hello everyone and welcome to the channel if you happen to be new around here my name is trevor and
this is anna we are the delightful travellers make sure to click the subscribe button and that little
bell to follow along on our dominican republic adventures we've discovered from past videos that
you guys really like to see where we are staying so today we're doing a little apartment tour of
this place that we're staying in las terrenas so this is probably the third or fourth place
we've stayed here in las terrenas but this time we booked this place for i think it was three weeks
and it's really given us an opportunity to really feel what it's like to live here this is probably
our favorite place and you'll see why very very shortly but the location's really good it's not
right on the beach but a five minute walk but it's very very central that being said because we are
so close to the beach here in town what it means is we are spending a lot of time with our feet
in the sand if this is your first video picking us up we've been in las terrenas for a while now
and it is known for its incredible beaches if you are wondering the name of the complex it's called
nicole apart hotel you've probably noticed that there's not many people here right now not at all
it is a weekday we've noticed that on the weekends it gets a little bit busy or nothing too crazy but
weekdays yeah this is it you guys so this pool is easily one of our favorite features in the
whole complex here we've been spending a lot of time swimming every day enjoying a drink by the
side of the pool it's so so inviting the building itself is very modern you can see clean lines it's
very nice white it's bright it's very relaxing to be here i also think this building is only like a
year or so old so it's very new for las terranes and there's a lot happening here in the city with
new developments if you want to know more about that we have another video about why everyone is
moving to las terrenas i think that was maybe the previous uh video or maybe two back now i forget
ann is out here walking the tiles what are you doing i'm walking a plank it makes me very
very nervous but i'm gonna fall in but i wanted to show you guys how this pool is kind of divided
up so you got obviously the main part of the pool there is a jacuzzi over here and then i
think that's kind of like i guess a kid's pool here but it is you've probably noticed one big
pool is just divided by i guess the planks that i'm standing on but one funny thing that we've
noticed is that every time someone seems to check in they come and look at the pool
and they always check to see if the hot tub or the choozy is actually hot which obviously it's not
yeah i don't think they see this part that goes right through to the well to the main pool
this building is so new you can see that they're still working on the common area here right now
that's where we are sitting the pools behind us i imagine by the time maybe one of you come
and stay at this building this will all be done so don't worry now we do need to talk about one
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you guys in and show you our place our our units just right up there so there's just a few sets of
stairs to get to it so like most buildings around here there's no elevators so luckily we're only
just two sets of stairs up so that's not so bad but if you live at the top you're going
to be getting your exercise in every day all right let's go in this is our favorite part
look at this patio how big and spacious this is i say in we're actually still outside aren't we
yeah something i love about the layout of this is that the door and this is the door that you lock
to get in actually leave that to your outdoor space so it really makes it feel even more like
an outdoor living room so this outdoor seating space definitely something that attracted us to
this unit right away you've got four cozy chairs you can sit over here have your morning coffee
and there's a huge table i know this table you could have eight people for dinner so one thing
i like is these uh shades there's two of them because the sun comes down right over there i'm
like already sweating a lot to easily bring those down it's nice for shade it's also nice for um if
it's raining out which happens here and there it's also nice for privacy you know if you don't want
everybody looking at you it is this way there is a laundry room as well it's kind of like an outdoor
yeah it's the first time i've ever seen that where we have an outdoor room i guess with the laundry
so we are right on one of the main roads here so that's why you might be able to hear some
road noise in the background it can get a little loud with the motorbikes they drive around here
so if you don't like noise probably don't stay here but if you can tolerate it a little bit
because it doesn't happen every single moment of the day it's perfect i think it's worth the
trade-off just because of the location itself so close you are to the restaurants and the beach we
can deal with that noise we're going to take you guys inside but first we're going to talk about
these doors yeah they open up super wide i think they even go farther than that we've just never
