While Republica Dominicana seems to have not much in the way of public wifi hotspots, the residential internet from my Airbnb seems somewhat fast.
Another challenge and interesting part of traveling to so many countries, e.g. while island-hopping the Caribbean, is constantly having to figure out new currencies, etc. In Republica Dominicana, there's a national peso. One US dollar equals 50 pesos. It makes the exchange math fairly easy. Some representative prices so far (US$): ice cream $0.50, juice or soda $0.50, sweets $0.20, rent $10.
Dominicans seem to hang out often without doing much, which makes sense in this weather. I think that explains the level of development.
There's much to do and see when first arriving in a country! That makes the first while the most exciting. So much new stuff! Also, so many chores.
In Puerto Rico I camped out much of the time. Here I'm staying at Airbnbs. Last night had my first shower in a long while, it felt super!
Thunderstorms and rain predicted throughout the week here. In Puerto Rico, we had sunny weather for days on end!
I think I'll stay for a week or two in the capital, Santo Domingo, then head east around the coast. I'm already feeling somewhat ready to carry on, I want to do RD fast. The default tourist permit is for 30 days, and so far this is my least favorite Caribbean country I've visited. I'm still going to investigate an extension to the tourist permit, and I'm hopeful that I'll like the surrounding country more than I like the capital, as was the case in Puerto Rico.
This seems like a day where I have a large number of small, easy tasks. Other days have a small number (e.g. 1 or 2) of large, hard tasks. Some days are ill-defined, where the major task seems to involve figuring out the task(s).
During travel, the importance and difficulty of daily activities intensifies. One has fewer resources, and more struggles. Still, it feels more productive during travel. Even on an "off day" when you don't get much done, you still can make some measurable headway on the road, or try some new culture.