by Felipe Bidó on Fri May 15, 2009 6:45 pm
Actually, the DR is not very dangerous. Of course if you are not aware of your surroundings, you can get robbed. But when it comes to that, the nature of the dominican is to get himself involved. If you get robbed and someone sees it, be sure that the guy that stole from you is going to be chased around and beaten.
The weapons...the DR has a weapon culture. Everyone with a military uniform has a big weapon. You see the guards of every building with M-16s or a shotgun. And everyone usually carries a bat or a machete in their cars. I know some tourists find it shocking, but to us is just natural. Teo (Darthwing Duck) asked me about it when we were showing him the city.
Everyone here will be smiling at you and wanting to help you, if you are a tourist. But it's better to have a dominican with you when you are around, because the stores will want to charge you a lot for simple stuff. And I think that's the worst danger you can find here.
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