Aruba

[ArubaLover]

So I have been to Aruba before but always with family and never for mongering until October. I was down to Aruba on business and decided to try some new things. I arrived on a Monday and stayed till Thursday. I rented an apartment in Palm Beach on my own so I could come and go as I pleased. I always rent a car in Aruba as driving there is very easy. A special thank you to all who have posted as your posts really helped me on my trip.

Day 1-The first night I was there the group of customers and I went to dinner at Gianni's and decided to wander next door to Gusto's. It was about 10 pm and we drank during happy hour till 11 pm. The crowd was 20 year old American girls and guys getting wasted. I had every intention of going to San Nicholas but I had too much to drink to make that long of a drive. Around 12:30 am there were a bunch of VZ's outside of Gusto's looking for some fun. I talked with a few different one's in my broken Spanish. Finally I found one I really liked and decided to take her back to my apartment. She started at 150 and I told her 100. We finally*agreed on 120 US. She said she would be with me for an hour and then I could take her back to Gusto's or get her a cab. She was a really hot spinner with a tight body and a great set of bolt-on's. She was maybe 5" tall with long black hair, and her name was Camilla and she was a 9. She gave me the wrapper treatment, and was mechanical, and not a GFE but I had a good time regardless. We went at it twice in the hour, and then we cleaned up. Both times she started with CBJ. She asked me to drop her at The Mill and not Gusto's. It was now close to 2 am. The Mill was slow that night, and I was ready to go to sleep.

Day- 2 Next day I decided to head for San Nic in the afternoon. I went for a drink at Charlie's when I got down there and talked to Cornelius the bartender who told me all kinds of great stories. I then went for a drive around and did the 500 a few times. I saw some nice looking Chica's behind Minchies and Java area, but also saw some really bad looking one's there. So much that I almost tossed my lunch. I drove around some more and met a nice chica outside of American Bar who was a 6. We agreed on 30 US and went to her room. She started off with a CBJ but this was the best action I had all trip. I spent about an hour with her and she was much more of a GFE and not a wrapper at all. Her name was Andrea.

I went back up to Palm Beach as we had a dinner meeting for work. I watched my alcohol intake as I wanted another trip South that evening. One of the guys from work started talking about San Nic and begged me to take him there seeing he didn't have a car. I really prefer to fly solo but agreed to take him with me. We got down there around 10:30 and went to Chesterfields. There were not any girls there as they were all off with guys. We went down to Copacabana and got pulled in by a bunch of girls. They were pretty wild and each of us took a girl to her room. The girl I had was an 8 and was kissing me and all over me in the bar but back in her room was very mechanical and gave me the wrapper treatment and a CBJ. The drink for me and her, the bar fee, and paying her was 67 US. I was ready to stay down there for another stop and some more drinking but my friend wanted to go back to the hotel. Seeing we had a meeting in the morning we went back to Palm Beach.

Day 3-Meetings all day and didn't get done till 4:30 pm. At that point I didn't want to get to San Nic at 5 pm as from previous posts that does not seem like a good time. So instead I hit happy hour and had many drinks till 8 pm at which point I went to take a nap in my apartment. I woke up at 11 pm and decided I was sober enough for some fun. Went back to Gusto's and met a whole bunch of VZ's. I took one back to my apartment for 100 US for an hour. Her name was Angela and she was tall and medium build with bolt-ONS. She was a 6. She was mechanical as well and gave me the wrapper treatment also as well as CBJ. Still managed to have a good time. Took her back to The Mill as it was close to 1:30 am. Temped to go to San Nic for one more but really needed some sleep before my flight home in the late morning.

In summary, the trip was good and I learned a lot. I prefer to monger in San Nic during the day and definitely by myself. I did not feel unsafe there at all. However, I almost felt safer at night as there were less bums and beggars out. I am planning another trip there in December the week of December 16th and will stay in Palm Beach at one of the hotels on the beach by myself on points. I plan to try and find a nice Chica for TLN on my trip.

[ClubTed]

Heading down to Aruba in November and then transitioning over to Curacao and then heading back home. But I'm single, so maybe I should stay! Just wanted to vent to the guy that said he got rolled in St. Nick, and then never responded to my queries. Both good news and bad news is appreciated on the forum. Any intlel that can help a fellow traveler out is golden. Even if it's directions to the nearest Pizza Hut. (and I'm not promoting that food chain).

I believe I asked if you could describe the chica, or give a better street description, but no worries, there's only three streets to drive down.

Wheels down at 1:39: p. M on 11/10. I'm kind of like the guy at the end of Black Hawk Down that does his own thing, so not looking to meet anyone up for a drink. But I have been known to close Fan Restaurant and if you know Aruba, you'll know where to find me. 6'2" gringo, answers to my username!

