Boca Chica

[ORourke86]

Hotel Batey nice $40.

I usually hangout on the north coast, but I think I will switch it up and try BC this time around. I have gone through the last two years of the forum. There are consistent recommendations for the Hotel Garant and one recommendation for Hotel Batey from a trusted member. I assume both are guest-friendly. Any hotels I should avoid?

I prefer to meet non-pros via DC. Some good girls have refused to meet me in Sosua because of its reputation. Should I expect the same in BC?

[Yonkers44]

Welcome back! I was there two weeks ago and just miss a rainy week. Rain wasn't a problem until Sunday when the beach was packed prior to a national holiday. The old Jamaican restaurant is gone. However, A new German restaurant has replaced it. It looks promising.

Thanks! The restaurant is Swiss even if the menu is German. The owner flies the white cross in the red field and as I learned over the years here many German speaking Swiss nationals don't seem too kind to the Fatherland. The prices appear to be fair and I will try it this week. Will post.

[Sailor02]

Jet Blue Flight 609 arrived to Aila at 4. 10 AM from JFK in my second fastest time of 3 h9 m. For $145 including extra space you really can't beat that. The X-ray machines were down so nobody objected to the 80 pounds of assorted food and tools that I brought with me. The fingerprints check has already been in place for a long time and in my opinion does not really slow down the line. January has again been a very rainy month and it seems the trend continues this month. Not that long ago this was the dry season. The beach since the evictions of many "figones" looks a little cleaner and better. Dollar is back at 48.50 and regular gas a very high $4. 52/ gallon.

Hi Yonkers. It is good to hear from you and I am happy that you are back in BC. I will be there at the end of this month and I am looking forward to seeing you again Be safe. Sailor02.

[GrownMan1]

Jet Blue Flight 609 arrived to Aila at 4. 10 AM from JFK in my second fastest time of 3 h9 m. For $145 including extra space you really can't beat that. The X-ray machines were down so nobody objected to the 80 pounds of assorted food and tools that I brought with me. The fingerprints check has already been in place for a long time and in my opinion does not really slow down the line. January has again been a very rainy month and it seems the trend continues this month. Not that long ago this was the dry season. The beach since the evictions of many "figones" looks a little cleaner and better. Dollar is back at 48.50 and regular gas a very high $4. 52/ gallon.

Welcome back! I was there two weeks ago and just miss a rainy week. Rain wasn't a problem until Sunday when the beach was packed prior to a national holiday. The old Jamaican restaurant is gone. However, A new German restaurant has replaced it. It looks promising.

[Yonkers44]

Jet Blue Flight 609 arrived to Aila at 4. 10 AM from JFK in my second fastest time of 3 h9 m. For $145 including extra space you really can't beat that. The X-ray machines were down so nobody objected to the 80 pounds of assorted food and tools that I brought with me. The fingerprints check has already been in place for a long time and in my opinion does not really slow down the line. January has again been a very rainy month and it seems the trend continues this month. Not that long ago this was the dry season. The beach since the evictions of many "figones" looks a little cleaner and better. Dollar is back at 48.50 and regular gas a very high $4. 52/ gallon.

[SubCmdr]

1. If you introduce a prostitute to a newbie and this individual has been exhibiting signs that he is completely clueless it may well be in order to explain the situation clearly to both parties separately.

2. Bros before hoes! But if you don't know the character then you don't owe him a damn thing. I'd rather stay in good graces with individuals who may be in the position to help me later.

3. She didn't discuss business up front. If she is a prostitute that is her bad.

4. 2500 DOP for a short time is highway robbery in Boca Chica. But I ain't hating on the girl. Everybody got to get paid.

5. Big Boy rules apply in all life situations.

6. Mr. GoGo is to be commended for his attempt to help his fellow man. But some people are beyond help.

[PuntingGeorge]

Here for just a couple days before some fun on the road. Long time Boca patriot, and NO I got the first beer. LOL If anyone is around and wants to enjoy one with me, let me know. Been a while since I lived there.

Shame, I just missed you. I was there yesterday afternoon.

[Fun0410]

Here for just a couple days before some fun on the road. Long time Boca patriot, and NO I got the first beer. LOL If anyone is around and wants to enjoy one with me, let me know. Been a while since I lived there.

[GrownMan1]

Well that was a fun and interesting few hours.

Arrived in SDQ Monday afternoon, left silly o'clock Tuesday morning.

At the airport I was able to take out cash over the counter at Banco Popular and top up my Orange phone, so effectively everything I needed to get my trip started.

