Cabarete Rentals

Kite Surfing Photos

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:13:07 +0000

Cabarete is the Kite Surfing capital. If you have never Kite Surfed before then you are missing out.
Next time you visit Cabarete be sure to take some Kite Surfing lessons and take advantage of the winds Cabarete offers.
Enjoy the Kite Surfing pictures below!

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Cabarete Dominican Republic Real Estate

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:46:04 +0000

Located on the northern shores of the Dominican Republic is Cabarete and Cabarete Bay. The village has been known for many years as the Caribbean hot spot for diving, surfing, and windsurfing as well as a popular beach destination of college students from all over the world. It is also known for the barrier coral reef responsible for creating Cabarete Bay. Located only 20 minutes from the Puerto Plata International Airport, it has become an even more popular destination due to easier accessibility.

For the most part, Cabarete could be referred to as just another small, laid-back oceanfront village that is gaining in popularity as a vacation and college break destination. However, the real estate market has become very active and steady increases in the urban development of the area are proof that it is becoming a target for those seeking an overseas investment, a retirement destination, or just a second home used for vacation.

A report issued in August of 2007 (Huliq News) reported that the United States had invested $1.5 billion in the real estate markets of the Dominican Republic overall, and that figure is expected to inflate to $3.0 billion by 2010. In general, there is an overall interest globally in the Dominican Republic, as well as the Central American hot spots of Costa Rica and Panama.

The village of Cabarete is somewhat limited in size in that there is the ocean to the north and the mountains to the south and west. As development increases over the next several years, these geographical features may put a damper on further expansion which could inevitably drive real estate up to the premium price level. As it stands right now, there has been a noticeable upward nudge of prices, but not so significantly that it is signaling major attention. Therefore, this is all the more reason to investigate the Cabarete area for investment reasons.

The Cabarete area, like the majority of the Dominican Republic is currently wide open to foreign investment and consequently, there has been a somewhat noticeable influx in real estate investments from the United States and Europe. Investments are currently classified into the following categories:

• commercial property
• investment property
• personal vacation property
• developing a property for personal or commercial purposes

For the time being, property in Cabarete is very moderately priced compared to similar property in other Caribbean Island locations as well as Europe and North America. However the price or value of the property is not all that needs to be considered when investigating the Cabarete area or other parts of the Dominican Republic.

You will want to be aware of property and real estate purchase or sale taxes that will most likely need to be paid. Additionally, if it is an investment property and/or you’re not planning on living there year-round, maintenance and security fees may be required. There may also be applicable fees if the property is used for rental purposes and a property management company is involved.

Wo man in Cabarete bleibt!

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:53:40 +0000

Hallo meine deutschen Freunde! Ich dachte, daß ich einen schnellen Pfosten auf Deutsch informiere Sie schreiben würde, daß unser Kondominium der vollkommene Platz für Ihren Feiertag ist! Wir haben alles, das Sie während einer großen Zeit hier in Cabarete haben möchten! Wir sind nah an dem Strand und möchten Sie als unser Gast haben, gefallen so in Verbindung treten mit mir und wir können die Vorbereitungen bilden! Gespräch zu Ihnen bald, Wilhelm

Der hvor å Vær inne Cabarete!

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:50:33 +0000

Hei mine Norske venner ! Jeg trodde jeg ville skrive en kvikk post på norsk til å la deg vet at vår borettslag er det perfekte stedet for din fridag ! Vi har alt som du ville like ha for en stor tid her i Cabarete ! Vi er nær til stranden og ville like ha deg som vår gjest, så behager kontakt meg og vi kan lage arrangementene ! Snakk med deg snart,

William

Lost Camera in Cabarete Found! Lost камера в найденном Cabarete!

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:36:05 +0000

We found a camera with many pictures on the beach in Cabarete! I don’t know how to find the person who lost it but I hope they read this post. If you read it and you know someone who has lost a camera please contact me and I can get you all the pictures of your trip. It looks like two girls, one blonde and one brunette and their adventures throughout the Dominican Republic. The camera’s language is set in Russian so I belive the two girls are Russian and I will copy and paste this message in Russian via a translator. Hope to help you out!

Мы нашли камеру с много изображений на пляже в Cabarete! Я не умею как найти персону потеряла ее но я надеюсь они читает этот столб. Если вы читаете их и вы знаете, то кто-то теряло камеру пожалуйста свяжитесь я и я могу получить вам все изображения вашего отключения. Оно смотрит как 2 девушки, одна блондинка и одно brunette и их приключения в течении Доминиканской Республики. Язык камеры установлен на русском языке поэтому I belive 2 девушки русско и я скопирую и наклеу это сообщение в России через переводчика. Упование помочь вам вне!

Mucha Cosas en Cabarate!

