Indoor smoking appears in some casual settings. Law vibe is fairly normal-to-strict in paperwork, but socially low-key in daily life.
Minimum budget: rural $600/mo, urban $1100/mo. Medical insurance: $900/yr.
Auto: A Russian license is usually workable for short stays when readable, but carry an IDP, Spanish translation. Rentals are about $35-80/day for compact Hyundai, Kia, Nissan cars and $70-130+ for SUVs, with insurance, deposit terms worth reading closely. The Haiti border is not a normal rental-car route and is high-friction, security-sensitive, so plan domestic driving only.
Smoking: Indoor smoking appears in some casual settings.
Police / rules: Police and public-order vibe is more paperwork than street pressure: keep documents clean, but ordinary movement does not feel like a constant enforcement trap.