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07-09-14 18:35 #7831
Posts: 2390Originally Posted by Yanqui69 [View Original Post]
Option One: stay at Field of Dreams. Very cheap and easy to reach Puerto Plata city and Sosua from there if you want a change of scenery. Also, with four guys sharing, private taxis become a viable option. I would suggest taking a private taxi to Sosua (1200 pesos split between four?) but commissioning a dedicated publico for the return trip at 500 pesos.
Option Two: If you can get a really cheap flight / hotel package, stay at Playa Dorada. Book a room (or two) at Field of Dreams for the duration which you can all share. You would obviously need to tip extra to get sheets changed. Your package will include meals (usually pretty crappy) and free local drinks, beer and rum. Only take this option if the savings will cover your room (s) at FoD and some taxi fares.
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07-09-14 00:28 #7830
Posts: 1110Originally Posted by Pangea202 [View Original Post]
Check websites for Costambar. There are villas in Costambar for rent. Costambar is where BlackBeard's is located, and you could pay a small fee to take girls off the premises to a villa.
Why a villa? Do your buddies like to cook? No all-inclusive resort will allow chicas coming in and out.
Also suggest you email BlackBeard's and Field of Dreams. They are very good options for a group of four guys. FOD will almost certainly have rooms for your group. Just across the road from the resort / golf course and a whole complex to yourself.
Also. Consider booking accomodations at a place in Playa Dorada and also keeping a room or two rented for the same time at FOD.
You can eat and drink at an all-inclusive (I recommend the Barcelo).
You can cross the road to party with chicas and return to the resort. To rest.
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07-08-14 23:43 #7829
Posts: 121Originally Posted by CharlesPooter [View Original Post]
Hope all is well.
Munoz sounds interesting. Where in PP exactly is it?
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07-08-14 19:32 #7828
Posts: 2Puerto Plata Villas / Resorts
Hey everyone!
Great info on this thread, but I couldn't find what I was looking for. So any help would be greatly appreciated!
4 of us will be in Puerto Plata / Sosua for 4 days. I could care less, but the others want to stay in a "resort" or "villa" and not a hotel. Pool, right on the beach, etc, etc. We're in our late 20's early 30's. Price is really not a big factor. However, chicas are! LOL! So any resort / villa options that are chica friendly?
Thanks!
CJ
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06-20-14 18:14 #7827
Posts: 2390Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
After the earthquake lots of strangers poured in and the atmosphere soured almost overnight with hundreds of desperate strangers, possibly including some escaped criminals. I used to walk around in the pitch black, but no longer. One old crone set her pack of dogs on me for no reason. One bit my leg through my long pants and I was terrified of catching rabies, but when I got back to my apartment I found the skin was not broken, so no danger. Had I been wearing short pants like a Yank I would not have been so lucky.
Maybe things have settled down there again? The poverty there is mind-blowing but there are some better parts and Dominican parts, even some gringo homes. Watching the softball matches on Sunday afternoons was fun. Lots of pretty dominicanas but they won't hook up in front of their family and neighbours.
There is a publico service there from Pto Pta called "Ruta Munoz" for 40 pesos. The cabs make your normal publicos look like luxury limousines. One had half the floor missing.
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06-20-14 04:29 #7826
Posts: 16139This past weekend I stayed at a good (to me at least) hotel in Puerto Plata for 1300 pesos. It is not on the malecon, but because I have a car I could care less. It is actually located behind Coca Cola. I met another monger sitting out by the pool one night that I came from Sosua. He has been to Puerto Plata many times, but has never been to Sosua. He said he goes to a neighborhood called Munoz and sits out drinking beer and scooping up chicas. He says there are also many Haitians there. He gives the girls 1200 pesos.
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06-20-14 02:12 #7825
Posts: 2390Some changes in Puerto Plata
I don't get out much these days so apologies if this is old news.
