so anna if i asked you what is the most popular question we get about the dominican republic
what would you say it is so we get a load of questions from you guys mainly what is it like
how does it feel what to expect that kind of thing so in this video we really are going to
be answering those questions for you early 2022 what does it feel like what is it like to be here
on the beautiful beaches here in the northern coast of the dominican republic
by the way if you happen to be new around here and this is the first video you've ever watched
my name is anna and trevor is behind the camera we are the delightful travelers we've been here
in the dominican republic for a few months now go back and watch our other videos because we've
got lots of content so if you're wondering where we are we are in a town called cabarete
it's absolutely beautiful as you can probably tell kitesurfing is very popular amongst many other
ocean water sports right behind me you'll see a resort and there's quite a few people here given
everything that has been going on in the world i'm sure you all know what we're talking about however
about a month ago it wasn't this busy here it was kind of just us we're going to have this place
to ourselves so we do expect it to get busier as we get into the months 2022 but it's really
interesting to see people coming back so just to elaborate a little bit on what trevor was
just saying for months now we pretty much go on a daily walk as part of our daily routine
to walk along the beach and as we come along here usually it's like there's a few chairs scattered
around and a few people but we always comment on how quiet it is up until this week and it suddenly
got inundated with people you can probably see them all behind me so the holiday season
has pretty much just wrapped up and we're right into the new year now and i think that's why
there's so many people here yeah i think this is maybe one of the busiest weeks of the year
business couple of weeks we're told that getting into like mid-january it'll start to go down
a little bit but not a time but that january and february are really the highest points of
tourism and people coming here throughout the year here's the thing we're going to be here for the
next three four five we don't even know how long a lot of months so if you want to follow along
and hit the subscribe button you're going to find out because we'll be documenting the whole thing
we're curious if it's going to be a little less busy around here as well going forward
one of my absolutely favorite things about this beach is all the kites which is laying on the
beach here yeah there's always lots around i think a lot of people are learning this week too so
i'm slightly hesitant not maybe not hesitant but slightly nervous about getting hit by a kite but
thankfully it hasn't happened yet hopefully it never does you do have to kind of keep an
eye on them you do yeah there's quite a few out there but i think all the way if you guys can
see that there's a beach down there called kite beach there's definitely more down there yeah
they always seem to be so i guess it's aptly named kite beach because all the kite surfers seem to go
down that way but we'll make our way that there as we walk by the way trevor when are
you gonna start kite surfing uh i'm gonna keep thinking about it yeah this is kind of what i'm
talking about you'll be walking along and then there's a kite coming in so you have to kind of
maneuver your way around again yeah they can't see it but there's lines everywhere so you have
to wait for the lines to be out of the way so we just found this log to sit down on very convenient
because we're already a little bit tired after walking for quite a long time to be honest but
we need to talk about the elephant in the room and that of course is kobe yeah the pandemic you guys
as i already said ask us lots of questions and obviously that's a big one that comes up is what
how are things here yeah this changes obviously very very quickly so as we film this canada and
the us are like full of omicron at the moment everybody everybody's getting sick it sounds like
um here cases have been going slowly out but like nothing too crazy yet of course that could change
tomorrow the biggest thing though the biggest thing is hospitalizations they are still down
even with numbers going up and that seems to be a common thread so far with the whole omicron
business that's a good thing definitely but in general i know we've talked about this a lot in
the past but one nice thing about being here other than you know it's hot we're oats we're outside
all the time so that's something that makes us feel definitely a little safer than if we were
at home in the cold in canada stuck inside inside all the time here we're outside all the time even
if we go to eat somewhere everywhere outside we don't think we've even stepped into a restaurant
like also that's included i just want to mention even that aside covered aside it feels really good
to be outside all the time it's good on the mental health it is and the other thing i would say is
that one thing people don't really talk about it a lot here so at least you're not like constantly
concentrating on kobe kovachov and being really nervous all the time about it it's just relaxing
in that sense but yeah it comes up in conversation here and there but in general it's not in front of
your face all the time so it's just a little bit of a peace of mind i guess it's kind of funny when
we first got here a couple months ago it wasn't a topic at all and then of course what started to
happen around the world with the omkron variant we started to well it came up more down here but it's
really just like in our case canadians talking about what's happening in canada back home so
just keep that in mind i think the biggest thing is it's not on the news all the time
it's just not right in our faces but of course we're always staying safe and being careful
don't worry about that we know it's there but it's just nice to not have an interface all the time so
let's talk a little bit about what the current rules are as far as covet goes at the moment
and of course if you're watching this months or even weeks down the road things could change very
very quickly so please look it up before you come here if you are flying here at the moment you do
not need a negative kobe test but you could be randomly selected once you arrive at the
airport for a test you also do not need to be vaccinated don't believe in order but i think
coming from canada you might need to be vaccinated in order to fly i've been quite kept up with the
rules with that we're not in canada at the moment just because you don't need a vaccine to get in
uh if you're going off a resort you need a vaccine card in order to enter a lot of places including
some restaurants supermarkets banks that kind of thing anywhere where you really go inside they're
supposed to be asking you for your vaccine card so be prepared and have yours ready masks are
required in any indoor place like especially i think fine supermarkets are probably the strictest
but at restaurants especially when you're indoors outdoors you're not required to wear a mask we
just made it over to the start of kite beach and you can probably see all of the kites that are
