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After I got promoted and started doing solo photo shoots, I had access to some exclusive and crazy expensive locations. Our company had contracts with various high-end, super-luxurious hotels, so we were allowed to shoot in their private areas… only at certain times and in certain places, though. But it was still pretty cool.

For example, in the Dominican Republic, there are several “millionaire cities”. Some areas there are open to tourists, and they even give tours, but mostly in the morning and not everywhere. And in these exclusive cities, there are even more closed private areas. One of them was Trump Beach – yes, that Trump, the dumbest president of the United States (at least at this time, for sure! 😂).

Honestly, the beach was not the most beautiful I saw in the Dominican Republic, but we still had weddings there from time to time, people wanted to go there for the exclusivity, not the beauty.

By the way, a lot of movies are filmed in the Dominican Republic. For example, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, where Vin Diesel somehow covers hundreds of kilometers on skis and a longboard in just 10 minutes. 😂 Or The Godfather Part III, where they used Santo Domingo as a stand-in for Havana because they couldn’t film in Cuba due to the communists.

There’s also a scene in Red Notice shot in the town of Altos de Chavón. These are just the ones I know for sure because I’ve actually been to the filming locations.

But tour guides on excursions tell all sorts of crazy stories! They’ll swear that Francis Ford Coppola filmed Apocalypse Now on the Chavón River, and that scenes from King Kong, were shot there… oh yeah! Pirates of the Caribbean and The Blue Lagoon! And yeah, that’s all nonsense too. 😆

What always amazed me was that no one ever bothered to fact-check these stories, even though every tourist had a phone with internet right in their hands! 🤷‍♂️

Haha. It's true, tourists are convinced of anything 😅. The guides' fantastic stories inspire imaginations!
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Often random people without any knowledge are hired as guides, the main thing is that they speak well and confidently)