Sosua Reports

[QUOTE=Oakie;1845580]That's Sosua for you.

A detailed report, but you left out the best part, getting well laid.

The chicas in places like Rhumba like to party so that's what you get. An old white guy like me, who just wants to take them back to the room, fuck them, and fall asleep watching television in the afternoon, is not going to have the ones dressed to kill, lined up waiting for us :)

But seriously, as mentioned here often, Sosua has more to offer than Rhumba. For me personally I like the fun of the selection process, and I need a nice relatively quiet bar with a little local music, where I can have a conversation over a Presidente, before we get to the nitty gritty.

As always safe is what you make it, safe for some, not for others (a single tourist wandering around a big city is always a target) and the corner of Pedro Cilante with all the bars and competing women, is always a potential trouble spot. There's a fight every night.

Best check out the other bars, and keep an eye open for the locals in the stores, restaurants and hotels.

Good luck![/QUOTE]Well yes, you can meet all kinds of chicas around Sosua and the surrounding area without going anywhere near Rumba Bar--as long as you speak a little Spanish, especially if you are staying around for more than a few days. By the way I believe the name of the bar is Rumba, not Rhumba. [URL]http://www.sosuanews.com/index.php?id=2150&article=1[/URL].

I should also point out that Rumba is a prostitution bar. You do not have to spend any time or money there to get a girl. If you see one there you like, you can just walk in and invite her to leave with you. You do not even have to buy a drink. I shall have to write a book called "Ten Things They Will Not Tell You In Sosua".

Rumba is just a clip joint where naive visitors who cannot speak Spanish spend a lot of money buying drinks while they look at girls while they try to pluck up courage to take the plunge. I wish I owned Rumba bar.

[QUOTE=Frannie;1845596]I should also point out that Rumba is a prostitution bar. You do not have to spend any time or money there to get a girl. If you see one there you like, you can just walk in and invite her to leave with you. You do not even have to buy a drink.[/QUOTE]I say the same about a lot of places on this planet. But it seems that guys like to live the fantasy of picking up a regular girl. They buy themselves and the girls drinks, call themselves doing interviews and vetting. Really no need for any of that. Just walk up to the girl you like and say let's go.

[QUOTE=Frannie;1845596]Well yes, you can meet all kinds of chicas around Sosua and the surrounding area without going anywhere near Rumba Bar--as long as you speak a little Spanish, especially if you are staying around for more than a few days. By the way I believe the name of the bar is Rumba, not Rhumba. [URL]http://www.sosuanews.com/index.php?id=2150&article=1[/URL].

I should also point out that Rumba is a prostitution bar. You do not have to spend any time or money there to get a girl. If you see one there you like, you can just walk in and invite her to leave with you. You do not even have to buy a drink. I shall have to write a book called "Ten Things They Will Not Tell You In Sosua". .[/QUOTE]If guys can't figure out Rumba is a "prostitution bar", I don't think your book is going to help them. :)

[QUOTE=Frannie;1845596]Rumba is just a clip joint where naive visitors who cannot speak Spanish spend a lot of money buying drinks while they look at girls while they try to pluck up courage to take the plunge. I wish I owned Rumba bar.[/QUOTE]I thought a clip joint was where they scammed you on the price of drinks, padded your bill, and stuff. Compared to the bars across the street, they are not so bad.

[QUOTE=Coupe66;1845484]
A couple of weeks ago I went into Puerto Plata with Metro bus. Anyway, walked to La Sirena, had something to eat there, there walked along the Malecon and into the centre around the shops. There were some tourist police around who drove past on the malecon keeping an eye on me and other tourists, of which there were not many. Anyway, I walked through the centre around the shops then took the Caribe tours bus back from there. So I had no problems. However the next day I read on the internet that a 75 year old German tourist who was with a guide at the time, walking on the same street as me the following day, was shot and murdered by 2 guys on a motorbike for his gold chain! This really shocked me because firstly I felt safe there, and also because nobody warned me about that before I left, at my hotel or otherwise. But when I told people about this back in Sosua they just shrugged their shoulders and said that was sad, but then said that Puerto Plata is really dangerous and there are loads of Ladrones around. So I could have been that guy who was murdered and nobody here would have blinked, and it made me think that just because a place feels safe, doesn't mean it is! The security guy where I'm staying also warned me not to ride a rental motorbike or scooter into Puerto Plata, as gangs may knock you off and steal your bike. So I will have to think again before casually just deciding to venture there for a day.[/QUOTE]Good report, Coupe66.

