well welcome to punta cana do we did we get you guys this is not punta cana at all we are still
in las terrenas but people tell us all the time that they much prefer the beaches of punta cana
compared to the north coast and particularly las terrenas but we've been spending a lot of
time here lately and i don't know the beaches here can you see around us uh i think we found
punta cana in the north so obviously this is not punta cana and it's very very different from there
but there are some similarities for sure because look at this white sand beach the clear water
it's so so beautiful here in comparison also to punta cana beaches look at the color of that
water how many different shades of blue am i looking at right now this is unbelievable
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today we're going to be showing you more of las terrenas it's a great alternative to punta cana
well we're going to do a good old-fashioned water test how is the temperature here
oh it's lovely it's not too warm it's not too cold it's just like if you're gonna be getting
hot in the sun for a little while it's perfectly refreshing so other than the white sand and the
perfectly beautiful clear water the other thing you're gonna notice about this beach is well
we are the only two people on it at the moment in punta cana obviously i don't think you're gonna
get that anywhere it's a very very long beach we were in bavaro which is where most people go
there's a lot of people on that beach there's not a lot of people on this beach i mean here's
the best part you still get that ridiculous color with no one here there is nobody here
so we're not trying to be negative towards punta cana at all in fact we absolutely love that place
it's where we stayed when we first got to the dominican republic obviously punta cana is a very
popular place for all-inclusive resorts and vacationing but what we try to do on this channel
is open your eyes to something a little bit different perhaps put you out of your comfort zone
even i mean look at this place is this not pure paradise it's funny because this beach is so big
and there's literally nobody here took us a moment to figure out where we actually left our stuff
right here well here it is and i think it's time that perhaps we fly the drones
well you can probably tell that this beach just goes on and on and on it's probably
as long or longer than bavaro beach in punta cana i'm not even sure but the lighting here is kind
of strange because we're sitting right under this uh tree i guess it's a tree shrub for uh
awesome shade but you don't have to always sit in the sand i know there's not much right around here
but we have an idea so this idea is only going to work if we can remember where we are i know i
mean we have all this beach it is a big beach but i remember because now i see it we parked our atv
right here under this coconut tree i mean this is that idea i think it may be a bad idea i
think it's the best spot on the beach one thing you can't do in punta cana at least not like you
can here in las terrenas is rent an atv or a golf cart or a utv and just drive it around the roads
i know we even have this basket to put our stuff in so this is how we've been getting
around and right now we're gonna go show them something else that's different than here
so we just drove up the road about five minutes and we are now at porto by mosquito bar and this
place is also very beautiful and there's also service here yeah so if you were just thinking to
yourself that you don't really want to sit on the beach on a blanket not have bathrooms not have to
not have drinks with you or food there's this option right here to come just down the road
it's a restaurant but they have all these beach chairs set up they have service they
also have bathrooms you know what they told me to there's no minimum spend to be here you
can just come hang out and look you probably get the common theme with these beautiful white sand
beaches because there's not many people here it's the complete opposite of bavaro beach so
when the two of us were discussing this video one of the things we wanted to talk about
was what it feels like to be in each place so what does punta cana feel like versus las terrenas
and the thing that we kind of both agreed on was that punta cana obviously is a much much
bigger place it's basically a city whereas this is more of a small town and punta cana
has less of a vibe or a thing like we couldn't really say what its thing was it has lots of
hotels lots of restaurants but not a huge vibe to it whereas lost around us has like this total
european feel to it it's very quaint it's beautiful i don't know it's hard to describe but
i think the big thing about punta cana is its vibe i guess is resorts yeah and sometimes partying yes
i think but here is the complete opposite yeah so that being said this area here in las terranes
samana does have a few all-inclusive resorts so if that's your thing you can do that here but if you
want to try something different and not have the punta cana experience you can come here and have
beaches like this all to yourself in a very cute quaint european town like innocent we ordered some
pina coladas i mean how can you not when you're on a beach like this let's do a little taste test
a lot of rum in there dominicans like the rum luckily i do today as well but let's
talk a little bit about the location of las terranes we're talking about is this place
better than punta cana well there's pros and cons one of the cons at least i think it's a
con depending on the type of person what kind of vacationing you like to do is las terrenas is very
hard to get to i mean at least in comparison to punta cana there's so many flights
that go in and out of punta cana here not so many so it's a bit of an extra step
to get here but that's kind of what makes it so special it's why there's not many people here
just have to go a little bit further when you do that you get places like this i really don't think
we talked about this restaurant slash beach club enough there is a ship at the front of this thing
where the bar is overlooking the ocean and the inside of this place is oh so
inviting we can't recommend it enough if you're coming to las terranes the town it's only about
five ten minutes from the town center if you're on an atv or in a car like we are today so if you get
