Sunday, 6 December 2015

Signed up for a City Tour

We headed for the pool area after breakfast to check our emails and to check the Cdn news as our TV cable does not recognize that Canada even exists. However, it was  very  humid in the morning and my key board would not type due to the humidity. I actually had to hold each key down to the count of 3 or 4 before it register. This  has  never happen before, even in South Africa where it was 43C and very humid. So that ended the morning computer exercise.

We then decided to go to the Mall, next to our Condo complex to find the ATM.  There are 3 ATM machines but we only located too. We were advised to be careful especially if someone ( other than a security guard ) directs you to a machine as it might be set up to steal your card number. We  were advised that the Bank of Nova Scotia ATM  Puerto Plata was definitely one to avoid.
The first ATM was not working and there was quite a line up at the other  so we walked around the Mall , which has many Tourist Trap Boutiques, Time share Scammers, Rental car Kiosks, Tour companies waiting to relief you of your money.

Anyhow I did finally get in the lineup for the ATM and it appears as if these folks have their pay sent to   the bank ( or maybe the company wants it that way) so they were there drawing out money and or paying bills. I was told that there is a 10,000 P limit ( 330.00 Cdn ) so I tried but no luck. I did finally get 2000P which is barely beer money. My Landlord says he will direct me to an ATM that has an 10,000 P limit.
While at the Mall we did sign up for a city tour on Monday.

In the afternoon, we headed for the pool and took the computer to check if it would work, and it did so I checked the Curling, Hockey and the Globe. We ended the afternoon with a dip in the pool.

After supper we came to the pool, with the computer to check sports and to try to call the G/KIds. And WHOA: where the hell did these people come. There was 12 or maybe 15 people in around the pool; (Who let the Dogs out ), none of which had English as a mother tongue.

We ask an Oriental guy ( because he spoke some English ) for help to get on Facetime  but he deduced it was our problem with the "Mike".

I had plan to go to the local Bar to watch hockey but deferred to reading my book before bed. cheers

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