I commend you for visiting Pto Pta for a day using public transport. How much does it cost by Caribe and Metro? That method is convenient for those following your itinerary, starting with La Sirena and ending up at the west end of the town centre, but for most purposes I would recommend using the publicos from the parada opposite Texaco in Sosua.

Each to his own, but I hope you will not discourage any one else from spending a day in Sosua. Guys on very short trips will not want to do so, but those like yourself who are here for two weeks or more might like a change of scenery. It is funny how you wrote that people in Sosua say that Pto Pta is dangerous, because Puertoplatenos say exactly the same about Sosua! I have lived in Pto Pta for six years, and three years part-time before that, and in my early years, locals were always warning me not to go to Sosua. I am old and feeble, and look it, but the only trouble I have had was walking in the small hours in a deserted dark lane where I had been repeatedly warned not to go. By luck, I escaped unscathed.

It is partly the traditional suspicion of, and rivalry between, neighbouring settlements among people in primitive societies, and partly a desire to keep all tourist expenditure within their own patch.

The murder of the German tourist was horrific, but exceptional, whereas there seems to be a steady trickle of murders of gringos in Sosua and Cabarete. Bad elements are attracted to where there is easy money, and the scum of the island arrives in Sosua for prostitution and the drug trade. Even so, there is minimal danger if you use common sense and the same applies to Pto Pta.

And, of course, if you are looking for a girlfriend, rather than instant paid sex, Pto Pta is far more promising than Sosua. There are eight times as many chicas (simply because the city is eight times as big) and a much lower proportion of them are full-time working girls. But for that you need some Spanish (or French for haitianas) and have to be here some time to build friendships.

Also to explore the barrios of Pto Pta properly and economically you need to be willing to ride the motoconchos. It is the only way to get around. I commend you for walking (rare activity for an American) but that is hard and sweaty work from April through November.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;1845605]I say the same about a lot of places on this planet. But it seems that guys like to live the fantasy of picking up a regular girl. They buy themselves and the girls drinks, call themselves doing interviews and vetting. Really no need for any of that. Just walk up to the girl you like and say let's go.[/QUOTE]Nothing wrong with that if that's your thing, but don't complain here if you wind up with a drama queen, and she calls the cops on you.

Newbies take note!

[QUOTE=Coupe66;1845484]I have just spent a month in Sosua and around the area, so feel relatively well qualified to report on the scene. I was here in December and preferred it, less chicks around but better quality. The atmosphere was also better and easier going.

Recently a guy posted here that there were thousands of chicks on any night in Sosua. This is nonsense! On an average night in Rumba Bar there are maybe 100 to 150 chicks, the majority of them are pretty average. Just came back from there tonight Sunday and the choice was pretty bad. Only Thursday and Friday night does it get really busy with a good availability of nice looking women. Anyway, I go to Rumba bar because it's where most of the action is, not because I like the place. I don't enjoy it either when they just play heavy New York urban rap constanly, not my kind of music really!


They expect to be approached rather that approach the guys. If they approach you chances are they are not great looking! They spend more time staring at their mobile phones than the guys. They seem to be more networked, gang like and wander in and out of Rumba bar. A few real lookers come in, ignore everyone except the group of guys from New York buying whisky and champagne. So something is going on and something has changed here anyway. Maybe the best looking chicks are more likely to be taken or booked up as it's the high season? Or maybe they are getting spoilt and can be more choosy as Sosua is getting busier as US visitors have increased because the US economy has picked up?

Anyway, they can do what they like, but many don't seem to be there just to make money from random guys anymore. There are also very few lighter skinned brunettes around compared to 2014, most are mulatta or black. I like to be with morenas, mulattas and black ladies. I have seen a lot less fresh looking freelancers on this trip than on my previous 4 trips to Sosua. There also more Haitian women here than before, and Haitian guys around too. The town in general and Rumba bar especially is also more dominated by black New York guys than before. I have no view on that and we get on just fine, just telling it like it is.


You know the scene is not great, when you spend as much time checking out the women working in the stores, restaurants and hairdressers etc as the ones available in the chica bars! I want to take a chick back from the chica bars because she is so gorgeous I cannot resist her, not just pick the best one around because I need a shag! But honestly at the moment, the majority in Rumba bar are very average girls trying to dress sexy. Half the girls working in the Playero supermarket for example are better looking than they are!
.[/QUOTE]Coupe66 I like the honesty prospective of your report. I don't like fishing in Rumbas. The New York players have change the seen more in their favor. Even the music in both Classico and Rumbas shows that. For the last 1 1/2 year they have been playing the same NY hip hop music in the same rotation. I would have signs saying the DJ sucks if there wasn't pussy around to keep occupied. Olkool said a good quote for those of us who go to Sosua a lot "The longer you play the game the harder it is to be satisfied".

