My thoughts about your Lib trip.
[QUOTE=Loso69;2186831]As I went outside to meet my Tinder date Miss B, I couldn't find her. I was looking for a girl standing outside the hotel gate, when she was actually inside the gate waiting inside her car! :eek: No, it wasn't a taxi. It was her car, and she was driving!
Our 1st stop was Ce La Vi, the newest incarnation of Dj Vu. The fact that there were only 3 cars in the parking lot was an indication the club was deserted, even after midnight on a Friday night. We decided against checking it out.
Our next stop was Sajj House, a restaurant with a thatched roof that turns into a disco on Friday night (and ONLY on Friday night!) Here, it was as difficult to find a parking spot as it was to find 2 available chairs. With a mixed crowd consisting of locals, white expats & Arabs, Sajj was absolutely packed. Beers cost 3 USD + 10% tax..[/QUOTE]Am really sorry about your more negative than positive experiences in Liberia.
But as a total stranger without to hang around with any good local or a bit experienced foreign friend its pretty complicated. I don't think it's only in Liberia but in whole Africa, it's they see you as a total stranger they will always put up the prices, even the huku joes (hookers) especially the ones you pick up from more fancy places.
By the way am impressed how good Tinder worked out for you and get directly a jue (woman) who comes to your feet with her own card. Yes some of the women around middle class have cars most likely from their boyfriends from overseas or ex boyfriends etc.
I don't know how some of you guys find Tinder as a top fishing spot, I mean to open there a profile and message around you to pay first with credit card. How about the women there? They need to pay for messaging around too?
I tried it out a few times years ago but to me it looks like a scam site especially after seen it's a site with payment.
Facebook is far far far the best spot to make quick contacts for right away meetings and that's all for free. The selection of girls is on FB as well very very wide.
I was the past Saturday night out too in town to watch the UEFA Champions League Final, after I went to Red Lion as well still 22:00, I saw there a few whites don't know if you were there in the same time as well.
I don't really highly recommend for people to hook with the slay queens around fancy places, they will try their best to get as much as they can from you. Especially they see you are a newcomer and staying in a hotel. Some guys that have money don't really hesitate to pay a girl 100+ $. Some of the new coming business men or Lebanese with plenty money can really spoil those young slay queens.
You are most likely to have protected sex anyway so it's much cheaper to find a local hooker from a local bar.
Sex is ridiculously cheap in the country if you are a true hunter, there are lots of younger girls that are willing to do action for even 5 $.
Oh by the way I agree even the average hotel that is around 2 to 3 stars hotel standards are around 80-100 $ range, maybe in many other countries the price would be only 20 or 30 $, as I remember the hotels around Kilimanjaro / Tanzania was around that range.
But again as a total stranger and short visitor there is nothing to do but stay & pay on those hotels. I prefer a guest house more than a hotel though, almost the same room and around the half of the price (guest houses around Sinkor is 35 to 50 $) they are inside a fence so the security is likely the same too.
About the money order yes we use USD especially when we trading or buying bigger things but the part you said LD (Liberian Dollar) is only for change isn't true, local transportation (car pay), when you go to the market to buy food and or other stuff, up to the local entertainment centers and bars the prices of the drinks and food is always by LD.