[Geffe71]

YamYum would not send photos of the girls and wanted to pick me up.

That sounds odd. Were you making an "appointment" or trying to get something on short notice?

I sent a message to the guy saying I was interested within the next few hours and he sent me photos of the 4 girls that were going to be ready the quickest. If I didn't like the choices he was going to send me 4 more, but it would take a little longer for those girls to get ready. I also could have made an "appointment" to have someone that fit my criteria for the next day. I perused the website to get an idea of the girls.

[Jafy Atl]

Nice report man. The place I mentioned Maxim doesn't exist anymore. It was shut down immediately by the police because it is illegal to have prostitution outside San Nicolas.

Adriana sounds real nice. What did she look like?

The place seemed to be open in September 2018; may have closed since. Might not have been called Maxim, but there was loud enough music blaring from inside and I went there on the info I got from essentially a lifelong resident on Aruba. Didn't go in, as I had the cumulative tiredness of too much SN fun at the time and would have been pushing rope.

Adriana is kind of plain looking, nice smile, natural body (no silicon), OK ass. Something about her drew me in, and we just clicked. OK. I know she's a pro, but I can live the dream for a few days. She texted me that she goes home in a couple of days.

[Lucky Strike]

Could you elaborate on the other locations. Where? Very interested in your thoughts.

Obviously it depends where you live and how far you are prepared to travel.

If you live in US north-east, the large (er) cities north of the border offer tremendous variety in terms of looks and skills for CDN200-240/ HR, which is approx USD150-180. That's comparable to AUA escorts.

But if you perform some due diligence, like read local review boards and check out personal and agency web sites, and use well-reviewed providers and discuss what you want upfront, chances of being left disappointed are much smaller than in AUA.

The obvious downside is winter. But I can't find any others.

[SxmBound]

FireStick,

Too bad both AUA and SXM are turning into sh*tholes from (relatively) safe mongering destinations. Fortunately, the USD is relatively strong and there are a lot of other locations where much better escort services can be had for about same amount that AUA escorts charge.

Could you elaborate on the other locations. Where? Very interested in your thoughts.

[Stabbin36]

Too bad both AUA and SXM are turning into sh*tholes from (relatively) safe mongering destinations. Fortunately, the USD is relatively strong and there are a lot of other locations where much better escort services can be had for about same amount that AUA escorts charge.

Lucky Strike,

Just curious here. What other locations are you referring to for escort services?

[Lucky Strike]

Was going to try YamYum or AurbaHeaven but didn't receive a response from ArubaHeaven and YamYum would not send photos of the girls and wanted to pick me up. ...
Spotted a chica I liked, we talked and she told me to park around a corner on a side street close to her room. I just got out of the car when a guy came up to me a showed me a knife and ask for my wallet. I gave it to him, he took the cash and threw the wallet back at me, thankfully he didn't take credit cards, and said get the f* out of here, which is what I did. The chica smiled and waved goodbye. No more trips to San Nicolas or Aruba for me.

FireStick,

Sounds like the chica set you up and was working with the perp. Do you remember if she worked out of a bar (or near entrance to a bar) or just standing inside a gate? If she works out of a bar, I wonder if the owner or manager is aware.

I never had problem with getting photos of arubaheaven escorts via whatsup. YapYum not every time. And they never refused to provide outcall to Palm or Eagle beach hotels. Were you staying in the tourist area?

Personally I've decided many years ago that Aruba is no longer a viable place to "look for adventures in the RLD". Aruba for me is a chance to enjoy 85-90 degrees with no chance of rain in the middle of the winter. Mongering in RLD frankly takes too much time looking for safe parking, etc. I'd rather pay $150 for 2 pops and do it in relative comfort of my hotel room than trying to save $20-30 on the deal but waste entire afternoon or a chunk of a night. It's been a very long time since I could get any half-decent looking chica from SN to take anything less than $50. NAF 50 in SN is a distant memory for me.

Too bad both AUA and SXM are turning into sh*tholes from (relatively) safe mongering destinations. Fortunately, the USD is relatively strong and there are a lot of other locations where much better escort services can be had for about same amount that AUA escorts charge.

[ClubTed]

In my haste to post a response to your unfortunate situation, I neglected to mention that you did the right thing by surrendering your wallet. Not sure if you'll be back on the board again, but unless you were taken for a boat load of money, consider yourself lucky and it could happen to any of us. Hope you are still engaged on the forum and can give future mongers some intel as to look out for. I've had run ins in Amsterdam, Rio, and Bogota, so you're not alone my friend. Hope you can shake it off.