[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1845623]Coupe66 I like the honesty prospective of your report. I don't like fishing in Rumbas. The New York players have change the seen more in their favor. Even the music in both Classico and Rumbas shows that. For the last 1 1/2 year they have been playing the same NY hip hop music in the same rotation. I would have signs saying the DJ sucks if there wasn't pussy around to keep occupied. Olkool said a good quote for those of us who go to Sosua a lot "The longer you play the game the harder it is to be satisfied".[/QUOTE]That's why we explore other places, it's a big island. Good report Coupe and thanks but a month in Sosua will produce the same perspective you have. Everything becomes repetitive and you start noticing things weekend warriors never see. The negativity comes to the surface as you get bored. Coupe expanded on some things some of us have been talking about for the last few years. The SD girls get clicked up and head to Sosua with 3 sets of clothes and stay 4 in a one bedroom apartment and go to work. The days of girls from Montellano / Puerto plata / La Union getting dressed up and arriving in Sosua with new hairdos are long gone. Everything is instant now, but we are to blame.

Guys wanted an instant fuck for the same price that they were paying for over nights. Guys didn't want to interact with the girls outside of the bedroom. Guys don't care about the culture or people they just want to hump pretty girls for an hour and kick them out. Well eat your stew fellas, this is the new Sosua.

I get tired of Sosua in about the 4 days, how did Coupe stay a whole month? Next time bro go sample other places, you seem like an adventurous guy.

Rumbas has always been a dump to me. I walk through just to show my face and head to the outer bars. Rumba is crowded, hardcore with no ambiance. I'm surprised guys don't go after the bartenders at Merengue and other spots, they are available. Oh! That's right guys want instant and don't want to spend time on a girl who has a job and might require a lunch date to pull.

Again, thanks for reporting back Coupe.

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;1845605]I say the same about a lot of places on this planet. But it seems that guys like to live the fantasy of picking up a regular girl. They buy themselves and the girls drinks, call themselves doing interviews and vetting. Really no need for any of that. Just walk up to the girl you like and say let's go.[/QUOTE]For once I totally agree with you.

[QUOTE=Coupe66;1845484]I have just spent a month in Sosua and around the area, so feel relatively well qualified to report on the scene. I was here in December and preferred it, less chicks around but better quality. The atmosphere was also better and easier going.


A couple of weeks ago I went into Puerto Plata with Metro bus. Anyway, walked to La Sirena, had something to eat there, there walked along the Malecon and into the centre around the shops. There were some tourist police around who drove past on the malecon keeping an eye on me and other tourists, of which there were not many. Anyway, I walked through the centre around the shops then took the Caribe tours bus back from there. So I had no problems. However the next day I read on the internet that a 75 year old German tourist who was with a guide at the time, walking on the same street as me the following day, was shot and murdered by 2 guys on a motorbike for his gold chain! This really shocked me because firstly I felt safe there, and also because nobody warned me about that before I left, at my hotel or otherwise. But when I told people about this back in Soua they just shrugged their shoulders and said that was sad, but then said that Puerto Plata is really dangerous and there are loads of Ladrones around. So I could have been that guy who was murdered and nobody here would have blinked, and it made me think that just because a place feels safe, doesn't mean it is! The security guy where I'm staying also warned me not to ride a rental motorbike or scooter into Puerto Plata, as gangs may knock you off and steal your bike. So I will have to think again before casually just deciding to venture there for a day.[/QUOTE]I am in Puerto Plata right now. I am here because I like to take long walks in the mornings and late afternoons on malecon and beach. It is quite, clean and there is always a nice breeze. La sirena is very convenient. I did not have any problems so far during my several visits. There is always a risk when we travel abroad. We have to be cautious and be aware of our surroundings. We have to use common sense. I was told before that some guys snatched the gold chain from a Canadian tourist's neck when he was walking on malecon at night. One should not wear expensive jewelry because it may attrack attention and invite the thiefs.

[QUOTE=CharlesPooter;1845614]
... I hope you will not discourage any one else from spending a day in Sosua. [/QUOTE]Oops! What I meant to write was "... I hope your post will not discourage anyone staying in Sosua from spending a day in Puerto Plata". Sorry!

[QUOTE=Oakie;1845613]

I thought a clip joint was where they scammed you on the price of drinks, padded your bill, and stuff. Compared to the bars across the street, they are not so bad.[/QUOTE]Yes, I am using the term rather figuratively in the sense that it makes a lot of money out of guys buying drinks for girls rather unnecessarily, perhaps because they feel they ought to, or because they think it makes them look "cool". Since I don't often drink alcohol myself, I tend to regard all bars as a scam, or at least a waste of money, especially a place like Rumba. The only reason I would go there would be to get a girl, and I could get the girl without buying a drink or trying to put up with the music.

