Sosua Reports

[Biggun1221]

The last time I was at BB's the girls had to put up the prize monies. The management didnt supply anythig to the girls in the form of financial aid in the contests.

The girls used to be charged a monthly fee, paid to Charo, for the privilage or right to work there.

I havent been there in a year now and would be interested in their operations and what has changed. Also seems the girls have been changed. I dont recogniize many faces in the news letter, must have had a large turn over.

[Ponderosa]

I though it was mandatory for all the girls to participate in the bikini contest at BB's? Why would they charge the women money to participate in a mandatory event?

From my understanding the contest is mandatory for the chicas, but the girls have to pay to be excused from the contest (some chicas are embarassed to parade around like this, believe it or not). The mamma-sons used to get the dinero for those that pay to get out of participating in the bikini contest. The BBs management made its money from the entrance fee from the outsiders coming in, and from of course the drinks bought.

Things have changed a bit recently and I for one would not be surprised if BBs management is making some money off the girls there too. No matter how you look at it, the contest costs the chicas money as they get dolled up for the contest, but on the other hand the contest is a great method for advertising their services.

[SavePros321]

It is not used to increase popularity...

Black Beards uses it to make more money.

They charge the girls to be in the contest so that the girls can market themselves, then make more money on bar drinks, and the guys are more happy to enjoy the entertainment to study the personality of the girls before deciding who their next victim is going to be.

Everybody wins… except for the girls that never get picked…

I though it was mandatory for all the girls to participate in the bikini contest at BB's? Why would they charge the women money to participate in a mandatory event?

[Ehunter]

... and really don't need the extra curriculars to increase popularity.

It is not used to increase popularity...

Black Beards uses it to make more money.

They charge the girls to be in the contest so that the girls can market themselves, then make more money on bar drinks, and the guys are more happy to enjoy the entertainment to study the personality of the girls before deciding who their next victim is going to be.

Everybody wins… except for the girls that never get picked…

[Koki9290]

Has anybody noticed that New Garden has updated their website since adding the second wing to the hotel?

Who has stayed their recently? I noticed that there is reference to a Bikini contest… with photos! I start to think that NG is trying to steal a page from the Black Beards customer appreciation manual.

The website says in June there was a contest and implies it may be an ongoing thing. Can anybody validate that they have seen one?

http://www.newgardenhotel.net/new-ga...ctivities.html

I was just there for 4 days and have been there monthly since June and can report no further bikini contests. That contest was actually put on by members of another board with the cooperation of Wilfred and Lorenzo. They have been full up for weeks and really don't need the extra curriculars to increase popularity.

[Ehunter]

[i][blue] Man, I hope they throw a bikini contest in March. That would be awesome!

Look what I found...

Pepperfan 11's Bikini Swinsuit contest at The New Garden Hotel in Puerto Plata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0wTPIjSw_k

[Thelmas Gone]

I will be at New Garden 16-19th of January. Anyone from ISG there at that time?

[SavePros321]

Has anybody noticed that New Garden has updated their website since adding the second wing to the hotel?

Who has stayed their recently? I noticed that there is reference to a Bikini contest… with photos! I start to think that NG is trying to steal a page from the Black Beards customer appreciation manual.

The website says in June there was a contest and implies it may be an ongoing thing. Can anybody validate that they have seen one?

http://www.newgardenhotel.net/new-ga...ctivities.html

"The New Garden Hotel also offers its own special activities for our guests as noted by the recent Bikini contest (see photos here)that was held here in June of 2008. We will be hosting more events for you so please check back often..."

Man, I hope they throw a bikini contest in March. That would be awesome!

[Ehunter]

Has anybody noticed that New Garden has updated their website since adding the second wing to the hotel?

Who has stayed their recently? I noticed that there is reference to a Bikini contest… with photos! I start to think that NG is trying to steal a page from the Black Beards customer appreciation manual.

