The energy we get from coal today comes from the energy that plants absorbed from the sun millions of years ago. All living plants store energy from the sun through a process known as photosynthesis. After the plants die, this energy is released as the plants decay.
Clothing such as the Nagua, which are short skirts. Colorful dresses where also introduced to the Dominican culture by the Taino culture. There are no typical traditional men clothing. Men usually wear western type clothing, such as shorts, jeans, cowboy hats to avoid the sun, and cowboy boots.
There are no hotel courtesy shuttles at airports in the Dominican Republic. At the airport, you can change your US dollars and euros in Dominican Pesos. Note that you may not be able to exchange back local money to US dollars and euros, so do it before leaving.