tried before but it basically makes your indoor space also feel like the outdoor space
one thing we don't like is that there is no screen bug screens i don't get that one i know
so we've been trying to keep the bedroom doors closed which we've just failed at i noticed
but i'm trying to keep them closed in general to keep the bugs out in this area yeah there's
not too many bugs but still mosquitoes i'd say there's more mosquitoes here than in cabaret
day so i don't understand why you don't have a screen i mean look at the size of this space so
so yeah you know the one fail one fail you'll be friends with the mosquitoes
so funny just as we were filming that i walked over to the kitchen found a mosquito and i killed
it they're actually really hard to kill some of them are super fast they're very fast but at
least that's one mosquito down and how many more million to go many millions since we're in the
kitchen let's do a little tour this is actually one of my favorite kitchens we've stayed in so
far it's very very well equipped i must say it's also got this is a microwave took a little bit
to figure out how to work it but we've mastered it so far we've got an oven which is pretty rare
we find a lot of places do not actually have ovens and then there's a four burner cooktop
here over this way there's actually a dishwasher i legitimately keep forgetting about it because
it blends in it's got like the same front as the cabinets so i always forget that it's there but
very convenient and also a full-size fridge and then you will see we have a great big island right
in the middle yeah if you're wondering what this is um you don't drink the water in the dominican
republic anywhere out of the tap i mean you maybe you could if you're locals i don't know but for
us yeah we don't do it we buy this stuff it's only 70 pesos not very expensive a dollar or something
but this table though well i shouldn't say a table it's like a built-in counter system it
is amazing lots more drawers there's loads of storage i have to say in this kitchen all right
let's take a look at the living room here you can see there's not only one sofa but two so it's very
cozy very comfortable in here there's also this bar area which is a huge feature i really like
the design of this and right behind me you can probably see that there's a nice big television so
we have tvs like this it does make us want to watch shows speaking of shows we're looking for
recommendations on netflix or prime if any of you guys are watching something please let us know but
when the couch is this close to the tv and i'm standing right by the couch right now it makes
us want to watch shows more so before we go into the bedrooms and yes i said bedrooms there are two
of them let's talk a little bit about the decor there's really interesting artwork in here like
look at this piece like a big metal sculpture on the wall they've done a really nice job decorating
this apartment we actually came to look at it before we moved in just to see if it would work
for us loved it the moment we walked in they've done a really nice job and it made me wonder if
they did have a decorator or an interior designer come and help because not only is it really
aesthetically pleasing it's really comfortable too so follow me this way i'll show you the half
bathroom it's going to be a little bit echoey in here and you're probably not going to see it
all because this is all it is but really it's just the toilet and there's a little sink over this way
which is kind of neat because it's built right into the wall so it's good it's low profile it's
a good way to save on space when you have a bathroom this small so the thing is this
bathroom that's out here in the hall is actually the bathroom for the second bedroom over this way
so you'll notice right away in here there are two single beds i actually think these are maybe even
smaller than singles i don't know if you can put these two together and make one big king
i hope they thought of that because i know you get a lot of couples coming here but either way if you
have kids or are just traveling solo this is the perfect solution it is quite spacious it's quite
big there's a whole cabinet system over here and another tv as well and of course there's
a nice big full-length mirror it's very nice and bright in this space in general they did a really
good job designing it so we just showed you the water closet which is outside of the room it's
the second place we've stayed in los jaranis that has this kind of layout and i'm not quite sure why
i guess the point is if people come to visit they don't have to go through your bedroom to use
the bathroom but it's still kind of weird but the rest of the bathroom is inside of the bedroom
which is off the bedroom you have two sinks and you have a great big walk-in shower the shower is
really quite spacious it's very echo-y in here let's take you guys into the other bedroom this
is where we have been staying you'll see behind me there's a television another television but
i think there's three in this place and a closet system so yeah it's quite spacious huh yeah this
bedroom is basically a mirror image of the other one the differences being the bed there's a huge