The website says in June there was a contest and implies it may be an ongoing thing. Can anybody validate that they have seen one?

http://www.newgardenhotel.net/new-ga...ctivities.html

[Markgonadan]

I never checked my voicemail while using a cell phone activated in the Dominican Republic. I don't know what my password is. I am not sure if a default password is assigned to the cell phone when it is activated.

Maybe someone else knows how the initial setup of voicemail works on a newly activated cell phone in dom rep?

With Orange to get to you voicemail all you have to do is dial *777 you dont have to enter any password. to know how many minutes you have dial #131# a text message will tell you how many minutes you have

With Claro I don't know.

[Jaosousa]

Thanks once again!

Thanks.

What I meant to say is that most Claro and Verizon phones do not have sim cards (however, I have been told that phones with sim cards can be programmed to work with Claro). Additionally, the phones I used had caller i.d., text messaging and voicemail, this appears to be basic on all cell phones in dom rep.

I never checked my voicemail while using a cell phone activated in the Dominican Republic. I don't know what my password is. I am not sure if a default password is assigned to the cell phone when it is activated.

Maybe someone else knows how the initial setup of voicemail works on a newly activated cell phone in dom rep?

The initial or default password to listen your voice mails, might be the last four digits of the phone number. You may want to ask the girl when she activates your phone, how to access voicemail. If the default password for voicemail is the last four digits of the cell phone number, this could be troublesome, a jealous type chica being able to access your voicemails from another cell phone.

I am fairly certain that Claro and Orange cards are not interchangeable. That if you activate a cell for use on Claro that you have to use Claro cards (same for Orange). People in Dom Rep have their opinions about claro and orange, some say you get more time with orange, others say that claro has better reception, I don't know.

I believe incoming calls are free, so you may experience a chica who calls you and tells you to call her back, so that she can conserve her minutes and make you use your minutes. I have had chicas call me and ask me to buy them a card and tell them the code, so that they can replenish their minutes.

I stayed at the Barcello Capella in Juan Dolio and close by this hotel was a small restaurant that had attached to it a small grocery store. While in the store I ask the girl that I needed minutes for my cell phone, she asked me how much in pesos I wanted to spend, I said to her "cinco cien", I was trying to say 500. 500 in spanish is "quinientos". The cashier girl printed out 5, (100) peso receipts with codes to use to add minutes to my cell phone. I had a Claro phone and this is another method whereby you can add minutes to the phone.

[SavePros321]

Very easy. Verizon here is like Claro there, and AT&T here is like Orange there. Most Orange and Att (AT&T) phones use sim cards. Most verizon and claro cards do not have sim cards. I know one girl who had an At&T motorola razor with a sim card from here and she activated it to use with Claro. Claro and Orange are the two bigger cell phone companies in DR.

I have activated older (from Verizon here) Lg, Motorola (v60) and newer Samsung (sch-u340) phones in DR. In Sosua I used a small cell phone shop that is across the street from the Seabreeze hotel, it is next door to a cyber cafe/call center (maybe three stores over from the baseball field). Very nice chubby girl works there, sometimes with a guy. I gave her two LG phones from Verizon, which she activated. You should bring your passport along with you when you activate them. The girl activated the phones and wrote the new number on a piece of tape which she stuck to the back of the phone. The new number will also show up on the screen of the phone when you choose Phone Info from the menu. Then I bought a Claro card. Credit card size, paper card wrapped in plastic. They come in 250, 500 pesos denominations. Maybe other denominations. Some places can also sell you minutes using some kind of printout that is on piece of paper and looks like a receipt from a grocery store or lottery ticket printout.

After your phone has been activated, buy a claro card (I never used Orange, probably similar procedure for Orange) (many places sell the Claro cards, bodegas, some pharmacies) open the plastic wrapper and remove the card, on the back of the card is a scratch off part (like the instant lottery scratch offs here) under the scratch off part will be a line of maybe 8 or 10 numbers. You add minutes by dialing (for Claro) something like 1133 and press send, you will hear a recording in spanish, I forget if there is a beep or you just enter the number from the back of the Claro card during the message, it is foolproof, easy and I didn't understand the message. Just type in the number from the back of the Claro card you purchased and that's it, some other message will come on, in spanish, saying you have so and so many minutes.

