Don’t bring Wigan with you! – Part One

“Do not base a decision to relocate to the Dominican Republic on a two-week holiday at an all-inclusive resort here. Real life is very different. Well, of course, it must be, silly woman, what sort of advice is this? I can hear the seeds of scepticism slowly bursting into bud in your cerebral cortex. But… it happens!” Author Ginnie Bedggood, a long-term resident of the DR, warns prospective migrants to take off their rose-tinted specs before committing themselves.