DOMINICAN REPUBLIC! We made it behind the VIP walls of Puerto Plata

Описание: We arrive by boat at Ocean World Marina Puerto Plata and quickly realize this is no ordinary marina.
From clearing in and exploring Puerto Plata’s old fort and Umbrella Street to discovering what’s hidden behind the resort’s massive walls, this is the real cruiser’s view of the Dominican Republic.
Including a surprise VIP resort tour we took mostly out of curiosity—and because they promised free breakfast!

In this episode of Unanchored Life, we explore some of Puerto Plata’s top attractions, including the colorful Umbrella Street, the historic Fortaleza San Felipe, and the lively town beyond the marina. Then we do what any curious cruisers would do: we go behind the walls to tour an enormous VIP Lifestyle Resort that feels more Monaco-meets-theme-park than Caribbean fishing village.

From first impressions, food tasting to unexpected luxury and local culture, this is what it’s really like arriving by boat in Puerto Plata—tourist traps, surprises, and all.

⚓ Traveling by trawler
🐕 With our dog Gypsy
🌎 Exploring the Caribbean one port at a time

If you love real-life cruising, honest destination reviews, and seeing what’s actually behind the glossy brochures, you’re in the right place.


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Ever wonder what happens when two fairly sensible people — and one skeptical dog — sell everything, buy a boat, and set off to sail the world?

Meet Ken and Kirsten Kopp — he’s a retired helicopter test pilot (aka crash-test dummy with a with a McGuiver mentality), she’s a real estate broker who thought “remote work” meant Wi-Fi, not waves. Together with their dog Gypsy, they’ve traded land life for life aboard their 60’ trawler.

This is "Unanchored Life”— our not-always-smooth, occasionally-brilliant, frequently-hilarious (to us anyway) voyage into full-time boat life, letting go of midlife "trappings", reinvention, exploring the world at 8 knots, and mild chaos.

Join us as we swap runways for waterways, listings for latitude, and figure out—one leak at a time—what it really means to live unanchored.

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00:00 Introduction
00:38 OCEAN WORLD
00:58 COFRESI BEACH
01:37 UMBRELLA STREET
02:21 PROMENADE AND FORT
03:23 LIFESTYLE RESORT
05:56 ON TO SAMANA!