Riu Merengue: Travel Report RIU Meringue Maimon in Puerto Plata
Normally I'm not a typical all inclusive traveller, but a friend of mine
that works in the travel sector has invited me to a 10 day long Holiday in
the RIU Meringue Maimon in Puerto Plata. I was sure that I wouldn't like it
very much but the days I spent there soon changed my mind.
The hotel complex is located in a very nice bay that is just 10km away from
Puerto Plata. Three RIU Hotels are located in this complex of the RIU
Meringue, the RIU Mambo and the RIU Bachata. All three hotels are linked
together so you take your meals and drinks at anytime in any of these three
hotels. The only exclusion from this was the dinner, because they gave us a
place and time. From 18-30 to 20 or from 20-30 to 22 o'clock are the dinner
times.
But you can use the bars in the hotels; there are very many drinks there.
There are not as usually in all inclusive hotels nameless, tasteless drinks,
but I found my loved Brugal Rum there, it was the Anejo, and another thing
that is quite unusual even out of the hotel, president beer from the cask.
The beach is great, you don't have to fight for your place and the water is
great for children.
Because I know Puerto Plata quite well and don't like the regular evening
programme, that was nevertheless created well, we went to Puerto Plata in
the evening. You just leave the hotel complex and wait for a publico or a
guagua. The cars are not in a really good estate, but it is much cheaper
then the taxi. From the hotel you have to take Maimon Puerto Plata.
The cars drive until the Central Parc where you can buy a lot of different
things during the day; casa Nelson is a shop store where you can buy things
of daily use quite cheap.
We often went during the day but what really interested us was the
nightlife.
Javillas is the name of the station, if you tell the driver to stop there he
lets you get out there. We went the street on the left where there is a Car
wash. In the Dominican Republic there is always an open bar with loud music
next to the car wash stations.
We got there some evenings, danced Bachata and buyed Servicos. A service is
a little bottle of rum and a bottle of cola, sprite or seven up with ice.
With the best Rum in the world and the best music on the world you can float
freely in your thoughts, but it is hard to talk because the music is quite
loud.
You watch the Dominicans at dancing and dance yourself, the woman's always
accept to dance with you because they really like to dance. After 2 hours of
drinking, watching and dancing we went to the nightclub Babylon. You can
walk there or you drive with a Motoconcho for 10 pesos.
The Babylon is located near the streets, and is forbidden to smoke there,
there are mostly men and the waitress that have strip shows in the late
hours of the day.
But you can surely also have fun if you are a woman, you can dance and drink
there. In the late night you have to watch out how to come back to your RIU
hotel because they recognized us as hotel guest because they wanted more
money, you have to buy a whole bus for yourself. If its only 7 pm you have
to pay 20 pesos per person, at late night the driver want around 200 pesos,
and we paid 150 and it was okay with him. Then it was wonderful to be in the
hotel bed and sleep with nice Bachata sounds still in your ears.
I found out that you can connect a stay in the RIU Meringue with
individualism, and I recommend you to try this out, because there are also
special prices in the travel agencies, just ask there.
I wish you a lot of fun with your next holiday in the RIU Meringue Maimon in
the Dominican Republic.
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