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:18:55 +0000

Finally down here and having a great time. Everyday the weather has been very nice and the nights have been comfortable as well. So many crazy things have happend already and it’s only been a week. I’ve met so many characters! The one guy from the plane reminds me of James Gandolfini, he has so many hilarious sayins I couldn’t stop lauging. Then yesterday when I was walking on the beach there was a small family, a mother, a father and a young daughter. It looked like they were playing UNO or some other similiar card game. Everything looked completely normal, except for one distinction: Mom’s perfectly sculped breasts hung exposed and flailing around nicely! Only thing about it that was wierd to me was the fact that they were playing UNO on the beach with the young child. Something about it seemed very odd, but que sera sera There’s a lot more between time share people and a green pool, but I’m not sure I feel like writing it all down. That’s the only problem I have with blogging, you have to write everything, it takes so long lol.

South of the Border, The Market’s Still Hot

admin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:25:21 +0000

According to a new article in the Wall Street Real Estate Journal price appreciation is running 20% with the potential to go higher. Check out, http://www.realestatejournal.com/secondhomes/20071217-fletcher.html for the whole story. I really wish I knew how to post a better link, one where it’s just a word that you click and takes you to the page, if anyone knows please let me know and thank you! Also, check this out,
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-launch.html?project=latinAmerica0712&w=980&h=530 Ok, talk to you soon.

Puerto Plata Makes The New York Times “53 Places To Go In 2008″

admin — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:17:20 +0000

Muy Bien! I was surfing the web as my sporatic mind tends to do and I saw the NY Times post about places to go, naturally, as a traveling junky I had to see if my lil slice o’ heaven had made it on the list. As I began to scroll down I read a bunch of excellent places to check out, then as I got down closer toward the end of the list I saw Puerto Plata! NICE!, I thought. Although Cabarete is a little ways from Puerto Plata it’s close enough to count it! I haven’t actually spent that much time in Puerto Plata but I’m definately going to explore it more on my next trip in February. So, here’s the link to check out the article and I hope you’ll stay with us when you get down here Adios, Amigos! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/travel/09where.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&oref=slogin

jetBlue To Offer Direct Flights From JFK To Puerto Plata (POP) Jan. 10th 2008!

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:19:13 +0000

jetBlue has announced that they will be flying direct to Puerto Plata. I’ve included the link and some snippets from the press release so you can check it out. This is great news because that means that Continental and American and whoever else flies there will be faced with increased competition and as passengers we should benefit. The departure and arrival times look to be 10:30 a.m. with an arrival time of 3:20 p.m. Return flights are scheduled for 4:15 p.m. to arrive in New York at 7:05 p.m. This is great because anytime it’s easier to get to Cabarete the better So, check out the press release and I’ll see you on the beach! I just spoke with one of the nicest Customer Service Representatives from jetBlue and she has informed me that you can currently book jetBlue for the Puerto Plata service, today is November 28, 2007—it’s good to go!!!

Puerto Plata
JetBlue’s new service between New York and Puerto Plata’s Gregorio Luperon International Airport, with fares starting at $109(a) each way:

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New York, NY (JFK) to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (POP)
Puerto Plata, Dominican to
Republic (POP) New York, NY (JFK)
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Depart - Arrive Depart - Arrive
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10:30 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. 4:15 p.m. - 7:05 p.m.
(eff. Jan. 10, 2008) (eff. Jan. 10, 2008)
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“We offer JetBlue and all its customers the warmest welcome to Puerto Plata,” said Mr. Felix Jimenez, minister of tourism of the Dominican Republic. “The Dominican north coast offers innumerable tourist attractions, world class golf, extreme sports, adventure tourism and a tremendous diversity of accommodations and gastronomy. Don’t miss the opportunity to discover the most complete vacation destination in the Caribbean, which all can enjoy with serenity, safety and fun.”
And here is the link to the press release:

