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• Jeg fandt en side med "21 Things you should know before coming to the DR", og da de er lidt lange at læse, tænkte jeg at jeg ville vise jer mine ynglingspunkter.
• http://dr1.com/articles/twenty_one.shtml
• 3) You can always fit one more person into a bus or public taxi It’s a nice sunny and you want to see what Santo Domingo really has to offer, but you don’t want to be the typical tourist so you say, let me take a carro publico” instead of a private taxi. And when you get in the car you feel a bit cramped because there are now four of you, one in the front and three in the back. All of a sudden the taxi slows down and stops on a corner and you think to yourself “what’s going on, there’s no space for anyone else.” Wrong! In the DR there’s always place for one more. Even if they have to hang out the window, out the door or on the roof, which in most cases ends up happening, there is always space for one more!

  4) Tinted windows are more useful at night If you stay long enough in the DR and get a Dominican boyfriend or girlfriend, we’ll let you decide why this is so true.
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  5) Clapping when the airplane lands is required by Dominican law As you land in the DR, all of a sudden you’ll hear loud clapping from Dominicans. You’ll see some praying; some hugging and some extremely superstitious Dominicans will even bring out the holy water and pass it around like a bottle of Dom Perignon. Although no real reason for this has been determined, some theorize that the fact that a plane landed, contrary to anything else in the DR functioning properly, is a major relief for passengers. Regardless of any reason, don’t ask why they clap and where they got the holy water from, just go ahead and applaud with them.
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  9) Drinking during the day, at night and on Sunday’s is accepted and maybe required! OK, Dominicans aren’t alcoholics and we aren’t urging you to become one, but the taboo towards drinking here isn’t the same as in the US. Having a beer at lunch, during the mid afternoon or at night is socially acceptable. So sit back and enjoy.
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  15) Mamajuana is not a replacement for Viagra The verdict is still out on this one and Rush Limbaugh was too much in a hurry to test it out and see if it was true. They say mamajuana is a natural aphrodisiac and has Viagra- like effects, and this could be true - but remember that drinking any type of moonshine can make you hot under the collar and make you howl at the moon. And we don’t exactly know if your judgment gets any better under the influence of mamajauana. My guess is No! Oh and by the way, if you're in the DR and are drinking mamajuana you got bigger problems than needing Viagra.
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  17) Regardless of what Italians think, Speedos are not required attire at the beach You might want to bring a blindfold and some Pepto-Bismol when going to some of the beaches in the DR. Some of the beaches are frequented by Italian tourists and for some odd reason they feel the need to prance around in Speedos as if it’s a joy to look at. Listen, there are enough hairy-backed, over-aged men with their nether regions already hanging out from places we don’t need to see, so do us all a favor and keep yours hidden.
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  18) Presidente beer is not a tanning lotion substitute If you are ever in the DR and see some people bathing themselves in beer they might be doing one of two things. They might be going crazy or using the beer to help them tan better. The verdict is still out on whether it works, but hey, you might just enjoy watching young Dominicans pour beer on themselves. I know I would!

  19) Don’t ever, ever, ever shower after you eat!!!!!!! Whatever you do, don't ever, ever, ever let a Dominican catch you taking a shower after you eat a large meal. Once again there is no logical explanation for this one, but Dominicans think it taboo to shower after you eat, as if you’ll open up the shower head get a cramp and drown while showering. My guess is that somewhere along the line, some unfortunate Dominican got a cramp in the shower after eating too much mangu and thought that the shower water, and not the mangu, was to blame. Or maybe some poor soul confused a pool with a shower and a stomach full of food with cramps. Either way if you do decide to shower after you eat, take a life preserver and a whistle with you and hope to god you don’t drown.