[QUOTE=Doker44;1590737]Boy do I disagree with Puntza. Thank god I have some regulars. Hardcore girls just hanging out on the strip Quality way down IMO. Some of the best semipros I have met over my years arent walking the street. People sitting in the dark at places like where El Toro used to be. The vibe on the strip is gone. Signs on Rumbas and others not allowing unaccompanied females which obviously kills the places. No more 5:00 hanging watching sport with Chicas in Rumba. Beach during the day dead. Was planning a month after 10 days I am going back home. Bottom line anybody that has been coming for years is going to see big changes.[/QUOTE]Yes there are changes, but any change is always initially perceived as negative before time allows things to settle and we really see how things go. In discussing with local bartenders that I know, they've mentioned that the police and government are trying to change things for more control but in terms of how busy it has been and the number of working girls. That has not changed much at all.
When I was here back in December, you had Rumbas and the'Latins where all the action was. Rumba would start off getting busy in the early evening hours and packed by 9 PM when the'Latin starts to get more girls. The traffic shifts a couple hours later and the'Latins becomes extremely crowded, and there are a lot of good looking girls at both places. And you're able to watch the action from across the street. Now, is it like that now? No. The establishments have the windows now so you can't look inside from a distance, you have to either get real close (which doesn't help much) or just walk inside. The'Latins is closed so that empty dark space that usually had hundreds of people flowing in and out every night certainly looks like a big change and some may see it as a vibe killer. Rumbas was not busy last night, I went at various times. 7 PM, 9 PM and close to midnight. So there is obvious drop off in traffic to Rumbas, but Classico and Merengue were packed. And because the street is now closed to vehicle traffic, there is a lot more foot traffic in the middle. Winners Circle bar is another area where there are chicas, although it's flowing more to Classico / Merengue. And I have not checked the other bars aside from Bermuda Bar (small bar on the corner of DR Rosen and PC, across from Rumba. It's different yes, but I can't say it's negative. It just depends on how you perceive it. Some will be disappointed by lack of girls at Rumba (which is true after seeing the last two nights) and the'Latin being closed. But when you have that happen, and other places open up. You can expect a shift in traffic. I got way too used to seeing Rumba and the'Latin being packed all the time. So when I arrived in Sosua this time, the first thing I thought was wow. This seems very different. But walk down the entire strip and you just see the quantity of chicas spread out a bit more with it being more central to Classico.
There is good different, and bad different. For me it becomes a bad different when I simply have difficulty finding a chica I find good looking. But I can say in all honesty that I had a much easier time on this trip (which is still on-going) finding a 7 or an 8 or even a 9. Especially at Classico last night. Some will like the changes, others will not, and some will hold judgement until giving it a couple trips. When we get used to something for a period of time and then see a couple pretty big changes. It's normal to be skeptical, and I was skeptical even when getting into town Thursday night. But after a couple days here so far, I am not noticing a decline in Sosua.
