Originally Posted by pompousjohn

Dont:

1) Drink Brugal if you don't want to get falling down drunk
2) Pick up hookers in the tourist areas. (overpriced and butt-ugly) Go to the nicer clubs where the locals go.
3) get in a taxi without asking how much the ride is first
4) ever forget that you are in a foreign country
5) Use drugs, buy drugs or ask about them in tourist areas - locals love to set you up for a shakedown.

Do:

1) Try the local "presidente" beer, it's great
2) Sample the local generic Cialis "la pela" for 1:50 a pill
3) Check out Cabarete, nice little surfing town on the North Coast
4) Stock up on cigars and rum to take home with you