the chance make sure to come up here because it's so peaceful it's so quiet and you're gonna love it
well it's now a couple hours later and we are back in our apartment our condo and you can see
it's quite nice you can see a pool here i happen to be in it so if you happen to be wondering if
there's pools in las terrenas of course there is it would actually be hard to find a place
without a pool so it's not like punta cana is the only place for pools you have them here too
in an upcoming video we're going to give you a full tour of this place you just saw a sneak
peek so get ready for that because the location is incredible we are
like a three minute walk from almost anything in town right in the center of things we have
a place like this so we're big fans of the location and if you're wondering we have
actually filmed a few different videos here in las terrenas so we did show you around some of
our previous accommodations i've also been in the dominican republic for like
six months now so there's a lot of videos to watch if you haven't climbed you're just
this is your first video there's a big backlog there for you all right hungry yeah let's go eat
well now it's even later but we decided we thought it was a good night to come and try
some mexican food i walked into this place called catrina las terrenas and i'm right in the kitchen
here watching them cook and all of you know that have watched us for a long time that we
love mexican food and we thought this would be kind of fun because when we were in punta cana
in the video we filmed there woo it's getting loud here but in punta cana we ate some mexican food
in one of the videos we filmed there so we thought why not compare them
so normally at dinner time i would get a glass of wine but this place doesn't actually have wine by
the glass that's totally fine actually that's something i don't normally get it's a margarita
i'm not a big tequila fan but sometimes when it's mixed well and like in a good drink it's
really good this is a margarita with canola which is passion fruit something that you
see everywhere here no it's so good we're back in town now we do not have the vehicle anymore
we're not drinking we're not drinking and driving no worries there we're walking home
but this is delicious it looks incredibly interesting it's got some like maybe chili flakes
on the top so it's like the tequila thankfully isn't too strong because i'm not a huge fan
it's got a little bit of that chinola flavor and then there's like a spicy element to it and
i think it is like chili on the top all this spicy tuck has gotten me very excited to eat
so the food has arrived we got some tacos on this side but these aren't just any tacos these are el
pastor which is a classic on this little guy and there's four of them by the way there's some
pork so el pastor is like a pork taco some pineapple on there some onion i think there's
some cilantro as well and the secret ingredient i believe and i haven't tried it yet this is a
corn tortilla we're just gonna go for it because if you're eating a taco in our opinion it has to
be on a corn tortilla i mean you can do flour but it's corn is the way to go let's be honest here
oh wow oh my god i can confirm that this is a corn tortilla and already i am loving this it
makes me feel like i'm in mexico but i am in the dominican republic right now
the pork on here is a little bit more chewy than i would normally go for i
like when it's a little more soft and tender but it is still very flavorful the pineapple
always always is a showstopper on this specific taco if you have not tried helpful store before
you have to try can you hear all these motorbikes behind us right now just wild we're very close to
the road but there's also some cilantro are you on team cilantro are you not on team cilantro
we are that is for sure but you have to try these if you're coming here all right the second dish we
went for our chicken flotas and i think a flota is more or less a taco you roll it up and then
you deep fry it so it's like super crispy on the outside it will say it doesn't look remotely um
too oily or anything like that you'd never i would actually never guess this is deep fried it's just
really crispy on the outside also i will mention that they brought us some hot sauce they told us
it's very very spicy and i put them on top so we'll see what happens all right let's try this
this is delicious i love how crunchy the tortilla is that deep deep frying it or
whatever they do adds that certain component to it it is i think a corn tortilla but then it's
fried so it's super crunchy chicken's really nice and tender i love just having the um
uh lettuce underneath it just adds a little extra crunchiness to it and i love the components that i
add to it there's a little bit of like white sauce probably some sour cream on there i added some
some green sauce to it in the hot sauce i had one bite it wasn't too bad but maybe if you took
a big bite of it it'd be really spicy here's the question we've tried it now mexican food in punta
cana versus here it's been months since i had it in punta cana so i'm just going to go with here
it's a good one i think the safe answer is mexican food is really good here yeah there's two places
those two places that we've gone to have legit good mexican food well that was delicious the food
here in los taranis is always so so good now we do realize that we mentioned earlier in the video
about a european vibe and feel and we just mexico is not in europe i know we just were talking we're
like we really didn't show that did we we did not today in our previous videos the last video in
other videos that we've done here in los angeles we definitely tried to incorporate that a little
bit more than we did today yeah so here's the question the video is all about las terrenas
or punta cana what should you do where should you go which one do you prefer so what do we uh come
out on that i'm going to say you can't go wrong either way but in general we definitely prefer
a loss for renaissance it just has more of a vibe more of a feel to it yeah really really gorgeous
empty beaches yeah this does not mean we don't like punta cana we do we really like it but for
us we prefer las terranes it's so amazing here if you get the chance please try to come and visit
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