king-sized bed in this room rather than two small singles in the other one and then the
bathroom is just slightly different let's show you the bathroom trevor is currently standing
in the shower because we figured this is the best way to show it to you yeah so okay here
we go so this is the shower it's very big if we go back you'll see the sinks so this is you can see
pretty similar to the other bathroom but then when you keep going this bathroom has a toilet on this
end rather than outside of the room we definitely really enjoy this apartment it's probably one of
the favorites we stayed in and that includes like traveling all around the world we really like it
something you when you stay in so many different places we've literally stayed in hundreds of
apartments over the years as you learn what you like and what you don't like and things that
are missing and one thing we love about this is that it's bright all the time a lot of sunlight
love that yeah the natural light is what really attracted us to this place plus at night there's
lots of lamps around as well that's something that a lot of people forget when they decorate
an apartment especially for an airbnb you'd be surprised how the places don't have lamps and they
just have big overhead lights yeah it's like 100 on or nothing there's no ambiance i guess but the
other thing that we really like about this place so because we were in las terrenas a few different
times now we came and checked this out and did a speed test on our phone uh for the wi-fi because
the first few times we get the las terrenas our internet did not work this time we are in business
slow upload speeds yeah but in general the internet has been really steady and really good
yeah so if you are a digital nomad or just need access to the internet or you want to watch shows
this i can guarantee you does work if you're uploading a youtube video i don't know
it might take a few hours but if you're just doing basic things you're fine whenever we do
videos like this you guys always end up asking us how much we are paying we're not trying to
be elusive or not answer the question however we know that prices can change
so much according to how many people you have where the location is the time of year
you're coming all those things can really really affect the price so that being said
every time we do a tour we always put some sort of booking link below
in the description if you don't know what that is you can easily look up to see what it is and
how to find it but it's very easy it's just below and you just have to expand it and you'll find it
we thought we'd come down for a sunset to finally show you guys what it's like here in las terranes
the place we've come to is called eden beach club but what we didn't know is the music is
really loud here it's so loud well we're just back there i had to come down here because of
the music i'm gonna try to take you guys up there we i guess it guesses the dj here so anyway we did
not know that we'll take you up there anyway but you can tell by looking around here the sunsets
are beautiful in las terrenas it's not so loud at the moment but i think we might be between songs
so it's probably going to get loud in a second it is yeah we uh did get some aperol spritz
we did that seems to be our new drink of choice it is our like happy hour sunset time
uh what is that aperitivo the sun's going down over there you can't see it as much now but it
still looks beautiful here yeah i think it's going to be one of those sunsets that like
20 to 30 minutes after the sun actually sets the sky is gonna be really pretty with all those
clouds up there since we have some loud clubby music behind us it's a good time to talk about
i guess nightlife something that we never participate in so i always find it really
funny when someone leaves a comment some left a comment the other day saying please go to sosua
and do a video about nightlife and then someone messaged us the other day on instagram and asked
us if we go to a certain club here in los angeles i'm sorry we're just the wrong people we do not do
nightlife at all we're usually home no later than 10 p.m and that's late well that's what i call a
sunset huh wow we've seen some beautiful sunsets around the world some of you guys might remember
us getting stuck in el nido in the philippines and we basically the our most favorite thing
about being stuck there was the nightly sunsets were amazing and here being on the north east
side you wouldn't think we'd get great sunsets but just the way it's positioned perfect okay
it is time to ditch the sunset scene and go get something to eat yeah we do have dinner plans
we'll leave it to us to find a food truck on the side of the road here we came over
to a place called raya now and this place smells incredible and we're outside right now i had a
chance to go back into the kitchen and watch them cooking in a tiny little space and take a look
at the food we have here this is a crazy amount of food these are little sliders we're going to get
into the proper names here in a minute these are beef sliders back here this is like a ceviche but
made of dominican sausage but it sounds incredible and then over this side we have