Busy time for Uber so trip had a x3. 5 multiplier, so the 200 peso fare was 700. I could have waited a little for it to go down but my southern brain convincingly argued that considering the miles I'd flown, $10 was an insignificant amount of money to get going as quickly as possible. My northern brain couldn't really counter that, so off we went. I had to be out of the hotel at 5:30 am the next morning so needed to book a taxi in advance. My new Uber friend offered to do it for 600. Although it's a 200 fare, I wanted someone who was motivated enough to set his alarm and make it on time, I wasn't going to risk missing my flight to save 400 pesos. As it turns out, there were plenty of Ubers floating around SDQ at 5 am and according to the app would have driven to BC to drive me back to the airport for under 200 pesos. No regrets though, my new friend showed up 7 minutes early (yes you read that correctly and yes I promise I was in the DR) and I made my flight in plenty time. I guess my point is, if you're not under time pressure, it's 400 round trip, if you are keen for a shag or have a flight to catch, it could be 1300.

Booked a place on Airbnb. $20 a night for a small apartment. Great location, between Hotel Garant and Hotel Azzura. Not very modern but good enough for a night or two. The only thing I wasn't completely happy with was the 24 hour security. It's not what I was used to from Sosua, it was more like a guy who just sits there let's people in and out. He didn't bother asking my chicas for their cedulas.

Checked in, tried to secure my belongings as well as possible in a room with no safe, then headed out.

I had met one girl online and chatted to her very briefly. She works at a restaurant / bar so I headed straight there to have drink with her. Got there around 5 pm. She was meant to be working till midnight but her friend offered to take over her shift from 6 pm for 500 pesos. Never expected to pay a bar fine in the DR but this girl was stunning and super friendly, so considering my expectations of the standard of chicas in BC and the limited amount of time I had, I was happy to pay 500 for a guaranteed hottie over going out searching and ending up disappointed. This girl was amazing! She left at 10 pm and I had a decision to make. She'd completely drained me but I wasn't willing to fly all the way to the DR for one chica. I thought I should at least go and check out the piano bar and see what happens.

It became quickly apparent that I hadn't set my expectations of BC too low. The young and skinny chicas looked so skanky that I felt like I'd want to use 2 condoms if I was desperate enough to take one for a quick shag. The rest were too old or too fat, or both. There were a handful of attractive chicas but they were either taken or looked way too snobby for my liking. After sitting there for a while a chica made eyes at me who I actually liked the look of. Long story short, she came over and was extremely flirty / dirty. She was licking my neck and ears almost immediately. I slipped my hand up her skirt and she obligingly moved her panties aside for me. She was everything my earlier GFE was not, but I thought why not, it'll make an exciting change, so I took her back to my apartment.

When we got there I asked her to hand her cedula to the security guard, at which point she started chatting to him in very rapid Spanish. My basic Spanish is coming along nicely, but I stood no chance at her pace. Once she felt she'd settled it with him, she turned to walk with me to the apartment but I insisted she hand it over, so she pulled out some papers and starting chatting to him again. I told her she's not coming with me unless she hands it over. After raving about her military family, trying to hand over photocopies and bitching at me for insisting, she finally pulled it out. It was for too late. There was no way this chica was coming into my apartment. I told her to leave which obviously didn't go down well. She wanted 1000 pesos. I gave her 200 and showed her out. She sat on the sidewalk crying. I felt bad but I reminded myself that she'd made a joke earlier about needing a cedula in case she slit my throat in the room, which I'd laughed at at the time but seemed a lot less funny when she was resisting handing it over. This is where being mates with the security guard is handy. I always make an effort to tip them, come down and drink a beer with them when it's quiet etc. The entrance to my apartment was visible from the road and I obviously didn't want her to know which apartment I was in, so couldn't go in while she was there. My man was keeping me out of her line of sight and chased her off after the smashed glass incident.

I've stripped out a lot of details, but I wanted to share the highlights of my experience and my thoughts on BC.

The bottom line for me is BC is a dump, but there are gems in every dump. I would never make a special trip there, however, if I was in Santo Domingo for long enough that it was worth going but not long enough to justify a bus to Sosua, I'd go again. It has a beach, albeit not a great one, it has plenty chicas, albeit not many hot ones, it has food, accommodation and shopping. I could do a lot worse.

There is a good honest report.

[Surfer500]

Left Boca Chica this morning and paid only 210 Pesos to the airport. Interesting in that while I was watching on the app when the drivers time increased from 10 minutes to 12 minutes and he was going the opposite direction and found out that from where he started he had to go an additional 8 KM to do a you turn on Avendia Americas. I'm not sure how these drivers can make much money at less than $ 4.25 after UBER takes it cut, and when it costs approximately 5 to seven time that in a private van or taxi. Great guy and he was shocked when I gave him 100 Pesos!

[PuntingGeorge]

Well that was a fun and interesting few hours.

Arrived in SDQ Monday afternoon, left silly o'clock Tuesday morning.

