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[QUOTE=Manizales911;1625783]Personally I don't like SD, I am going to give the north coast a try but I agree with what you say about the safety factor. I have a place in Colombia but I still love my Dominicanas so the ultimate for me would be 3 months or so in the DR and the rest of my time in Colombia up in the mountains. I'm going to make a dry run of it soon, three months in Puerto Plata, January, February and March.[/QUOTE]Good luck Mani please keep us posted on your transition. Being that you have a child in Colombia and know your way around very well, I'm surprised you picked the DR over Colombia. I just think the world of Colombianas. Enjoy your adventure.
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[quote=mrgogo;1625744]maybe he got banned in england and the dr was the only country to accept him lol.
[/quote]nothing to ban me for, i am afraid. my life in england for nearly seventy years was drama free once the doodlebugs stopped falling.
i fell foul of the law three times. twice for speeding, less than 10 mph over the limit, and once for an offence involving a nine-year-old boy. i let him ride on my bicycle handlebars and was nicked by a young cop. probably his first day on the beat and fifty years ahead of giuliani with a zero tolerance policy. i was eleven at the time and had to appear at juvenile court. i was fined two shillings and sixpence (about 20 cents us). i think the cops and courts are too busy for that sort of thing these days.
in all those years i never saw a firearm except held by soldiers on parade and never knowingly knew a single person who owned one, or who had ever taken hard drugs (though plenty who smoked weed). english suburbia was very law-abiding.
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[QUOTE=Manizales911;1625783] I have a place in Colombia but I still love my Dominicanas so the ultimate for me would be 3 months or so in the DR and the rest of my time in Colombia up in the mountains. [/QUOTE]Someone who travels to Colombia tells me about the grilling from Customs and Immigration every time he gets back. What is the deal for you?
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[QUOTE=Manizales911;1625724]If it's THAT bad why do you live there?[/QUOTE]Unlimited cheap and attractive girls and generally pleasant weather.
You can have a good life here with US $2000 a month plus a health insurance scheme. I would also advise enough kept in reserve so that you can exit the country in an emergency.
If you are an alcoholic or sexaholic, play a lot of golf, or want to run a car, you will need a bit more.
This is not incompatible with my previous post. The secret is to have as little to do with Dominicans as possible and when you do have to rely on them, as is sometimes unavoidable, give them as little opportunity as possible to fuck you in the ass. You will still get conned, overcharged, or otherwise let down from time to time, but you build that into your budget and expectations as the "gringo tax". It should work out a lot less than the various taxes we are used to paying in own countries.
Just to give one minor example of what I am writing about, Manizales, I will quote from a recent post by one of our most respected contributors. Perhaps you know him?
[QUOTE=Manizales911;1592480]
Carlos scammed me out of 5000 pesos, I won't go into detail here on the forum but he is a bad guy in nice guy suit, plain and simple ...
... dumb fuck gringos ... fall in love with Carlos' smooth talking. I fell into it to a degree. He promised me that he could do something for me and in turn fucked me in the ass.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=CharlesPooter;1625915]Unlimited cheap and attractive girls and generally pleasant weather.
You can have a good life here with US $2000 a month plus a health insurance scheme. I would also advise enough kept in reserve so that you can exit the country in an emergency.
If you are an alcoholic or sexaholic, play a lot of golf, or want to run a car, you will need a bit more.
This is not incompatible with my previous post. The secret is to have as little to do with Dominicans as possible and when you do have to rely on them, as is sometimes unavoidable, give them as little opportunity as possible to fuck you in the ass. You will still get conned, overcharged, or otherwise let down from time to time, but you build that into your budget and expectations as the "gringo tax". It should work out a lot less than the various taxes we are used to paying in own countries.
Just to give one minor example of what I am writing about, Manizales, I will quote from a recent post by one of our most respected contributors. Perhaps you know him?[/QUOTE]LOL lmao I remember that post what was that guy's name again.
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Bc 9/14
We arrived at 7 pm Justice and E got me from the airport. Fresh decided to get his own car. HE was going to be doing the 101 thing with his girlfriend. HE was hell-bent on getting the Honda accord which they charged him $60 a day. Drop off my gear at E crib. HE has a five bedroom mansion there. It's a very nice crib with a pool however the power comes and goes for 4 to 5 hours at a time. HE has batteries to back up the power however it does not keep the air-conditioners on. Nor does it keep the heat and water pressure up because cannot turn on the water pump without the main power. You have one maybe two cold showers after the power turned off. If the battery powered dies down and you are in complete darkness. First night to the in Boca Chica everything was kind of slow. There is always a large population of Haitian streetwalkers at night and most of these chicas will give you the GFE if you allow. In Sosua most of these girls would definitely not have get a chance for action. In Sosua you get a lot more blanca chicas and the women really dressed themselves up to make this sale. In Sosua their hungry for your business. In Boca Chica they are just hungry. The chicas are mainly from San Pedro Andres and BC. The chicas are less likely to ask you how long you want them. And more likely to stay until the morning.
