[QUOTE=Coupe66;1838274]After several times in Sosua, for some reason on this trip I got bored of doing the the same small walk ever day and finally got the nerve to rent out a bike, well a scooter anyway! Once I got the hang of it, is was great to actually explore more outside the town better, I saw more of Sosua in a day on that thing that I have in weeks by foot! Didn't have any close calls, and found that other drivers were pretty considerate, even when I ventured out a few miles along the highway as far as Sea Horse ranch.
Anyway, instead of posting photo's of pretty beaches here which I also have, I have attached some from the abandoned hotels and complexes here which I find quite intriguing, weird and sad all at the same time. I know this doesn't just happen here, but the amount of abandoned buildings as a percentage of the total is ridiculous! Why are there so many of them? The casino one is huge, I would hate to think of the amount of money that has been wasted there! I am sure these are only the tip of the iceberg too!
Anyway, attached are photo's from the Sosua bay beach club (abandoned hotel restaurant and theatre), burnt down restaurant in front of Morua Mai, abandoned Pizza place on Pedro Clisante, abandoned building just beside former CMP nightclub, abandoned building along side street of Pedro Clisante, massive abandoned hotel and Casino at the far east of Sosua (sorry forgot the name), High Carribean Jef (whatever that place was?) and lastly Tutty Frutty hotel (this ruin is so impressive it could be used as a movie set!) Anyway, I don't mean to put the place down with this post, just thought it an interesting topic.[/QUOTE]It's the result of chasing the next big thing. There was a time when people thought Sosua would be the next jewel of the Caribbean. So they leveraged themselves to their eyeballs and tried to cash in on the boom that was coming, any day now.
But the day didn't come, at least not soon enough for them. They couldn't afford to finish the project, couldn't afford to wait.