Went to Playa Dorada to watch soccer. Was surprised to find Hemingway's Bar closed. Luckily the former Phil's English Bar was still open though no longer under that name. In previous years you had to arrive 30 minutes before kick-off to secure a good seat and that was with twice as many people in Hemingways as well. Today there were no more than eight customers there over the two hours.
I was with another board member new to the DR and he was shocked how deserted Playa Dorada was. It reminded me of one of those post-apocalyptic movies with deserted streets and shops. They desperately need to try some new ideas to revive this huge piece of beachfront real estate.
After we split at La Javilla, my moto went past Ojilvy's Car Wash. About nine years ago this was a prime venue, then declined and has been dead for the past six years.
The word on the street was that the owner had HIV and had deliberately infected members of his staff and some customers. If true, that would not be a good business strategy.
I was surprised to see it lively as we went past, especially as it was a Thursday night and not the weekend. My driver said it had picked up a lot lately because they now employed "muchas chicas bonitas". May be worth checking out, although Dominicans concept of "chica bonita" usually differs from ours.
Two odd incidents coming back from Field of Dreams. I hailed a publico and it was empty. We got in and I asked the driver if he was going to La Javilla. "No, to the Hospital". "OK, take us there". We sat there a few seconds without his setting off. Then he turned the engine off and told us, quite abruptly, to get out. I have no idea what all that was about but I have never experienced anything like it in thousands of publico trips. Then we scrambled aboard a packed guagua. When we got out I gave the cobrador 100 pesos and he refused to give me our 50 pesos change before finally giving in. He had numerous arguments with alighting passengers en route so perhaps he was trying to cheat everyone. Again, a first for me in hundreds of guagua trips.
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06-13-14 17:31 #7824
Posts: 37Originally Posted by CharlesPooter [View Original Post]
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06-11-14 18:08 #7823
Posts: 380Originally Posted by CharlesPooter [View Original Post]
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06-10-14 23:45 #7822
Posts: 2390Originally Posted by Tarriqq [View Original Post]
There are other hotels a short walk from the Malecon (Kevin, Portofino) and right on the Malecon (Lomar). These are all chica friendly and reliable, but very basic. OK for a few days, but no longer.
Last time you posted you said you were staying for three months. If so, you will probably want somewhere a bit more comfortable than them, probably with a kitchen.
I won't ask you again why you are choosing to stay in PP as you clearly have a plan, but as you stress "walking distance" I presume you will not have a rental car. In which case, are you aware that there is no public transport along the Malecon or near to Pto Pta Beach Resort? To get anywhere you will either need to take taxis (which can get expensive) or use moto-conchos. The latter are cheap enough, but many guys are wary of riding them. I live there myself so have no choice but I never recommend them to others of a nervous disposition.
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06-10-14 22:55 #7821
Posts: 380Originally Posted by Brucel58 [View Original Post]
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06-10-14 19:15 #7820
Posts: 2803Originally Posted by Tarriqq [View Original Post]
They do not have emergency generator as far as I know and power outages are quite common in the area. They have also had problems with the water supply (burst water pipes, etc.) but I don't know whether that is an ongoing problem.
Overall I would say it is a good place to stay.
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06-10-14 16:43 #7819
Posts: 37Anyone Ever Stay at Hotel Puerto Plata Beach Resort
I have seen mixed reviews. Any information would be helpful. I would like to stay within walking distance from the malecon. This is the only place I know of that is walking distance except for Player Dorado and the resorts around it, but I want to be on the Malecon.
Also anyone every stay in Peurto Plata besides the resorts? Any information would be helpful. Thank you.
http://www.puertoplatabeachresort.com/
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06-02-14 14:19 #7818
Posts: 1110Originally Posted by Brucel58 [View Original Post]
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06-02-14 14:08 #7817
Posts: 2390Originally Posted by Manizales911 [View Original Post]
Dominicans use a variety of bootleg changers, located in the backs of filling stations and colmados, but I would be worried about being passed counterfeits there. Not worth it for another fifth of a peso per dollar.