I saw my ex-girlfriend on the strip. I took her off my Facebook and blocked her from my whatapp for her last money request. She now has a job as a hostess for a new bar on the strip. The business wasn't doing well. A nice little place just no customers. She tried desperately to put herself back in my number one position. It didn't matter to me I was not getting back with her. I am not locked down to one female in the states and I don't want to be locked out on vacation in the DR. I once made the statement that I wanted a girlfriend in every area of Dominica except Sosua. I now humbly retract that statement. I never made it inside the Batey that night. I repeated with a chica on my team who was a solid eight overall.
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[QUOTE=Tempoecorto;1625911]Someone who travels to Colombia tells me about the grilling from Customs and Immigration every time he gets back. What is the deal for you?[/QUOTE]I get called into secondary every time I reenter the USA Regardless of the country that I am coming from because there is a guy on the bad guy list with the same name and birthdate as me, as soon as they look me up they hand me my passport and I'm on my way. 30+ trips to Colombia and they have never asked me a single thing except the purpose of my trip, I used to tell them "vacation", literally a one word answer, once my daughter was born I told them I was visiting my daughter and always carried a copy of her birth certificate with me just in case but never had to show it. Now they don't ask me anything, I assume it is because they see my residency visa pasted in my passport.
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[QUOTE=Manizales911;1628117]I get called into secondary every time I reenter the USA Regardless of the country that I am coming from because there is a guy on the bad guy list with the same name and birthdate as me, as soon as they look me up they hand me my passport and I'm on my way. .[/QUOTE]Thanks for your reply. Some luck. That of having the same name and birthday of someone else. My commiserations!
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[QUOTE=Manizales911;1628117]I get called into secondary every time I reenter the USA Regardless of the country that I am coming from because there is a guy on the bad guy list with the same name and birthdate as me, as soon as they look me up they hand me my passport and I'm on my way. 30+ trips to Colombia and they have never asked me a single thing except the purpose of my trip, I used to tell them "vacation", literally a one word answer, once my daughter was born I told them I was visiting my daughter and always carried a copy of her birth certificate with me just in case but never had to show it. Now they don't ask me anything, I assume it is because they see my residency visa pasted in my passport.[/QUOTE]I think it's bullshit what they're telling you. It has nothing to do with your name and birthdate. Every individual has a different passport identification number and that is how you are identified. When you come back to the US they are checking your passport number thru a computer system not your name or date of birth.
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[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1628293]I think it's bullshit what they're telling you. It has nothing to do with your name and birthdate. Every individual has a different passport identification number and that is how you are identified. When you come back to the US they are checking your passport number thru a computer system not your name or date of birth.[/QUOTE]I was frequently on the secondary check list. I wrote a letter to Homeland security they gave me a red number and three months later I was taken off the list. That was after being checked 15 times back to back.
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[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1628293]I think it's bullshit what they're telling you. It has nothing to do with your name and birthdate. Every individual has a different passport identification number and that is how you are identified. When you come back to the US they are checking your passport number thru a computer system not your name or date of birth.[/QUOTE]It actually has everything to do with your name, birthdate, and social security number as those will never change while a Passport expires.
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Global Entry
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1628304]I was frequently on the secondary check list. I wrote a letter to Homeland security they gave me a red number and three months later I was taken off the list. That was after being checked 15 times back to back.[/QUOTE]I have both Sentri and Global Entry. If you don't have a shady past (felonies, DUI's, etc.) you should check into getting Global Entry. When I comeback into the US I hit a kiosk and don't have to talk to an agent. I get to go to the front of the line for baggage check, and the best part is that I have TSA Prescreen so if I have a connecting flight going thru security is expedited. With Sentri when returning from Mexico I go to the front of the line instead of having to wait in a line that sometimes can be upwards of a few hours.
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[QUOTE=Surfer500;1628322]I have both Sentri and Global Entry. best part is that I have TSA Prescreen so if I have a connecting flight going thru security is expedited. With Sentri when returning from Mexico I go to the front of the line instead of having to wait in a line that sometimes can be upwards of a few hours.[/QUOTE]If you travel a lot, they always give you TSA pre-screen anyway. And if you travel a lot, you can't be bothered to be home waiting to show up for Global Entry appointment. Global Entry- don't need it. And, don't need the government having even more info on your file.
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[QUOTE=Surfer500;1628322]I have both Sentri and Global Entry. If you don't have a shady past (felonies, DUI's, etc.) you should check into getting Global Entry. When I comeback into the US I hit a kiosk and don't have to talk to an agent. I get to go to the front of the line for baggage check, and the best part is that I have TSA Prescreen so if I have a connecting flight going thru security is expedited. With Sentri when returning from Mexico I go to the front of the line instead of having to wait in a line that sometimes can be upwards of a few hours.[/QUOTE]I am with you Surfer that was my next step. I had to first get off the secondary check list. They do not give refunds for the 130 or so application fees.
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[QUOTE=Surfer500;1628322]I have both Sentri and Global Entry. If you don't have a shady past (felonies, DUI's, etc.) you should check into getting Global Entry. When I comeback into the US I hit a kiosk and don't have to talk to an agent. I get to go to the front of the line for baggage check, and the best part is that I have TSA Prescreen so if I have a connecting flight going thru security is expedited. With Sentri when returning from Mexico I go to the front of the line instead of having to wait in a line that sometimes can be upwards of a few hours.[/QUOTE]I am with you Surfer that was my next step. I had to first get off the secondary check list. They do not give refunds for the 130 or so application fees.