[ClubTed]

Sorry to read your report, Firestick, about your latest Aruba experience. See you only have a few posts, so here's your chance to get a few more in, by responding to some of my queries later in this post. From what I gather you were travelling with family and I'm guessing you snuck out from the north for an afternoon excursion. The good news is you didn't get hurt, aside from being shaken up, which is totally understood, and also, your credit cards were saved and you didn't have to deal with the hassle of cancelling things while on vacation. Goes to show you that anything can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. However, here are some theories, some questions, and some advice.

First, it sounds like you might have been set up. From the short post you wrote, with the chica telling you where to park, and then smiling and waving goodbye to you, after you've just been robbed at knife point, doesn't smell right. Can you describe the chica for us? Also, I'm guessing the guy came up from behind you as you got out of the car, almost as if he followed you around the corner to where he knew you were going to park. I always drive around the entire RLD district observing not just the chicas but any locals, either single or in groups, that could be potential trouble. You can cover the entire RLD in under 10 minutes, and that's crawling. There are some very sketchy Dominican chicas that work in San Nicolas. But you must have been attracted to her to want to park and visit, but if the guy was her local boyfriend, maybe they took you for an easy mark.

Next, what did the guy look like? This can give a heads up to fellow travelers heading down to Aruba over the next few weeks to be on the lookout for. Was he white / black? Young / older? Tight haircut / or possibly dreadlocks? Tall / short? Built? Clean kept / or disheveled and homeless looking? Lastly, and you might not have noticed, but what footwear was he wearing? This is an important thing to note because anyone can change their shirt, hat or facial disguise after a robbery, but most forget to change the shoes they are wearing which helps in the identification process.

I'm sure you wanted to get the "F" out of there as soon as possible and if travelling with family put the entire incident behind you. You had the option though of either going to the Aruba Bank or drugstore across the street, Charlie's Bar, or Fan Restaurant and asking them to call the police since you were just robbed at knife point. Or you could have driven yourself to the police station which is close by and reported it. They probably would have put you in a patrol car and driven around San Nicolas for awhile to see if you could spot the robber. This was more than just a panhandler, someone pulled a blade on you. But I'm guessing you didn't want cops knocking on your hotel room door asking you to come to San Nicolas to ID a suspect the next day and have to explain that story to wifey. Still, this thug is still on the streets and if he did it to you, it's going to happen to someone else.

I've mentioned before the need to always carry a sacrificial wallet loaded with bullshit and maybe just a few singles. You were lucky to get yours back. Most robbers would have grabbed and ran and threw it away somewhere down the block. Also, how did you carry yourself? Did you sport the gold watch and chains that the chica noticed when talking from the car? How are you built? Cargo shorts are a must. With six pockets plus, you can carry the phoney wallet and have cash tucked away elsewhere. Also, I always were comfortable shoes that are semi athletic, in the event I need to make a one block sprint to safety / civilization, which sandals and flip flops aren't friendly to.

After doing drive by recon, I will park either near the Aruba bank if during the day, or usually down by the Fan Restaurant, and then double back on foot to where the chica's room is. I'll stop at the Latin outdoor cafe and grab a bottle of beer for the road, which if broken correctly at the bottom against a hard object can act as a nice counter deterrent if things got really dicey. I've stayed in San Nicolas and have walked from my apartment into town during the day and at night. Not highly advisable and not for the faint of heart but the keys are how you carry yourself, walking with a purpose, being street smart, not getting yourself in a dead spot, always being aware of your surroundings, and making note of points of refuge you can duck into, if you need to shake someone, or require assistance.

There's always strength in numbers, but as for myself, I travel solo, as do many of those on the forum. Again, glad you're ok and it sucks what happened to you. Any more details and specifics will go a long way in helping future Aruba travelers avoid finding themselves in the position you were in.

[SxmBound]

Was going to try YamYum or AurbaHeaven but didn't receive a response from ArubaHeaven and YamYum would not send photos of the girls and wanted to pick me up. Decided to drive to San Nicolas instead, mistake.

Arrived in San Nicolas about 2 in the afternoon, drove around a little. The place was bad a few years ago now it is very scary even in the day. Spotted a chica I liked, we talked and she told me to park around a corner on a side street close to her room. I just got out of the car when a guy came up to me a showed me a knife and ask for my wallet. I gave it to him, he took the cash and threw the wallet back at me, thankfully he didn't take credit cards, and said get the f* out of here, which is what I did. The chica smiled and waved goodbye. No more trips to San Nicolas or Aruba for me.

Ditto on that being fucked up. I was there last weekend, but visited San Nicolas only to pick up a pre-arranged chica for 3 days. I parked in the small lot on the street behind the main road, and to be honest, for the 10 min's that I was waiting, saw several unsavory characters walking around. Even though many cars were circling around talking to chicas hanging in the doorways, there no way was I way waiting outside the locked car.

