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Explore. Country Profiles - Guides to Culture, Etiquette, Customs and Protocol. Understanding other people's languages, cultures, etiquettes and taboos is of great value to the traveller or visiting business person. Scroll down the page for information on a selected number of countries.

Topics include language, useful phrases, the society, culture, business and social etiquettes. You can access Useful Phrases here or through the corresponding country. Please feel free to share comments you may have about our guides as we are always looking to improve the quality and accuracy of information. This information is also available as an App for the iPhone. Etiquette, Customs and Protocol Guides Warning! It is important to bear in mind that these guides act as basic and general introductions only. Each society, country and culture will have numerous nuances that would make it irresponsible to suggest a uniform approach to understanding any country's social/business culture or etiquette.

Explorra: Travel Guide, Tourist Information, European Vacations, Travel Tours, Luxury Hotels. Vayable. Santo Domingo to Samana Peninsula. Why would you want to get from Santo Domingo to Samana Peninsula, in the Dominican Republic? Well - unsurprisingly for anyone slightly in the know - it is a popular question, because the Samana Peninsula holds some of the particular, unspoilt, delights of la Republica Dominicana! There is, of course, the attractive town of Samana that provides the launching point for the vessels carrying avid whale watchers -- during the season. Samana also hosts some attractive beaches too. Then there are the lovely resorts of Las Terrenas, on the north-west side of the Peninsula, and Las Galeras, at the very top of the Samana Peninsula - both with their own unique charm and natural, homely, Dominican/Caribbean ambience.

In recent times the Samana Peninsula has become easier to access than it used to be by road. Here is the text of another realted, quick answer we provided at the great travel forum run by Lonely planet, the Thorntree: Caribe Tours also drives up from Santo Domingo. Driving santo domingo to samana please help. True-size-of-africa.jpg (JPEG Image, 2482x1755 pixels) - Scaled (40.