AMBASSADOR HOTEL JOMTIEN

Most if not all tourists visiting the
Dominican Republic ( the country that shares the island of Hispanola with Haiti
that's HAITI as in EARTHQUAKE )
head straight to the beaches on the east coast. Sea sun sand
from morning till sunset with cakes of suntan lotion on their skins they lay on chaise lounges/beach towels, drinking their guts up, staring at the same thing they can stare at on any other island and after 5-10 days of the same routine leave so proudly, feeling so vain about their dark sun tan which translates into having had a terrific wonderful exotic "fun" vacation, that everyone at work will admire, applaud and envy!
They talk about the food the slowness of the natives and actually make statements about the nation as if they really and truly left their hotel to see the natives in their habitats.
I have been told that Hotel reps warn tourists not to leave the hotel environs to avoid serious theft rape and other cruelties.
Tourists are made to be fearful!
Fear leads to inertia, stagnation, and a "follow the leader mentality", i.e people become sheople......as in sheep.
Inertia leads to ignorance
ignorance leads to boredom, bigotry racism close-mindedness, and to a lack of understanding about this and other nations.
Fear produces Philistinism.
Philistinism is a derogatory term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a Philistine (in the relevant sense), is said to despise or undervalue art, beauty, intellectual content, and/or spiritual values. Philistines are also said to be materialistic, to favor conventional social values unthinkingly, and to favor forms of art that have a cheap and easy appeal (e.g. kitsch).


There are people who go to DISNEY WORLD every year.

Do you get my point?
ill keep trying.

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Our previous trip to Orlando wasn't much fun. It was a last minute decision to take Chris there just months before Stephy was born. We figured by the time Stephy was old enough to travel, Chris would be too old for Disney's magic. We booked a cheap package because it was an unbudgeted trip. And we thought we wouldn't be spending much time at the hotel. Turned out Chris fell ill and we spent days in our room.

So this time, we picked a decent hotel, the Contemporary Resort inside Disney World. It was an excellent choice. The room was comfortable and service was excellent. Plus we saved tons of time traveling to the theme parks. And we could avoid the crowds during off hours, so there's no line up for us!!