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Doug Casey Makes A Solid Case For Internationalizing

Hi, Barry in DR here.  While I was out touring some of the smaller towns on the north coast today, I took a break and caught up on some reading.  I read an article by Doug Casey of Casey Research that is absolutely a MUST read.  I know you are probably tired of reading my […]

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Escape? But what do I do in MY situation?

Barry in DR here.  I predicted I would touch on a nerve or two with my last post “It’s FAMILY… We Can’t Abandon Them“.  WOW!  That was an understatement. Based on all the emails and the comments I have received regarding that post, there are obviously a lot of “informed” people caught up in that […]

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You had better start acting or you will soon be forced into REACTING

  Hi it’s Barry in DR. Just a brief post today as its Samana Santa (Easter) and we’re off to the mountains. We’re having some fish, meat and veggies with the family later in the afternoon. Bought enough natural beef to feed 15 people for 700 pesos or 17.11 dollars US… and a 23 LB. […]

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It’s All Over But The Yelling

Hi Guys its Barry in DR. Glad everyone is enjoying the videos we’ve begun posting on the site. I have a couple of days until the next sets of visitors arrive so I thought I would make a short post. Just as we thought soon into the new year things would start to accelerate and […]

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Ask Barry: What are the schools like in Cabrera Dominican Republic

Hi guys.  As I conduct the Discover Your Destination tours of the north coast of the Dominican Republic, one of the questions I hear pretty regularly involves the quality of the schools in the Cabrera area.  That is an especially important question for families with school aged kids.  Well, I am happy to say that […]

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Basking in the Blue or Rotting in the Red “You Choose”

Hi Guys its Barry in DR. Hope everyone’s Christmas was blissful… spent with family, friends and all that is near and dear to you. Here in Cabrera we seem to start the holidays rather early and end them fashionably late. We commence the start of the festivities around December 20th and run clean through to […]

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Kudos to Brother John F from Barry in DR

                                  Hi Guys its Barry In DR. Our sincerest sympathies go out to all who were affected by this latest tragedy. There’s nothing that warrants or justifies this kind of feat regardless of what personal views each of us […]

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Why All Democracy’s Fail

Hi Guys its Barry in DR. Every time a group leaves that is absolutely amazed by what they’ve just experienced all of us associated with the Drescapes team are humbled even further. Whether from a phone call last night ending with a comment similar to “every question I asked was answered with what not only […]

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If You Have The Chance MOVE NOW!!

                  Hi Guys its Barry in DR. After the last group left I have a few days to get caught up and ready for next week’s new people. It’s a typical easy going sunny day here in Cabrera and I decided to spend a bit of time […]

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Through a Lot of Bad Comes a Lot of Good

Hi guys its Barry in DR. I have a few more days till our next group of the informed minority arrives and starts considering their plans for not only a better way but a real life change. Recently returned from our coop and scored several fresh eggs.  Three have my name on them just as […]

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