Trip to Dominican Republic in the holiday season of 2025

2025-12-23 TUE

13:30 Ipswich 

🚗Traffic was heavy, but no jam. Flurries started soon before reaching the parking garage. The parking garage has lights to show the availability of every parking space.

14:45 Manchester Boston-Regional Airport. The was no line for checking in. The free Wi-Fi provided by the airport is best that I have ever seen, much better than that of Logan airport, which does not allow Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

17:23 

✈️ AA 5164

19:15 Washington Reagan Airport 🛬

2025-12-24 WED

6:46 Washington Reagan Airport. 

✈️ AA 1617

8:21 Charlotte Airport 🛬

9:01 

✈️ AA 3266

13:27 Punta Cana Airport 🛬

🚕 Taxi offered by a very nice police officer who does taxi as a side job.

Apartahotel Next Nivel, in the heart of Friusa of Punta Cana's Bavaro. Friusa is where real Dominicans concentrate in the tourist city of Punta Cana.

2025-12-25 THU

Celebrating Christmas with local culture immersion in Friusa. 

2025-12-26 FRI

Tour of Lois Haitises National Park.

2025-12-27 SAT

Recovery in Friusa, Bavaro

2025-12-28 SUN

7:00 Bavaro Express Station, Friusa, Bavaro (Actual departure time: 7:07)

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9:50 Bavaro Express Station, Santo Domingo

16:00 Bavaro Express Station, Santo Domingo (actual departure time: 16:33)

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19:50 Friusa, Bavaro

2025-12-29 MON

15:00 - 19:00 Tour of Bavaro.

2025-12-30 TUE

12:28 Apartahotel Next Nivel

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13:02 Punta Cana Airport

16:38 Punta Cana Airport 

✈️ AA 3261

19:41 Philadelphia Airport 🛬

21:20

✈️ AA 5907

22:56 Manchester Boston-Regional Airport

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