surfers at the moment there's not much wind today honestly that's why i had the
drone in the air because because there's always windy so today there's no kites which is very
weird but kate beach which has a few restaurants and things like that is just back that way so
it's time for happy hour it took us a minute to what what's missing of this whole situation
right now is of course a nice cold cerveza so some of you are probably wondering do we like
this place more than the last place that we lived at here in cabaret the very different the main
differences being the place we're renting right now which we love is just not set up for kind of
long term we're here for a couple months so it's just it kind of has some issues here and there but
in general it's beautiful speaking of beautiful this pool area is untouchable you cannot beat
this this is one of the nice schools i've ever seen in my entire life now if we go back to the
other place just up the beach in cabaret day that we prefer just as a whole just like to live in
it was just set up for kind of long-term renters someone clearly lived there before and kind of had
everything that you need so we definitely prefer the other place a little bit although visually
this place is a lot more stunning so another thing i kind of wanted to touch on was that we get a lot
of messages from people that started watching our videos and specifically videos like this
because they're looking for property to buy down here and looking for advice and the main thing
i can say is maybe before really committing to something try staying in a place like this for
a week or two in another place like just try out a few places chances are when you're down
by the pool you're going to end up meeting people that live here and they're going to have really
good advice for you okay pool time is over but we just want to show you this one last thing
look at all these bamboo trees just like right above us we are surrounded by these things but
this brings us to the end of the video it's been another fun day here in cabaret we hope that you
enjoyed the tour running home here yeah so we're here for a couple more months uh then we have
then we have a little bit of a break we're not quite sure what we're gonna do and then we have
another apartment rented again so we're going to be obviously in the area for a long time
yeah we got a lot planned so if you got this far in the video trevor anna delightful travelers
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hit the share button who even does that as you can see we are having such a blast here in the
dominican republic and in the last video we were exploring an eco lodge that was just outside of
puerto plata i was in the hills it was super unique and fun if you haven't watched that
definitely go back yeah and next up guess where we're going back we're going back to samana and
probably lost toronto and hopefully gonna do a lot of things that you guys recommended so i think you
guys are gonna like that also i just want to say one last thing a big thanks to all of you that
are watching there's so many of you as of late clicking on the videos and we just want you to
know we really appreciate that it's usually just us talking to this camera and we just appreciate
all the love coming from the other side and we extra appreciate all of you that stop us here in
cabaret just to say hello so many people we get stopped probably multiple times a day and it's
so great to say hi to everybody it is yeah it is so we're loving in here but for now we got to go
wash up and uh call it a day all right guys that's it from cabaret wishing you delightful travels
see you soon