jetBlue to POP

A day in the life…

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:27:40 +0000

It was our first family vacation in a long time. My brother and I, though always close whenever we meet up, have been distant due to our physical locations and time constraints. I guess it’s just part of growing up and living, but this vacation was going to be a chance for us to get back together and make some memories. Getting to the DR on this trip proved to be a bit trying. It was a combination of things, mostly it was our family’s lack of planning, or should I say my sister’s lack of planning. If you travel you know that having a passport is required, however it used to be that to go to Canada or the Caribbean you didn’t need a passport. Then a year or two ago the government changed the rules and made a passport mandatory for these locations. Then, the government run passport agency got tremendously back logged and could not keep up with the demand for new passports, DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING, DUH! Consequently, the rule reverted back to NOT needing a passport to get to the Caribbean–with one (unknown to me) caveat–one must have applied for a passport and have the print out showing this has been done in order to travel. For some reason I must have missed this detail, not a good detail to miss and even worse to learn standing in line at Newark Liberty Airport about to leave. Thus, my sister could not fly with us; why hadn’t she looked it up and gotten her passport by then knowing that we were going on vacation still remains a mystery…So, you can imagine the scene at the airport with the friendly Customer Service Reps ecstatic to tell us she would not be flying in a sadistic Nurse Ratchet fashion. I’ve worked at the airport as an airport ambassador so I can bash them all I want, I know what it’s like to deal with angry passengers and their manner was unacceptable. Nevertheless, this story is not about complaining about the airports, this is about one day in the life on our vacation in DR.
One day we had decided to rent dirt bikes and take a ride toward Samana. Just to get out there and have some fun. So we found a place in Cabarete that rented us the bikes for like $20 for four hours. We started them up and took off headed East. We rode along toward Playa Grande but made a right turn along the way which headed us up into the mountains. We rode past small houses and farms. The mountain winded up and down and cruised along the peaks and valleys. We had been riding for a while so we decided to pull off the road and take a quick break. We stopped at an overlook and took a minute to stretch. After we stretched we were taking in the views and enjoying the scenery. It was beautiful. We were overlooking a steep cliff and down at the bottom was clear blue water. Naturally, we wanted to go down and check the water out but it was way too steep to climb down. So we jump back on the bikes and headed off wondering if we could find a way to get to the water. As my brother flew by me he abruptly turned and stopped to speak to a local guy on a moto. My brother doesn’t speak Spanish so I don’t know what he said but the next thing I know we’re following him off the street onto a dirt road. My brother tells me he’s leading us to the water! After a dirt road ride of about 5 minutes we come into what looks like a rock quarry. It opens up and there is a crystal clear fresh water stream with a bunch of people swimming and carrying on. The water looks awesome and high above on the other side is ledge where you can jump from into the water. Once we spot that we both knew it was on! Richy looked over and said, “I’m going first, hold my stuff.” So I grabbed his stuff and he jumped into water. You could tell by his face the water was perfect. He swam around for a couple minutes and then made his way to the other side so he could begin climbing up to reach the ledge high above the water. He disappeared into the vegetation and min or so later he reappeared at the top with a big smile on his face. He looked around for a min and decided where to jump. Then he took two steps and leaped off the mountain. The free fall began. Though probably only a couple of seconds, it always feels longer when you’re jumping off something high. Splash! He hit the water and popped up a sec later with an even bigger smile. “Dude, that was awesome!” he yelled back to me. My turn I thought to myself. After Rich got out and dried off I handed him my stuff and off I went. Sure enough, the water was perfect. It felt great to swim around and enjoy the water. Once I had enjoyed my swim I was ready for the cliff. I followed where my brother had made his way and there I was looking down at the water from high on the mountain. I gulped and launched myself off the cliff, ‘yeee hooo’ I yelled as I blasted into the water. Man was this great. This is exactly what I had hoped for. I got out and dried off, happy to be alive. We got ready to go and as we were about to leave I said to Rich, “hey, I need the key back,” to which he replied, “I gave you everything you gave me.” As what happened began to unfold I began to realize how bad I screwed up. No. No, no, no! Where’s the key to dirt bike key I thought to myself. It was in my pocket my brain replied! I jumped off the cliff with the motorcycle key in my pocket! It was gone. Sunken at the bottom of the stream and though the water was clear it was also deep and in the deep spots it was hard to see. We both looked at each other and thought how bad this was gonna suck. If we couldn’t find the key I’d have to either leave Richy there and take his bike back to let the place know or I’d stay behind and let him go, but since he doesn’t speak Spanish this didn’t make much sense. We could also go back on one bike together but I feared we’d return and the other bike would be gone. Plus, it would soon be dark and that was the last thing I wanted to deal with. I kept thinking, what do I do, what do I do. Well, I had to try and find the key but to me this seemed ridiculous. So I waded though the water looking for the key. Meanwhile, the people there began to laugh and wonder what the heck we were doing. I felt like such a moron. How could I be so stupid!?! I got out frustrated and beginning to lose my cool a bit. As we stood there debating what to do an older man on crutches limped over to us. He had peppery black and grey hair and he held up a divers mask and made a gesture to suggest he would look in the water for us. I nodded and said, “Por Favor.” He made his way to the water, put down his crutches and started looking around. I doubted he’d find anything but I wasn’t going to deny the help. Not more than 5 minutes later, he emerged from the water clutching the tiny motorcycle key in his hand. I felt like Link on some unknown level in The Legend of Zelda! I heard the magic sound as he waved the key around! Everyone in the water began cheering and clapping, it was truly a great thing to experience. He came out of the water and I thanked him a million times and gave him all the pesos I had with me. His face lit up and he was happy to have helped us. My brother looked at me and I looked at him and we couldn’t believe it. Our day had been saved. We got back on our motorcycles, took a swig of rum from our buddy, waived goodbye to all the people and took off for home. We were headed back to Cabarete with a few tall tales to tell over dinner later that evening…