Sosua Reports

[QUOTE=Manizales911;2151941]There have been three reports that I am aware of so far but it's early. My guess is and it is only a guess is that they are testing the waters if you will. If they were turning back ALL overstayers DR1 Would be lighting up with first hand accounts and it is not so I think that they cherry picked a couple of unfortunate folks. That said, we need to watch this very closely and it will play out very quickly over the next few days if they start to do it to people in any kind of numbers. I have overstayed a bunch of times in the last 4 years and left the DR a few weeks ago and will be returning in two weeks, we'll see what happens. This could be the start of the DR authorities truly cracking down as they have recently doubled or tripled the military presence on the Haitian border also. Looks like it may be time for me to get legal residency in the DR, I know I should have done it a long time ago but it is a kind of a pain in the ass and expensive.[/QUOTE]Yeah, this is going to be interesting. I agree the residency process is expensive and a pain. If they made it easier more people would probably get it. Anyway, if you decide to apply please let me know which lawyer you use. Thanks!

[QUOTE=MrEnternational;2151999]Maybe she liked you. Why did you give them your passport? I only hand them that form and keep walking.[/QUOTE]She looked like she was in her mid 50's. I had the paper in my passport so she could grab it as I was walking pass. She grab them both and opened up my passport.

[QUOTE=GrownMan1;2152204]...I had the paper in my passport so she could grab it as I was walking pass. She grab them both and opened up my passport.[/QUOTE]As you probably already know and for the sake of others who do not know sometimes they do this expecting you to give them a handout. One time in Santo Domingo the person who was stamping my passport was trying to shake me down for $10 until I challenged her by asking for her supervisor. Another time in Puerto Plata, as I was leaving, the customs worker was stalling me. I patiently waited since my plane did not leave for another two hours. After a while of her looking through my passport, asking silly questions, she let me go. By slowing me up and trying to shake me down she was killing her opportunity to shake down someone else. As far as she was concerned detaining me was a total waste of her time. A third time I noticed another airport worker trying to do the same thing. I pretended I did not know how to speak Spanish. I answered in long passes, either yes or no. She was hesitant to continue and eventually gave up. Before I would find this annoying. Now it is par for the course. Just my two cents worth (which is less than what these airport hustlers are asking for.).

It's official Maybe.

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According to one of the owners, and as previously reported by GM, the new Rumba restaurant is scheduled to be opening Thursday.

The owners have been frustrated over the last year trying to get all the permits in place, and Sosua is a planning and political nightmare for new restaurants.

They were unable to meet their earlier Superbowl goal.

He says they should have all permits in place by Thursday, but if not, it will only be a matter of days!

[QUOTE=Wrx2005;2151887]Unless you are referring to a different Pica Flor, the prices are $100 for (3 or 4 hours, I think they might be knocking it down to 3 , but not sure. Maybe someone else knows if it's still 4 hrs for $100). And to take the girl out and bring her back in the morning costs $150.

I think they still allow guys to take the girl out initially for a ST $100. And if you decide you want the girl to stay beyond the ST and leave in the morning, you can pay the $50 difference directly to the girl. In most cases, Pica Flor will arrange to drop the girl off to your place if its close by, and pick her up when it's time.

[/QUOTE]When I was there in December, the manager told me that is was $150 dollars for 24 hours. I asked him twice to make sure I understood him correctly. 150 bucks for 24 hours. I will be in Sosua tomorrow, I might swing by to see what the prices are. 100 bucks for 4 hours doesn't sound like a bad deal.

3 times this week I have been warned by ex-pats and dominicans to make sure I use a helmet if I decide to rent a scooter. It seems the police have been stopping Americans and telling them "The fine for not wearing a helmet is 200 dollars, you can either pay or go to jail!" I didn't believe it at first until I saw the police had hemmed up 3 gringos on bikes near the supermarket.

Rumbas reopening is a curiosity. Those of us who knew the old Rumbas wll most likelly not be pleased. Looks like there is a new business model. Never the less I am glad there will be another option in my favorite place in the world.

[QUOTE=Oakie;2152718]According to one of the owners, and as previously reported by GM, the new Rumba restaurant is scheduled to be opening Thursday.

The owners have been frustrated over the last year trying to get all the permits in place, and Sosua is a planning and political nightmare for new restaurants.

They were unable to meet their earlier Superbowl goal.

He says they should have all permits in place by Thursday, but if not, it will only be a matter of days![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Bravo;2152773]When I was there in December, the manager told me that is was $150 dollars for 24 hours. I asked him twice to make sure I understood him correctly. 150 bucks for 24 hours. I will be in Sosua tomorrow, I might swing by to see what the prices are. 100 bucks for 4 hours doesn't sound like a bad deal.[/QUOTE]Actually not 24 hours, but can be close. They open at 10 AM & you can pick one out anytime after that, but they return the next AM around 9 or 10 AM. From what I understand, if you pick them up like late afternoon or night, they still return around 9-10 AM the next AM for TLN. Quality was pretty good in Jan & on previous trips there. I prefer that to picking up a chica off the streets in sosua. So $100ST and $150 TLN are not that bad by me.

[QUOTE=Bravo;2152778]3 times this week I have been warned by ex-pats and dominicans to make sure I use a helmet if I decide to rent a scooter. It seems the police have been stopping Americans and telling them "The fine for not wearing a helmet is 200 dollars, you can either pay or go to jail!" I didn't believe it at first until I saw the police had hemmed up 3 gringos on bikes near the supermarket.[/QUOTE]Yeah I saw that too.

From what I know from a "cousin" in the federalis, he says there is a huge deployment of patrols of tourist police, federals and militia in and around Sosua compared to the relatively small time crimes being committed that "readiness" is alway a concern.

So to keep them alert, they are given drills and assignments such as hatiana immigration violation round ups, random puta round ups, targeted hemet infractions, check points on the highways. It keeps them busy, out of trouble, alert and picking up a few extra propinas from their catches! The round ups only last hours, not days!

The next day, business as usual! Chicas stroll and motos go bareheaded again!

Hopefully this latest targetting of visitor overstays at the airport is such a program. Any new info would be appreciated on this matter as I would imagine it could impact quite a few of us (which ironically may lead to its demise, because like prostitution, the tourist is their main cash resource)

[QUOTE=OldKool;2152788]Rumbas reopening is a curiosity. Those of us who knew the old Rumbas wll most likelly not be pleased. Looks like there is a new business model. