Puerto Plata

[Craig M]

I will be down in the DR June 4-9. I am regular BB guest so will stay there a few nights and then am trying out FOD for a few days. A bunch of my favorite girls now are regularly at FOD. That will be the comparison test and I will write some reports. I usually rent a car so the FOD isolation is not a big deal to me but these mosquito reports have me worried - never remember much of a problem with them at BB. Is anyone else going to be in Puerto Plata area June 4-9? Get together?

My GF and I will be there 5-7 and than off to Punta Cana. I am sure you will be able to figure out who we are

[JP Yank]

I will be down in the DR June 4-9. I am regular BB guest so will stay there a few nights and then am trying out FOD for a few days. A bunch of my favorite girls now are regularly at FOD. That will be the comparison test and I will write some reports. I usually rent a car so the FOD isolation is not a big deal to me but these mosquito reports have me worried - never remember much of a problem with them at BB. Is anyone else going to be in Puerto Plata area June 4-9? Get together?

[Worf1972]

One major concern was that Fields of Dream was built in the middle of a field. OK. No not OK. In the time I was there, early evening for one drink and a chat, I was bitten to death by mosquitoes. Even the chica was complaining. I know early evening is the worst time for mosquitoes and I also know you get them everywhere in the Dom republic but this was something else. I must be that field.

THIS has worked for me at BBQ's and picnics. Get Listerine, put it in a bottle and spray the perimeter. Like magic no mosquitoes, with no use of chemicals........

[Manizales911]

You may have noticed by now that I am a fan of FoD and will normally defend the place. But I have to agree with you about the mosquitoes. I can understand the management not accepting my complaints but the majority of guys also don't accept they are a problem. I can only assume they affect some people more than others (and me the most!). However by my third stay at Field of Dreams I had learned to manage the problem by using mosquito repellent, by spraying my room each evening before I went out, by making sure the screens were closed before turning on the light, by wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants at sunset, which is the worst time. In subsequent stays they did not bother me, but you have to be aware of the problem and take preventative measures. Also they only appear on certain days, usually the first fine evenings after a rainy spell.

When I was at FOD in April they had an extermination company go through the whole property and sprayed everything,the lawn,the bushes,the trees,I mean these guys sprayed gallons and gallons of shit to control the skeets. Can't blame them for not trying to keep them little bastards under control. I thought BB's was just as bad.

[Traveler04]

An honest report of the good and bad experiences one has while staying at the various locations is very helpful for us all. Girls will be around when the guys are there. I have sponsored many special buffets for all the girls and hotel guests at BB's and they all come out of the wood work to attend.

The idea (and reason many many girls have left BB's and many that stay are very unhappy) is that the girls want to be "independant" and not controlled by the hotel. If the hotel controls your hours, decides what you can charge, fines you for being late or taking a day off, forces you to participate in activities that advertise and or promote the hotel I question how "independant" the girls are.

FOD vs. BB's vs. Sosua....different strokes for different folks.

[Charles Pooter]

Only 1 chica. Good thing there was only one guest!!!

That is why there was only one chica. If it had been full of guests it would have been full of chicas. Wherever you go in the DR the number of putas fluctuates in proportion to the number of guests. An extreme example was when I was with a car load of guys travelling to SD. We stopped at some bar in the boondocks. Apart from the mesera and a few old guys playing dominos there seemed to be no-one within half-mile. But within minutes five chicas appeared (apparently out of the cane-fields) hoping to entertain the four of us. If you read the report of the recent big party at FoD there were a couple of dozen chicas there. Why? Because there were fifteen or sixteen guys there!

Guys are always asking "will there be enough chicas around at Christmas, Easter, Semana Santa, during peak holiday periods, etc". The answer is always that there will be enough as the puta/punter ratio stays roughly the same.

One major concern was that Fields of Dream was built in the middle of a field. OK? No not OK. In the time I was there, early evening for one drink and a chat, I was bitten to death by mosquitoes. Even the chica was complaining. I know early evening is the worst time for mosquitoes and I also know you get them everywhere in the Dominican Republic but this was something else. It must be that field.

You may have noticed by now that I am a fan of FoD and will normally defend the place. But I have to agree with you about the mosquitoes. I can understand the management not accepting my complaints but the majority of guys also don't accept they are a problem. I can only assume they affect some people more than others (and me the most!). However by my third stay at Field of Dreams I had learned to manage the problem by using mosquito repellent, by spraying my room each evening before I went out, by making sure the screens were closed before turning on the light, by wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants at sunset, which is the worst time. In subsequent stays they did not bother me, but you have to be aware of the problem and take preventative measures. Also they only appear on certain days, usually the first fine evenings after a rainy spell.

But for that purpose ... you can buy 2 person package for all inclusive. I never understand why people like FOD so much.

My usual plan at FoD was to take one chica for ST in the day and one for TLN. That makes 28 different chicas in two weeks. Best of luck trying to achieve that if staying in an all-inclusive.

But everyone who compares Field of Dreams with Barba Negra or with Sosua hotels like (for example) the Europa or the New Garden is missing the point. It is not that it is better or worse. It is just different, for people who want a different sort of holiday. My first trip I stayed at Barba Negra and loved it. But I chose not to stay there on my next seven trips and would never stay there again because I found something that suited me better. I would never stay in a Sosua town centre hotel. Not if they were free. But lots of guys love them and good luck to them. All we need to do here is post the facts and let guys make up their own mind. FoD is for the minority but it has a loyal following of guys who return time and again.

[SavePros321]

Can I get a current update of the chica prices at Blackbeard's for ST and LT/TLN?

Thanks in advance!

-SP-

[Travel69]

and also been Susua. You go to BB for convenient and you go Susua for hunting and there are many hotel to chose in Susua. I have never been in FOD. There is no sense to stay FOD if there are not many girls there. The only point to stay in FOD is that you have your own girl and you want relax your self, and you don't like go anywhere. But for that purpose, you can find Hotel in anywhere and you can buy 2 person package for all inclusive. I never understand why people like FOD so much.

[BigSmile]

I'm staying at Blackbeards but always have an open mind about other oportunties so decided to check out Field of Dreams. All I can comment on is what I saw at the time of my visit.

I popped into FOD at about 7pm on a Thursday. I could see only one hotel guest and only one chica, who recognised be from a previous BB visit. She told me many chicas have left BB's and were now working at FOD. She realed of many names , several which I recognised, including some superstars. But none of them were there! Only 1 chica. Good thing there was only one guest!!!

I thought the layout and bar of FOD was good and the rooms looked Ok and it is cheaper than BB's

One major concern was that Fields of Dream was built in the middle of a field. OK. No not OK. In the time I was there, early evening for one drink and a chat, I was bitten to death by mosquitoes. Even the chica was complaining. I know early evening is the worst time for mosquitoes and I also know you get them everywhere in the Dom republic but this was something else. I must be that field.

Having said that I must say that not is all right at BB's. Someone in management has seriously pissed off a lot of chicas and they have left. Including many of the all time favorites. What happened? For sure something has. I know there are new ones and still some nice old ones so a good time is still to be had.

I was annoyed that "long time" now only includes after 9pm to breakfast time and only one visit to the bedroom. My favorite routine used to be to link up with the chica of my choice late afternoon/early evening and then have a round in the bedroom when I was at my best. Followed by dinner together and several drinks then to bed for the night. This now is deemed to be short time followed by long time and two charges! As i'm not the youngest monger on the scene I often find that after a big dinner, several drinks and a late night that I am no longer at my sexual peak. Not good.

Having said all that I'm still having a great time at BB's. When I returned there after my empty visit to FOD the place was rocking. Many guests and even more chicas. everyone happy.

As someone else said different peop-le like different things. For the moment my vote still goes to BBs but it is not as good as it used to be.

[Yanqui69]

Have been observing the Isolated debate, and like others seen on this site, there is no "right" aswer, as it is entirely a matter of personal taste.
Coke vs. Pepsi.
One has no problem taking local transportation, the other wants to be able to walk to wherever.

I have stayed at both BB and FOD.
I am spoiled in that I don't like waiting for transport.
As a matter of convenience if I want a bottle of water, change money, maybe a toothbrush, its nice to be able to walk to it in a few minutes, without resorting to a public car, guagua, etc. Costambar/BB is good for that. Yes the road into Costambar sucks (I call it the Via Dolorosa).
But not being a local, I don't have to endure it everyday (it really sucks after a heavy rain!) The beach is popular with locals on weekends, and is usually deserted during the week. The beach at least is clean, have not analyzed the water quality. I usually put a rented cot under a shade tree, get beer from the beer stand and smoke a cigar and drink beer with a selected chica.
For that reason, I can spend days in Costambar without leaving.
(That's me. I'm not interested in clubbing at night.)
Costambar is "isolated" from POP, etc., - but you have most of your basic necessities only 5 minutes walk away. Costambar if for guys looking for a laid-back, slow-paced place to chill.

(Others would be bored out of their minds) = SOSUA!

For trips to POP, Maimon, Sosua, etc. I often rent a car when I arrive.
At about $200US a week, its worth it, considering just cabfare arrival/departure will run about $90. these days.
FOD is in the "center" between POP, Sosua, but just going to the nearest store for a bottle of water is going to take much longer than 10 minutes. POP sucks for nightlife, so Sosua and the areas around it are easier/cheaper to reach from FOD. Playa Dorada? Haven't been there since Mangu disco closed.
For those wanting to "get out" more, be it POP or Sosua, FOD is closer.
Just keep in mind you're not walking anywhere for anything.
Share cabs, get introduced to the "public cars" and understand that you'll be using commercial or public transport.
FOD is "isolated" in that it is too far to walk anywhere, but one has better ACCESS to transportation.

Which is more isolated? Coke or Pepsi.
Depends on personal taste.

[Jaosousa]

1) Sosúa is twenty minutes from FoD but fifty minutes from Barba Negra.

2) Puerto Plata is ten minutes from FoD but fifteen from Barba Negra.

3) There are two banks, a three-screen cinema, a walk-in doctor's surgery and a shopping mall within walking distance of FoD. Nothing like that in Costambar.

I rarely needed to use a taxi and never rented an auto. A two-minute walk to the main road and there are fast, frequent and very cheap publicos (shared taxis) and guaguas (minibuses) running between PP (20 pesos) and Sosúa (40 pesos).

6) There is a clean beach within walking distance of FoD. The beach is much nearer to Barba Negra but the water is polluted.

I am not knocking Barba Negra, it's a great place, and many will have their own reasons for preferring it to FoD. The factors I have listed above may be important or unimportant to different guys depending on what they want out of a holiday. I am just saying that as to location there are two sides to the argument.

As Gabriel rightly points out, Field of Dreams is on a highway. Barba Negra is at the end of a horrible dirt road. Which fits the normal definition of "isolated" better?

I have not been to Blackbeards or Field of Dreams. FOD is located across the road from Playa Dorada complex. I have driven by Playa Dorada complex around 10 times.

I would not want to be in that area around Playa Dorada complex without my own car. I stayed for 5 nights at the Coral Marien Hotel which is in Costa Dorada, the next complex adjacent to Playa Dorada. The nightly round trip to Sosua in the rental car, was tiresome after 5 nights (20 minutes to Sosua? I never timed it, but 20 minutes seems kind of quick. Late at night, with no traffic, at 80 miles per hour, just don't hit any horses that may wonder onto the road, or dogs, or motoconchos with no lights). Transportation options decrease the later it gets.

I never studied the area around Playa Dorada, but from what I can remember didn't appear to be much of anything of great interest within walking distance. From what I remember, their is a Burger King on the side of the highway, rental car places and some smaller business, not many people walking along the side of the small highway there.

Walking 5 or 10 blocks in a northern country can be fairly easy because it it is not super hot and the streets usually have other pedestrians. Walking 5 or 10 blocks in the Dominican Republic, hot, strong sun, along a small highway with few other pedestrians, is not for me.

Guas Guas and/or publicos, again not for me. I had enough years of being jammed into subway cars in New York City, I don't want to repeat that type of experience on vacation. For adventuresome guys who don't mind a little discomfort, crowding or lack of air conditioning in some vehicles, then go ahead and take guas guas or publicos.

