We should be looking out for each other!
There is no need to go negative on this issue. If you see someone paying $100 US for something that should cost $30 US all you need to to do is educate your fellow traveler. Some of them will reject your advice. They are the ones who do not give a crap. They think the extra money will earn them some type of respect. The only thing that will happen is the girls will think they are stupid. There will always be guys like this. Just tell them the best club is Bohem or Crystals and let them go there and drop the big money. They will muddy the waters in that pond and this leaves your hunting grounds uncontaminated in Sosua. There is not an infinite supply of them so do not sweat the small stuff. Help others understand the proper value and if they do not wise up just direct them to the expensive clubs. If you think brothers are not smart enough to understand this you have not been with the same guys I have been around. They negotiated the price down and do not want to overpay any more than you do.
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My first trip to the Dom. Rep.
During my time in Sosua I had 10 chica encounters that made an impression on me. This is over and above the common approach by girls asking about ficky-ficky that lasted only long enough for me to smile and say no thanks. I had literally dozens of those kinds of conversations during my stay.
Of those 10, 4 resulted in actual sexual activity. I would describe 1 as good. The other 3 ranged from below average to just bad. The other 6 incidents were essentially cases of not taking no for an answer, sometimes bordering on violent. Along the way I had a lot of mediocre food, and had my pocket picked twice.
To skip to the end - I would not recommend Sosua as a destination for mongers, or anyone, and I am disappointed in the effusive content of this forum. For those interested, some details follow.
Pickpockets. This wasn’t my first trip to a questionable neighborhood. I’m careful how I handle my money. The first time, they got my fake wallet stuffed with paper, carried conspicuously in my rear pocket for just this purpose. The second time they got my walking around cash, about $5-$6. Important money is kept where it’s very difficult to get to, even for me. I’ve carried that same fake wallet into all kinds of places and situations, in a number of countries, including many puta bars. It hadn’t been lifted in years. In Sosua it took less than 48 hours to find a pickpocket. Wonderful place.
Initiation. The first offer I accepted after hitting town was one of the many girls that approached me while just walking around. I think she was probably Haitian, but I can’t say for sure. My impression was that it was equally likely that a chica would be Haitian or Dominicana throughout Sosua. I couldn’t tell and didn’t worry about it. We went up the road to a flea bag hotel - the room was $10. I took a shower. When I came out she had her clothes off and immediately asked for the money - almost double what we had agreed on. I pointed this out. She said it just wasn’t enough. Unless a girl is very special, in this situation there is nothing to discuss. She’s dishonest and has an attitude - a guaranteed lousy session. I sat there and stared at her for a minute, then got up and got dressed. She actually looked surprised. She tried to talk me down, including going back to the original price, then demanding partial payment for getting naked. I ignored her and walked. Of course I was out the 10 bucks.
Bates hotel. Unfortunately I ended up back at the same place a few nights later with a different chica. Don’t seem to be many alternatives. This room was even nastier than the first one. This turned out to be one of the poor sessions I mentioned, but at least she didn’t try to upsell me. On another day, just walking around, I ran into the girl who had picked my pocket a few days after she had gotten me. (Sosua is a small town.) It was right outside this hotel. My advice, if you are doing anything that somehow involves this place, bail immediately. (pic attached)
The addict. Early on I ran into a girl more persistent than most. I kept saying no, but she kept following me - finally to the entrance of my hotel. I stopped and sat on a bench, she sat down with me. I didn’t want her trying to follow me into the place, so I just sat there. It was late, and pretty quiet, so it took about 10 minutes before another guy came by and she finally took off after him. A couple of days later I ran into her on the main drag. (It’s a smaaaal town.) She attached herself to me again. Same kind of persistence. I finally just sat down again to wait her out. She kept whining, cutting the price, asking why not, and telling me she had to get money to feed her babies. I kept saying no. Eventually she resorted to straight begging. By this time I wasn’t bothering to answer, just ignoring her. Finally she asked (begged) me to go to the bodega with her and buy milk “for her babies”. I can ignore beggars that want money without a thought, but I’m not yet callous enough to refuse to buy milk for starving children, so off we went. When we got there she walks up to the clerk and says something I can’t understand. The clerk hands her a pack of cigarettes, rings it up and then they both just stand there looking at me. I inform her that if her children are starving, she probably shouldn’t be buying cigs, then turn and walk out. A couple of days latter I run into her on the street again (Did I mention this is a VERY small town). If looks could kill.....
