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Five more nights in Sosua.
Logistics and things:
Flight:
Flight was out of SAN to POP on AA for $750 and change. Flights were pretty much on time and with no issues. I really hate the red eye flight, especially topped with the 6 hour layover in Miami. This time I got into Miami early and stayed at the airport hotel for the night; the hotel sucked! I'm back to rethinking my layover options.
Hotel:
For the sixth time, I stayed at Casa Cayena. Wilfried met me at the airport; as usual. He had hip surgery on one hip in October and will have surgery on the other in January. He seems to be feeling well. Wilfried is still offering breakfast and dinner included in the room rate. I only ate breakfast there twice, but I did have dinner on four nights. Room security was never an issue. I left out my laptop and surface pad daily without any issues. The entire staff is professional and overall outstanding. I will continue to stay there.
Money:
I got lazy and just exchanged money at the hotel, the rate was 43 to 1 change. The rest of the time I abused the ATM machines and vice-versa.
Cell Phone:
I went back to Orange and my SIM card was not valid from last May. I changed up to Claro, put 300 pesos of minutes on the card, which was plenty enough.
Food:
Besides eating at Casa Cayena, I ate at other spots. I had the ribs at the Scandinavian place on the beach. They were the best ribs I've ever had in Sosua! Also the steak tenderloin with peppercorn sauce was outstanding! I had that 3 times during my stay. BTW, Tom the owner has lung cancer and I hope the best for him! I also ate at several food tray places, like at Rumba's and a couple down the road; all were very good.
The Beach:
Because Herman's was closed, I started hanging out at the Scandinavian place and Carolinas. I saw very few cops and a good amount of working girls walking up and down the beach.
The Clubs:
Rumba still had the best game in town; but the girls came out later than usual. The club was full just about every night. Classicos was open, but did not go in the place this trip. The new after spot is Club X, across the street from Classicos, stopped in there a couple of times; nice place.
Women:
It really helped to have established contacts. As soon as I returned to my hotel from Claro, one of my FB girls was standing outside the hotel. I spent some time with a few new girls, but also some time with my previous girls. Sosua IS NOT dried up, as some would have you believe. There are still plenty of girls available. Some were asking for 2000/2500 for short time, but many were still going with 1500. It is still a buyer's market.
Final thoughts:
This was my 17th trip in 6 years and I watched this place with its ups and downs. Some places are closed while enough places are still open to provide a good assortment of chicas. Friday and Saturday nights were off the hook concerning the number of women that were available. This place still is one of the best values in the world, and also, if you make connections, it is a great place to come back to on a regular basis. I love the women and they seem to love my pesos, so I will return!
Travel from La Isabela International Airport Santo Domingo to Sosua
Looking for suggestions. I will be flying from Haiti to la Isabela early February. Right now there does not seem to be rental cars at the airport. I will have to take a cab to a car rental place then rent one way to drop off at POP. If anyone has suggestions please let me know. Their are 2 of us traveling together.