Sorry, but I can’t resist telling the tale of my trip to what I thought would be paradise. 
In 2006 we looked for some place outside of the US to live in the carribean and decided on dominican republic. We lived in a nice 2 br house with a huge pool right across the street from the wonderful Caberet beach where they kite surf and had a golf course in the back of us.
The ONLY problem with it was that the power was not consistant, (we had black-outs that lasted hours sometimes) the cable did not have ABC (so no soaps) and the internet worked when it wanted to so we had to run a 300 foot cable from a neighbors house so that I could get on when I needed to.
800 numbers are not allowed and everything american was triple the price. They don’t have mail delivery and you have to rent a mail box. Getting a banking account is a hassle unless you know someone.
The driving situation was terrifying and no one spoke english, all the signs were in spanish and going to the grocery store was an adventure. Seeing meat out in the open uncovered and brown looking just did not get it. LMAO
We could only buy chicken on Mondays and they moved the business after a month and because there are NO street signs, or traffic lights getting directions was useless so that meant eating out almost daily which was very expensive. I did love the fish they sold at the grocery store though.
The best part of the entire experience was that I lost about 15 pounds in three months.