When your minutes are about to run out from the card you purchased, you will hear a message when you dial a number that says you have so many minutes or seconds for that call. Time to buy a new Claro card and add minutes.

I bought several verizon samsung camera phones (sch-u340, prepaid for verizon) at walmart, 30 dollars and they work fine in Dom Rep. I bought two LG Aloha cell phones on Amazon, real cheap and two places in the Dom Rep where unable to program that phone. Supposedly each cell phone has some kind of code and to reprogram it to work in the Dom Rep, the people there need to know the code. They did not know the code for the LG Aloha, so I would stay away from the LG aloha phone for the Dom Rep. I would imagine most popular phones from here, they have the codes for.

I paid about 20 dollars to activate a samsung camera phone in santo domingo at the carrefour department store. The place in Sosua I don't remember paying for activation, but I was with a friend so maybe he paid. Usual activation charge is about 20 dollars.

Many Dominican chicas want the latest greatest cell phone. It is like a fashion statement to them. I really could care less what my cell looks like. But for Dom Rep, you may not want to use a 600 dollar cell phone. On my last trip a friend of mine went to the 24 hour bar named Caperinha, in Sosua at around 4 am and he had one of the Samsung phones (he stayed there alone, I was busy with some chica) and he got drunk and the next day came staggering into the hotel at 11 am, with no phone. I called the number of the cell that morning and some chica answered, she said she got the phone as a gift and that she was in Santo Domingo. Lying sack of sh_t, she or one of friends pilfered it from my friend. 30 dollar phone, no biggy. So for Dom Rep I use inexpensive cells. The older Lg's I have still work, but they were kind of big and bulky, one with a cracked screen, the motorola v60 the battery would die super fast, so I replaced them with the samsungs. Easy too if a group of friends traveling together use the same model phone, so that you don't have to bring many wall or car chargers. I am unmarried, so I get the task of storing the cell phones my married friends use in Dom Rep and the task of transporting them in my luggage, no problem. Any questions let me know.

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Dude, you went above and beyond the call of duty! Thank you!

I am going to move this to the "Reports of Distinction" thread because you've pretty much settled the "cell phone process" confusion once and for all.

I am even going to print this up to take with me on my next trip. Thanks once again!

[Koki9290]

Hi there guys.

Someone here, who can give a report about how it is to stay in Sosua during christmas time and New Year?

MB

I arrived in Sosua on the 1st of January and the nightlife was the worst I'd seen it in the 30+ times I've been in Sosua. Few chicas and no talent. Even more so than x-mas, the chicas spend New year's Day with the family. Tried to stop and eat in Maimon and never saw such a zoo. Same for the reaturants in Puerto Plata. Every restaurant filled with families. The night of the 2nd was much better as chicas showed up looking for money as they had spent it all over the holiday.

[Papi0170]

Rooms with Kitchens seem to run around the same price or 5 dollars more than the double. I stayed there and got to stay in a double room and a single with a kitchenette. The double is just a room with 2 beds in it.

The bathroom is bigger in the double and there is more room in the double, the single kitchenette room I stayed in had a bigger bed but there wasnt as much room to walk around, and bathroom was smaller. It seemed smaller.

Not sure if that helps. I paid 34 a night and that included AC which is 5 dollars extra. If you email them through the site they'll give you a rate that includes taxes. I don't think I paid taxes now that I look back at the emails. Its a good place and you won't be paying more than 40 bucks a night.

Hi MrMagnum! Is Don Antonio chica friendly? Do they require ID? How is the atmosphere there? Do you feel every eye is watching you when you come in with a girl? Please, let me know. I am tempted to stay there next time I go to Sosua. Thanks

[Amocuba]

A couple of us will be in Sosua for a week starting Jan 22nd. At Rocky's for a few days then moving down the street to Don Andres. If anyone wants to hook up for a beer just send me a PM. Besides the mongering our daily activities will include: La Pasion, daily drinking at Herman's on the beach and nightly hunting at the discos.