At the airport I was able to take out cash over the counter at Banco Popular and top up my Orange phone, so effectively everything I needed to get my trip started.

Busy time for Uber so trip had a x3. 5 multiplier, so the 200 peso fare was 700. I could have waited a little for it to go down but my southern brain convincingly argued that considering the miles I'd flown, $10 was an insignificant amount of money to get going as quickly as possible. My northern brain couldn't really counter that, so off we went. I had to be out of the hotel at 5:30 am the next morning so needed to book a taxi in advance. My new Uber friend offered to do it for 600. Although it's a 200 fare, I wanted someone who was motivated enough to set his alarm and make it on time, I wasn't going to risk missing my flight to save 400 pesos. As it turns out, there were plenty of Ubers floating around SDQ at 5 am and according to the app would have driven to BC to drive me back to the airport for under 200 pesos. No regrets though, my new friend showed up 7 minutes early (yes you read that correctly and yes I promise I was in the DR) and I made my flight in plenty time. I guess my point is, if you're not under time pressure, it's 400 round trip, if you are keen for a shag or have a flight to catch, it could be 1300.

Booked a place on Airbnb. $20 a night for a small apartment. Great location, between Hotel Garant and Hotel Azzura. Not very modern but good enough for a night or two. The only thing I wasn't completely happy with was the 24 hour security. It's not what I was used to from Sosua, it was more like a guy who just sits there let's people in and out. He didn't bother asking my chicas for their cedulas.

Checked in, tried to secure my belongings as well as possible in a room with no safe, then headed out.

I had met one girl online and chatted to her very briefly. She works at a restaurant / bar so I headed straight there to have drink with her. Got there around 5 pm. She was meant to be working till midnight but her friend offered to take over her shift from 6 pm for 500 pesos. Never expected to pay a bar fine in the DR but this girl was stunning and super friendly, so considering my expectations of the standard of chicas in BC and the limited amount of time I had, I was happy to pay 500 for a guaranteed hottie over going out searching and ending up disappointed. This girl was amazing! She left at 10 pm and I had a decision to make. She'd completely drained me but I wasn't willing to fly all the way to the DR for one chica. I thought I should at least go and check out the piano bar and see what happens.

It became quickly apparent that I hadn't set my expectations of BC too low. The young and skinny chicas looked so skanky that I felt like I'd want to use 2 condoms if I was desperate enough to take one for a quick shag. The rest were too old or too fat, or both. There were a handful of attractive chicas but they were either taken or looked way too snobby for my liking. After sitting there for a while a chica made eyes at me who I actually liked the look of. Long story short, she came over and was extremely flirty / dirty. She was licking my neck and ears almost immediately. I slipped my hand up her skirt and she obligingly moved her panties aside for me. She was everything my earlier GFE was not, but I thought why not, it'll make an exciting change, so I took her back to my apartment.

When we got there I asked her to hand her cedula to the security guard, at which point she started chatting to him in very rapid Spanish. My basic Spanish is coming along nicely, but I stood no chance at her pace. Once she felt she'd settled it with him, she turned to walk with me to the apartment but I insisted she hand it over, so she pulled out some papers and starting chatting to him again. I told her she's not coming with me unless she hands it over. After raving about her military family, trying to hand over photocopies and bitching at me for insisting, she finally pulled it out. It was for too late. There was no way this chica was coming into my apartment. I told her to leave which obviously didn't go down well. She wanted 1000 pesos. I gave her 200 and showed her out. She sat on the sidewalk crying. I felt bad but I reminded myself that she'd made a joke earlier about needing a cedula in case she slit my throat in the room, which I'd laughed at at the time but seemed a lot less funny when she was resisting handing it over. This is where being mates with the security guard is handy. I always make an effort to tip them, come down and drink a beer with them when it's quiet etc. The entrance to my apartment was visible from the road and I obviously didn't want her to know which apartment I was in, so couldn't go in while she was there. My man was keeping me out of her line of sight and chased her off after the smashed glass incident.

I've stripped out a lot of details, but I wanted to share the highlights of my experience and my thoughts on BC.

The bottom line for me is BC is a dump, but there are gems in every dump. I would never make a special trip there, however, if I was in Santo Domingo for long enough that it was worth going but not long enough to justify a bus to Sosua, I'd go again. It has a beach, albeit not a great one, it has plenty chicas, albeit not many hot ones, it has food, accommodation and shopping. I could do a lot worse.

[GrownMan1]

I spent 5 days in Boca during Thanksgiving weekend. Wednesday and Thursday the talent level was so so. Friday, Saturday and Sunday the talent level was excellent. I hung out mainly at or by the Piano Bar and due to the fact that several new bars opened nearby the price for Cuba Libre's was $100 pesos or just over $2. 00. The exchange rate at the cambio's on Duarte was 47.80 :1.