Took a few of the girls to dinner one night, and they all commented on how they never visit the local restaurant or pharmacy solo. I commented before on this forum that mongering solo used to be OK. Not anymore, at least in my experiences in DR, SXM and San Nicolas. It's just reckless and asking for trouble.

[Madra Bid Dog]

Dude,

That's fucked up! I rarely see crime in Aruba. I've been going there for 30 years. Did you reported it or you couldn't? San Nicholas is not what it used to be. I'm glad the rest of the island still pretty safe.

Was going to try YamYum or AurbaHeaven but didn't receive a response from ArubaHeaven and YamYum would not send photos of the girls and wanted to pick me up. Decided to drive to San Nicolas instead, mistake.

Arrived in San Nicolas about 2 in the afternoon, drove around a little. The place was bad a few years ago now it is very scary even in the day. Spotted a chica I liked, we talked and she told me to park around a corner on a side street close to her room. I just got out of the car when a guy came up to me a showed me a knife and ask for my wallet. I gave it to him, he took the cash and threw the wallet back at me, thankfully he didn't take credit cards, and said get the f* out of here, which is what I did. The chica smiled and waved goodbye. No more trips to San Nicolas or Aruba for me.

[FireStick]

Was going to try YamYum or AurbaHeaven but didn't receive a response from ArubaHeaven and YamYum would not send photos of the girls and wanted to pick me up. Decided to drive to San Nicolas instead, mistake.

Arrived in San Nicolas about 2 in the afternoon, drove around a little. The place was bad a few years ago now it is very scary even in the day. Spotted a chica I liked, we talked and she told me to park around a corner on a side street close to her room. I just got out of the car when a guy came up to me a showed me a knife and ask for my wallet. I gave it to him, he took the cash and threw the wallet back at me, thankfully he didn't take credit cards, and said get the f* out of here, which is what I did. The chica smiled and waved goodbye. No more trips to San Nicolas or Aruba for me.

[JMoco123]

Reporting on my trip to Aruba; was there on July 26 to

As to the place in town, repeating JMoco123's posts from March 2018. I didn't go; this is a PSA of 2 of his posts.

Next day I vowed to make amends for a lackluster night. In the first alley, I'm guessing behind Black and White, I met the chica who I'd spend a lot of time with (Adriana). After the usual BS'ing, she leaned into the car and gave me a nice lip, almost tongue kiss. That was enough to get me parked and into her place. This woman was full on GFE. Deep tongue kissing, hugging, etc. Her body was not a tight 8 and above, but she was still fine, and natural.

Nice report man. The place I mentioned Maxim doesn't exist anymore. It was shut down immediately by the police because it is illegal to have prostitution outside San Nicolas.

Adriana sounds real nice. What did she look like?

[ClubTed]

I needed to map out your travels between the Northern part of the island and San Nicolas, you were so on the go! LOL Sounds like you had a pretty good time and that San Nicolas is alive with some activity. You are correct with the development of north of the airport. Reminds me of south Florida. Really Americanized. Trump should try to buy Aruba from the Dutch, rather than Greenland. Smaller real estate transaction, and that would surely tick]Maduro off in Venezuela! Hell, we already have onsite customs at the airport. They can change the name of the island to Arumerica!

Thanks for the heads up regarding the road construction. I generally stay at properties near San Nicolas or Seroe Colorado to avoid that 30 minute drive to and from the north. The drive is doable, but I'd rather be close the street action in SN. I'm guessing the prices you quoted are in US dollars. I like to change money at the Aruba Bank on the main street in SN, and deal in florins. Makes me feel like less of a tourist. Also, tend to work the area in the afternoon, and back alleys at night to avoid the "ad on" charges that come with the bar experience. Plus, you can generally catch the bar girl during the day, or set something up afterwards, but sometimes you do have to take that test drive in the bar, if your hoping for a long term rental at a reasonable price.

Two other points. That bar you mentioned in JMoco123's post doesn't exist, from my observations. First if it did, there would be chatter about it, and secondly, I did some drive-by recon one trip. Found the street which is right around the corner from a police station, and the street is maybe 20 yards long, with nothing that resembled any type of club / bar. Then again I could be wrong, but I cruised the street during the day. Maybe something is tucked away and opens at night, but we here nothing of it on the board. Secondly, sounds like a fairly even mix. Never saw any real stunners during my trips working the alleys, but there are some hidden gems that make the destination worth the visit. I chuckled when I read about you almost losing your cookies on that second alley. There's that back house on the outskirts of the RLD that has 3 or 4 Dominicans. Think it's on the side street that borders the Caribbean bar, that's even worse! Glad you had a rocking time!