[QUOTE=MrGogo;1845645]That's why we explore other places, it's a big island. Good report Coupe and thanks but a month in Sosua will produce the same perspective you have. Everything becomes repetitive and you start noticing things weekend warriors never see. The negativity comes to the surface as you get bored. Coupe expanded on some things some of us have been talking about for the last few years. The SD girls get clicked up and head to Sosua with 3 sets of clothes and stay 4 in a one bedroom apartment and go to work. The days of girls from Montellano / Puerto plata / La Union getting dressed up and arriving in Sosua with new hairdos are long gone. Everything is instant now, but we are to blame.

Guys wanted an instant fuck for the same price that they were paying for over nights. Guys didn't want to interact with the girls outside of the bedroom. Guys don't care about the culture or people they just want to hump pretty girls for an hour and kick them out. Well eat your stew fellas, this is the new Sosua.

I get tired of Sosua in about the 4 days, how did Coupe stay a whole month? Next time bro go sample other places, you seem like an adventurous guy.

Rumbas has always been a dump to me. I walk through just to show my face and head to the outer bars. Rumba is crowded, hardcore with no ambiance. I'm surprised guys don't go after the bartenders at Merengue and other spots, they are available. Oh! That's right guys want instant and don't want to spend time on a girl who has a job and might require a lunch date to pull.

Again, thanks for reporting back Coupe.[/QUOTE]I agree with this thought up to a point. Most guys that travel only have a limited amount of time, so it comes down to time vs. Money. If I was already retired and had time. I would go to Sosua and use my wingman there to travel to the small towns to meet non pros and put some time in, which would save me some money in the long run. However if time is limited you want to bust a many nuts on as many women you can get a hold of for the least amount of money and time.

[QUOTE=MrGogo;1845645]l The days of girls from Montellano / Puerto plata / La Union getting dressed up and arriving in Sosua with new hairdos are long gone. Everything is instant now, but we are to blame.[/QUOTE]Oh, the negativity! Speak for yourself!

In December, I was in Sosua and later Cabarette. I was in heaven. I had my regular who still does everything for me, her friend the barrista who keeps me turned on, and a knockout chica my buddy met online and her hot mother. All had gone to great lengths to spruce up! Took hours!

Me and 4 "normal" ladies. No putas! We finished up inviting a couple guys who kept looking over at the fun we were having (with proper and due respect).

Sosua is great!

I can hardly believe this is the same Mr GG who, with a couple more guys here, actually opened me up to Sosua!

[QUOTE=Frannie;1845764]Yes, I am using the term rather figuratively in the sense that it makes a lot of money out of guys buying drinks for girls rather unnecessarily, perhaps because they feel they ought to, or because they think it makes them look "cool". Since I don't often drink alcohol myself, I tend to regard all bars as a scam, or at least a waste of money, especially a place like Rumba. The only reason I would go there would be to get a girl, and I could get the girl without buying a drink or trying to put up with the music.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the clarification. I know this board is getting old and stale, but let's not translate that negativity to Sosua, a geographical location where an old guy can meet the chica with the body of his dreams, and bed her in a New York Minute!

For some of you guys, it's either spending all your money in a bar in some fanatsy trying to impress a puta with your charm, or taking the first puta you see, right off the street.

Flash!

It doesn't have to be that way, there is some middle ground for a punter, in fact there's enough "grey area" to satisfy anybody's preferences. Stop projecting your negative shit on everybody.

Young putas come and go, and old jaded mongers come and go, but the show goes on!

Maybe we need another forum - "The best of Sosua", and re-name this one - "Jaded Sosua".

Guys who cant handle Sosua and complain all the time should really just stay home :)

[QUOTE=Oakie;1845780]Oh, the negativity!

In December, I was in Sosua and later Cabarette. I was in heaven. I had my regular who still does everything for me, her friend the barrista who keeps me turned on, and a knockout chica my buddy met online and her hot mother. All had gone to great lengths to spruce up! Took hours!

Me and 4 "normal" ladies. No putas! We finished up inviting a couple guys who kept looking over at the fun we were having (with proper and due respect).

Sosua is great!

I can hardly believe this is the same Mr GG who, with a couple more guys here, actually opened me up to Sosua![/QUOTE]Damn you got the mother putting in her good dentures and new wig for a night out with the gringo LOL? I'm sure they look forward to your visits.