We landed on the D.R. after putting together a spreadsheet of the things that were most important to us, such as access to decent health care, stability of government, cost of living, average daily temperature, primary language(s), distance from the East Coast US, etc. and the Dominican Republic ranked high. Then my husband Googled his way to this town called Las Terrenas, and we booked a trip here and fell in love! Thanks for reading GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER — glad it worked out for you :-)