I went to the Batey, the after hours club which doesn't get cranking until about 1:00 am, on 3 occasions and the talent level was solid each night.

While I agree that Sosua is better than Boca sometimes Boca is a good deal. In my case the airfare was $400 less than it would of cost to fly into POP. I didn't feel like busing for 4 + hours each way. Boca also has about 4-5 restaurants that I like which are reasonably priced. I ate at the Frio Hot, the Madhouse, Casa Greca and spent around $10 for dinner each time.

The one thing I hate about Boca is that some of the ex-pats that live there are as bad as the chicas and street hustlers. If you go sort of regular they will ask you to buy them drinks ect. Also be careful not to share a bill, or tab, with them while drinking. They will walk out on checks and stick you with them and when your not looking add chicas drinks to your bill. When I walk into a bar with other guys in Boca I always ask for separate checks so I don't get screwed after a night of partying. I watched 2 different guys get stuck with checks over this weekend.

That saving on airfare is the biggest advantage BC. Like you the airfare was 510 extra for me with a 17 hour flight going and a 19 hour return. Compared to 5 in and 7 out; BC is workable. Gogo gets the 2 hour one way flights.

[GrownMan1]

If Sosua did not exist 90% of us would be lined up at the piano bar. Sosua is so much better that Boca Chica so it is no longer an option for us. Many critic Sosua but for mongering it overs all bases.

The thing with Boca Chica is if have already been to other parts of the DR you will most likely not like BC. BC is for very short timers or those of us that understand the place with all its flaws. You can make BC work for you if the aren't Sosua spoil. It took Gogo a few times to get his rhythm. Now has it and his rotation.

[OldKool]

If Sosua did not exist 90% of us would be lined up at the piano bar. Sosua is so much better that Boca Chica so it is no longer an option for us. Many critic Sosua but for mongering it overs all bases.

I knew all parts of the island, except Boca Chica. So I decided to go there for 3 days. Now I know that I will never come back there.

First of all, the beach is the worse that I know in DR. It looks like a very low-cost beach, with restaurants and sun chairs right at the edge of the water, where you can not walk neither see the sand anymore. At some places, the beach is inexistent. Add to that a family crowd that dispose all their trash on the beach. Floating bottles in the sea, plastics glasses and trash on the sand. It seems that no restaurant cares about that, as I could see nobody cleaning the place. That was a very negative point for me, as I do enjoy sea, beach and sun.

That said, the night scene is friendly, with the restaurants and bars invading the street at 7 pm, becoming pedestrian only. The strip is very small (100 m) but some places are packed, like Piano Bar.

Quality is quite low (5-6), but could find a gem though. 4000 was agreed for LT, but cutie stayed with me 2 days without asking more. I took care of her of course. For those who like friendly tall, slim and dark negritas, BC has a lot of Haitianas, I should say more than in Sosua. I stayed at Garant Hotel, wich is great. Nice bedrooms and 100% girl friendly, close to action and supermarket OLE. Just don't eat there, as it is not really good, and go to have breakfast at "pequena suiza" on the strip (calle Duarte). It seems in DR that nobody cares about the sunlight in the bedrooms. Once again, The door has windows and no curtain to block the light (same as Casa Valeria in Sosua). Awaken then at 6;30 am.

Conclusion: If I have one week to spend in DR for strict mongering purpose, I would go straight to Sosua at New Garden hotel (take a Platinum bedroom) and stay there. Better chica choice, better environment, better beach, better food.

[Qualude]

I spent 5 days in Boca during Thanksgiving weekend. Wednesday and Thursday the talent level was so so. Friday, Saturday and Sunday the talent level was excellent. I hung out mainly at or by the Piano Bar and due to the fact that several new bars opened nearby the price for Cuba Libre's was $100 pesos or just over $2. 00. The exchange rate at the cambio's on Duarte was 47.80 :1.

I went to the Batey, the after hours club which doesn't get cranking until about 1:00 am, on 3 occasions and the talent level was solid each night.

While I agree that Sosua is better than Boca sometimes Boca is a good deal. In my case the airfare was $400 less than it would of cost to fly into POP. I didn't feel like busing for 4 + hours each way. Boca also has about 4-5 restaurants that I like which are reasonably priced. I ate at the Frio Hot, the Madhouse, Casa Greca and spent around $10 for dinner each time.

The one thing I hate about Boca is that some of the ex-pats that live there are as bad as the chicas and street hustlers. If you go sort of regular they will ask you to buy them drinks ect. Also be careful not to share a bill, or tab, with them while drinking. They will walk out on checks and stick you with them and when your not looking add chicas drinks to your bill. When I walk into a bar with other guys in Boca I always ask for separate checks so I don't get screwed after a night of partying. I watched 2 different guys get stuck with checks over this weekend.