out there there are so many but look at this so this point is kind of neat there's a flag here
oh there's anna so yeah we love walking this beach we pretty much do it every single day
when you're here if we look this way you can see cabaret beach and it just looks incredibly long
and just very active right now with the kite surfers but the other way there's another beach
just behind all the kites that you see in the air on kite beach oh man this is this is just
pure perfection how amazing is this it's funny that when we first got here i think was november
every time we walked over here there were never any kites we had a hard time figuring out like
what the proper wind was and everything but lately in the past few weeks there's been a lot of kites
as soon as you come around that corner it's just so pretty and colorful and it's really
fun to watch so another thing we get asked a lot about is safety here in the dominican republic do
we feel safe we actually did a video a few videos ago where we went on a road trip we drove that's
definitely one of the scariest things to do here and one of the things you need to be the most
precautious with is driving it's kind of the wild wild west there are rules but no one really abides
by them but go back and watch that but just in general we tell you to abide by i guess the same
rules that you would at home in your own country know what neighborhoods where you're going into
do a little research beforehand be precautious with your stuff don't just leave it on the beach
bed and go swimming because it's likely to get stolen but that could happen anywhere in the world
but in general we feel very very safe especially our personal safety we feel very very safe here
all right we worked up an appetite you guys all know us we came over to a place called mojitos
i think oddly enough we've never filmed here before correct me if i'm wrong but it's one of
the most popular places in town in which everybody talks about it uh mojitos obviously and some
good food and i'm starving so if you don't know one of the most appealing things about cabaret
to beach here is just sitting in the sand here at a table you can see the beach
behind me there's not too many places around the globe that you can do that i mean the table's
right in the sand this close to the water we haven't experienced a lot on our travel so
we just find it really unique got a soda water to wash it down don't worry we got a little uh bucket
of beer what's one big grande large beer here but i just quickly wanted to talk about service
since we're sitting down here now we're putting in an order the service here has been a little
bit slower than usual so just make sure you're thinking about that when you get here everyone
here in the dominican republic went through a pandemic as well people are just starting to
come back so it's getting busier again so because of that i think some of the service industry here
at the restaurants it's just taking a little back they're thrown off guard they're not used to this
many people again so service has been a little bit slower just make sure you cut them some slack
funny little observation for you and i don't know how many people will appreciate this as much as we
do but we drink a lot of sparkling water like we have our fridge stocked with it we drink it more
than just regular flat water at home we buy like cans of soda water but i can finally be hard to
find really really oddly enough and at home in canada too when you go to a restaurant and you
order sparkling water often the only thing they have is like big things of like san pellegrino or
perrier and it's really really expensive here they have canada dry funny enough we don't have bottles
like this at home in canada but they have canada dry in these bottles and you can get them in any
corner store any restaurant pretty much everybody has them it's like less than two dollars i think
maybe a dollar fifty or something like that for this in a restaurant so our lunch has arrived we
just got a sandwich today and we're splitting it just because we're not super hungry but look at
this guy you can see the lettuce but on here is some ham two different kinds of cheeses there's
a danish cheese and a gorgonzola cheese the bread looks nice and fresh let's give it a try shall we
oh yeah the bread is nice and warm it's toasted ever so slightly the ham is pretty good it's not
the best ham i've ever had but what really stands out on here is the gorgonzola cheese
it's like in the blue cheese family so it's a little pungent it's got a bit of a kick to it
rounds out with the danish cheese as well a bit of onions sebola in there to add a bit of spice
perfect little lunch in the afternoon especially when you're just sitting here
on this beautiful beach feet in the sand with all those views i know whenever we do anything or talk
about anything or go do it something uh you all guys always ask us how much did it cost so i'm
gonna answer that right away this sandwich is 300 pesos so just over five usd it's a fairly large
sandwich so we split them we find most places here in cabaret portions are relatively large so we
often end up splitting stuff which obviously makes stuff way more affordable if we're not buying two
main meals so yeah this is basically a lunch that we're gonna spend about ten dollars in total for
and what about the cost of living in general right the cost of living in general we actually
did a whole video on the cost of living if you're wondering about accommodations apartments living
eating all of the things groceries we answered all of those questions in the previous video
there are hundreds of kites out there right now i honestly can't get over what i'm looking at
we haven't seen this many kites yeah i know so far we just went to lunch and then when we came
came back to the bee or on the beach to walk on the beach it's like whoa there's holy literally
hundreds of them i can't get over it this is one of our favorite things about cabaret it's just so
colorful out there there's so many kiters some of them are absolutely amazing lots of people
are starting to learn it looks like a lot of fun i have to say that it definitely looks like fun
maybe we'll try it probably not but maybe you never know never say never
yeah so guys we just want to say to you it's 20 22. happy new year by the way and thanks for
sticking with us for the last two years it's been a rough two years i hope 2022 is gonna get better
yeah but uh it's been great this community we have here all of us including you guys and us
is absolutely amazing we love reading the comments all the time it honestly makes our day so i just
want to say thank you for that and we hope you continue to follow along in 2022 we got some
big plans yeah speaking of following along i think in the next couple videos we'll still be sticking
around town here yeah stuff in cabarete but very very soon the next few weeks uh we're going to
be going to the most requested slash recommended place that everyone is told that we have to go so
far feel free to guess below but i mean i can't even begin to tell you how many hundreds of people
have told us to go to this specific area in the dominican republic so we're excited about that
so much fun stuff coming up in the next few months and if you got this far in the video
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