Disco tag team. I don’t remember if this was at D’latino disco or the one across the street, but they’re pretty similar anyways. A chica started up a conversation with me, quickly becoming an offer for ficky-ficky. Wasn’t interested, said so, politely. Not acceptable to her, she just wouldn’t go away. I moved, she followed. Eventually she walks off, then comes back with a friend. How would I like 2 girls? Wasn’t interested in either or both, said so, politely. They basically chased me around the room for almost 2 hours. I’d go to some other spot, 5 minutes later one or both would show up. I’d have to move again. I don’t know if she was clumsy or drunk, probably both, but at one point one of them launched a glassful of whatever she was drinking in my direction. Missed, barely. She giggled and said it was an accident. I wasn’t laughing. Finally convinced them I wasn’t amused at being stalked.
BTW, the discos are one of the real attractions of Sosua. There are a lot of fantastic looking women, dressed to kill, every night, and the show they put on on the dance floor is worth going to see.
The one session that I called “good” was nothing special. Average is more like it. She looked ok. She sucked and fucked ok. I got off. All in all, very ordinary. But, she was just about the only chica who did what she had agreed to do for the price quoted. That was unusual, and elevated the experience to good - for Sosua.
There’s something called a casino in Sosua. It consists of 3 or 4 blackjack tables, a similar number of Caribbean Poker tables, a roulette wheel, and a bunch of slots. The place is not air conditioned. The seats at the blackjack tables seen to be some sort of family heirlooms. If someone gets up they designate someone to take it, or the people next to it save it for them to come back. It took well over an hour to get a seat. The cards and the chips were all damp, and stuck together. If you like to gamble in a sauna, and are dumb enough to play roulette or slots, this is your kind of place, otherwise don’t bother. I’m told there are better facilities in the nearby towns, but I didn’t try to find out.
My impression of pervasive dishonesty isn’t just because of bad experiences with the chicas. It seems to be a way of life and is relentless. Just about my first encounter with a local was check in at my hotel. The clerk (male) tried to charge me for an extra night. I really think he didn’t believe a tourist could do multiplication. I actually had to hold the receipt under his nose and count the entries 1-2-3-4... before he’d admit there was one to many, and back out the charge. This within an hour of hitting the ground. Probably just an honest mistake.
Since I did not have particularly high expectations going in, I can’t say I was disappointed by my experience. It is unfortunate, however, that the Dominicans/Haitians consistently lived down to my expectations.
Blackbeards.
I did have somewhat higher expectations for this resort, based primarily on the reports on WSG. My first evening I spent time with an attractive hostess. Eventually I asked for a price quote, and chose to spend the night with her. As always, especially with potential language problems, I repeated the amount agreed on before committing, so there could be no misunderstanding. The following day, when it was time to pay her, she raised the price. Claimed it was what she had said the day before. It amounted to less than $10, but being scammed is never acceptable. More to the point, this was exactly the kind of petty bullshit I was led to believe I wouldn’t have to deal with at this tightly managed resort. I complained to the manager. They acted concerned, talked a lot, and did nothing, effectively siding with the puta. For the rest of my stay, I couldn’t get arrested. The girls not only avoided me, I couldn’t even get them to make eye contact. No way to tell if there was a connection of course. Since I did have higher expectations for this place, I would have to say it was disappointing.
There must be honest people on this island, I just didn’t run into many where I was. Maybe Santo Domingo.
I realize that experience can produce better results in a place like Sosua, and gaining that experience might be worth the effort to some. From what I’ve read and been told, in the relatively recent past DR was a real bargain. After the wild currency fluctuations that does not seem to be so much the case. By US standards things are still pretty cheap, but not exactly a fantastic bargain either. If a place is cheap enough I suppose you can ignore getting ripped off. DR didn’t qualify when I was there. If you live in the sexual wasteland of the US and have inexpensive and easy access, I can see how Sosua could seem like a wonderful playground, in relative terms. Maybe it’s worth sorting through piles of trash to find that one special morsel. However, compared to a number of other places on the planet, some of which I’ve experienced personally, Sosua is well down the list.