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03-24-17 15:48 #13318
Posts: 1547Hotel Riazor
Here I am waiting for a girl in Hotel Riazor. I got room 605, penthouse level. They gave me a two room bed for the cost of a single because there was not other room available at check in time. I checked in early, at 11:45 am Cost of room is $65 withouth breakfast or $70 with breakfast. Room is clean and nice, good wifi connection, ice cold air conditioner, good water presure, plenty of hot water. You can order 24 hours from restaurant Manolos. Breakfast is very basic, mangu with your choice of eggs, sausage, ham, or frech toast, scrambled eggs, juice, coffee and water with bread toasts. Their guest policy is a sigle visitor with proper I. The. , this is not a place for threesomes. Later.
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03-24-17 12:06 #13317
Posts: 55Next Week (3/27)
Anyone in town? I arrive on Tuesday just for a couple of days (and nights!) Maybe I will see some of you guys around the Sheraton.
Reports to follow.
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03-24-17 05:59 #13316
Posts: 1547Originally Posted by CooleMr [View Original Post]
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03-24-17 05:57 #13315
Posts: 1547Originally Posted by Knowledge [View Original Post]
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03-23-17 22:42 #13314
Posts: 76Currency exchange
Originally Posted by BoricuaOnline [View Original Post]
Thanks.
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03-23-17 20:34 #13313
Posts: 4026I am looking forward to your reports Boricua. They are always entertaining and informative. Was your $175 fare round trip or one way? I noticed a few months ago that American Airlines has a code share with a LIAT like regional for flights between San Juan and Santo Domingo. That could help keep Jet Blue fares down.
Originally Posted by BoricuaOnline [View Original Post]
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03-23-17 19:05 #13312
Posts: 1547I arrived to Santo Domingo 3 hours ago. Flight from Puerto Rico was $175.00. Currency exchange was 47.35 at the airport. I am at hotel Riazor, $70 per night with breakfast, penthouse level. Reports coming soon.
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03-23-17 01:31 #13311
Posts: 1368Originally Posted by Prtyr2 [View Original Post]
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03-21-17 05:05 #13310
Posts: 340Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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03-21-17 05:04 #13309
Posts: 340Originally Posted by Knowledge [View Original Post]
Not sure if I mentioned Solteros on las americas. Sleazy strip club where I once saw a chica squat on a beer bottle, pick it up with her pussy and then walk down the bar and back. Squatting again to drop it off in front of the guy she borrowed it from. I cringed when he grabbed it and continued drinking. Check please!
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03-20-17 23:21 #13308
Posts: 15925Originally Posted by Prtyr2 [View Original Post]
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03-20-17 23:09 #13307
Posts: 4026The neighborhood is called "Lucerna". Mansion hasn't been a place for people from out of the neighborhood for a few years as you said.
Originally Posted by Prtyr2 [View Original Post]
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03-20-17 21:26 #13306
Posts: 340Mansion update
I had not been to la mansion in maybe 10 years and assumed they closed down. They did. The most recent owners who had it for 8 years reopened as "solo bar". It is in a crappy neighborhood and not near anything else really besides ejecutivo, and not all that close. I stopped in for a beer but it was way early. Maybe 8 PM. Three venezuelans, one dominicana. The venezuelans were talking about heading home as their three months were up.
I didn't stay long but chatted with the owner. He said they get busy around 11 PM. I don't see myself going out that way that late but figured I'd post info for the more adventurous.
It is hard to find as well as not in great location. Off of carretera Mella east of mega centro. After banco leon / BHD make a left on calle cachon. Keep going straight until there is a colmado on the corner of calle 10-w. Go one more block and make a left on calle campo verde. Casa will be on left hand side.
The girl asking the phone was horrible with directions and descriptions. She said make a left at colmado. We did. Not even close. Then she said left at colmado on 10-w, also not correct. Finally she said left the block AFTER the colamdo on 10-W. She said purple house. House was not purple, but had purple awnings which is almost impossible to see at night.
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03-20-17 21:17 #13305
Posts: 340Originally Posted by George90 [View Original Post]
Now, the barrio culture has changed to more of an instant gratification model as has most of the world. I remember back then a tour bus on north coast was robbed. The min of tourism ran up and cut checks to all the victims and within days 2 suspects were dead and one arrested. The idea of crime against tourists was crazy. If word got out tourism would suffer. Not any more. The tigres and thugs do not care. That way of life is even glorified. Some barrio loser is out on a moto to rob people of cell phones while his cuero is at a casa earning him money. Nothing new. Has happened all over for many years, but way more common than back in late 90's and early 2000's.
The good news is on average the chicas have better clothes, smart phones and more frequent salon visits. Bad news is someone is paying for all of that.
I have been to pretty much all the barrios over the years minus capotillo. I did go to simon bolivar twice and cristo rey a bunch of times. Ask a taxi driver to take you there now.
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03-20-17 18:52 #13304
Posts: 881Good Old Days (?)
I used to monger in Santo Domingo as often as I could. This was from about 1995 to 2006 or so. Things changed for the worse for me, and it wasn't mostly the attitudes of the chicas.
I started noticing how the electricity would go out more frequently and for longer periods of time. The hotels I stayed at were constantly running their (loud) generators. Prices rose a huge amount after the peso fell in value so much. A lot of restaurants serving local food had good food at reasonable prices. That disappeared. There seemed to be only chain restaurants serving mediocre food at sky high prices. Little seemed to be worth it anymore.
Then there was the crime. I started being warned more often about robbers and muggers late at night. I sensed a higher degree of anxiety in the locals about crime. The case in point that was the final draw for me were the taxi drivers. They were terrified of driving. Some explained to me that there was a racket on the highway to the airport from SD. Robbers would ambush taxis by putting construction material in the road as if work was being done to force them to slow down. The the robber would jump the taxi and robber the driver and the passengers (usually tourists). My last taxi driver showed me his HUGE gun that he kept on him when working. I don't need to get caught in any cross-fire between robbers and my taxi driver.
I remember good times in SD. Lapsus had many sexy chicas doing sexy strip shows. I din't know what the current president, Danilo Medina, has been able to do or is doing. If it hasn't changed dramatically from the crap Lionel Fernandez had to clean up after Meija, then I doubt I will see much of DR for some time.