some kind of fried bread i think we have some more of that fried sausage but this time it's in chunks
so this is i'm so excited to eat all this stuff so the menu here is huge i don't know how you're
supposed to decide because everything sounds so good but there were nights and made us a really
big platter to try a bunch of different things this is as trevor said the ceviche
and it is made with sausage which might sound strange but the sausage is cooked then i think
there's some tomato and onion which would be raw and i think maybe lime juice as well
sounds very very interesting we also were told it's spicy and you guys probably remember if
you've watched some of our food videos before that we do enjoy some spicy food let's try this baby
it's served with tostones i know that's kind of exciting that they're serving testimonies
there's a kick there but nothing too crazy at least not yet but i only take in a couple bites
so far the sausage is really really subtle so far i'm actually curious to try these sausage bites as
well because we'll get more of that sausage flavor it's got a nice rounded flavor it's really really
good i'm about to try these adorable little sliders look at this it's like a tiny little
cheeseburger or a hamburger these are called chimies it's very popular here in the dominican
republic now it's going to be a surprise to me what's on it because we have a lot of food as
you can see i don't know all the ingredients but of course there is some beef i think there's a
tomato on the bottom there's definitely some secret sauce in there and what almost looks
like a combo of caramelized onions and some yeah maybe maybe it is cheese too so let's go
oh my this is my kind of burger this he mentioned there's some spicy things around here this has
some serious serious spice i don't know what gives it that it must be the sauce but this is the most
adorable little burger i've ever tried the patty was very flavorful we saw him cooking it back
there and the tomato kind of rounds it out the bread's really good as well why is this the first
time we've come across these in the dominican republic i'd eat these all the time but i'd
probably eat like you know six or seven or eight at a time all right we've got some dominican bread
here i think it's called a johnny cake or a johnny cake cake there's a big story behind that but i
don't want to butcher it so you guys can probably look it up online it's very like light and fluffy
it hardly weighs a thing almost reminds me of like a tortilla or something like that it's got air
pockets on the inside very simple very light very fluffy i could probably eat a million of these
because they really are so light very delicious and they're made from flour flour just white
flour so i tried this ceviche already and this is just full of citrusy flavors and veggies it's
absolutely delicious but what i haven't tried is the sausage on its own here so in the other plate
it's just sitting in the middle and you can see it looks like it's going to be good it's smothered
in different kinds of things i have no idea what to expect but i'm going to find out right now
oh i really dig this on its own the spice comes through right away just packed packed
full of flavor and you can taste the meat so you can taste the meat in the other dish
in the ceviche version but here you can really taste how tender that is how juicy how flavorful
what a delicious dish the only thing we haven't talked about is the little tostones i won't go
into that because you guys know what these are but i just love all of the food that's on the spread
here today if you guys get the chance while you're in las terrenas definitely check out this place we
highly recommend it it's one of the better places we've eaten that so far the whole reason we found
out about this place is because of you guys our subscribers it was so great meeting you both
thank you for the recommendation well that was so good such a good place to eat here in las terrenas
definitely going to be towards the top of our list of things to eat here for sure yeah make sure to
go there like we said if you're coming here but we do hope today that this video has given you
kind of a good uh look at what it's like to kind of live here in the town we've been here now for
about three weeks close to a month staying in the same place that you saw earlier and we went
outside you got to see a sunset and now you get to see the different options on where you could eat
here yeah but we also i think we said earlier in the video we've been to las terrance a few times
now but this is the longest we stayed here so it's really interesting to like get to experience for a
longer period a lot of people ask us do we like cabaret or lobster well you're going to have to
wait on that one because we're going to film a video about that because there's been so many
questions about it but we can tell you this now that we've been in las terrenas longer than in
the past just for short stints yeah this time it's longer well now we have a whole different
opinion we do so yeah we'll see we can't wait to make that video it's gonna be a lot of fun but
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