One thing I am not sure about is, can people staying at Field of Dreams use the beaches in Playa Dorada complex? Playa Dorada complex is mostly all inclusive hotels on the beach. To get to most parts of the beach a person would have to walk through an all inclusive hotel (Is there a public beach in Playa Dorada complex?). Most all inclusive hotels will not allow people to freely enter their hotel and walk around, the guests at each particular hotel are given wristbands that identify them as guests of that particular hotel. I don't know how beach access for guests staying at Field of Dreams works. Adjacent to the malecon in Puerto Plata, the beach is public, but that would be a long walk from Field of Dreams.

The beach in Playa Dorada from Field of Dreams will be a bit of a walk. A person would have to cross the small highway, from what I remember there are no traffic lights. The person would then have to walk by the security guards at the entrances of Playa Dorada complex, and then walk along the road that goes through part of the golf course. It will be a bit of a walk, and it is under that strong sun and high heat there.

[Jaosousa]

6) There is a clean beach within walking distance of FoD. The beach is much nearer to Barba Negra but the water is polluted.

I have had dominicans tell me the water near costambar is polluted or that costambar beach is dirty. I don't know, I have never been there. I spend very little time at the beach, so it really wouldn't bother me. A clean pool to do some exercise, after drinking many presidentes, is more important for me.

[Charles Pooter]

I made the same argument some time ago. If you don't plan on renting a car and want some things to do or places to go on foot don't go to FOD because there is ZERO within walking distance and cabs can get expensive. When I stayed at FOD me and my girls went out almost every night and took day trips almost every day and my a**hole still hurts from the taxi bill at the end of the week. The facility is 10 times nicer than BB's though.

And I countered your argument some time ago but let me try again:
1) Sosúa is twenty minutes from FoD but fifty minutes from Barba Negra.
2) Puerto Plata is ten minutes from FoD but fifteen from Barba Negra.
3) There are two banks, a three-screen cinema, a walk-in doctor's surgery and a shopping mall within walking distance of FoD. Nothing like that in Costambar.
4) I have stayed a total of 19 weeks at FoD on various trips and have no problem with my a**hole because I rarely needed to use a taxi and never rented an auto. A two-minute walk to the main road and there are fast, frequent and very cheap publicos (shared taxis) and guaguas (minibuses) running between PP (20 pesos) and Sosúa (40 pesos). Some of the guaguas continue on to Cabarete. (I guess a taxi to Sosúa from Barba Negra would cost around 1000 pesos). Double your publico expenses if you are taking a chica, of course. There is no publico or guagua service in Costambar and it's a long trek to the main road from Barba Negra.
5) But if you do insist on using private taxis the taxi cartel at Barba Negra charge 50% more per mile than the taxis serving FoD.
6) There is a clean beach within walking distance of FoD. The beach is much nearer to Barba Negra but the water is polluted.

I am not knocking Barba Negra, it's a great place, and many will have their own reasons for preferring it to FoD. The factors I have listed above may be important or unimportant to different guys depending on what they want out of a holiday. I am just saying that as to location there are two sides to the argument.

As Gabriel rightly points out, Field of Dreams is on a highway. Barba Negra is at the end of a horrible dirt road. Which fits the normal definition of "isolated" better?

[Manizales911]

I'm trying to figure out how anyone could say BB's is the middle of nowhere compared to FOD. I drove past the place last time I was there in May. And FOD is truly in the middle of nowhere. At least at BB's you can walk around a abit and there is some atmosphere outside of the place. FOD is a highway.LOL. The Razor wire around the place also adds to ambiance. I don't know.

I made the same argument some time ago. If you don't plan on renting a car and want some things to do or places to go on foot don't go to FOD because there is ZERO within walking distance and cabs can get expensive. When I stayed at FOD me and my girls went out almost every night and took day trips almost every day and my a**hole still hurts from the taxi bill at the end of the week. The facility is 10 times nicer than BB's though.

[Gabriel29]

I'm trying to figure out how anyone could say BB's is the middle of nowhere compared to FOD. I drove past the place last time I was there in May. And FOD is truly in the middle of nowhere. At least at BB's you can walk around a abit and there is some atmosphere outside of the place. FOD is a highway.LOL. The Razor wire around the place also adds to ambiance. I don't know.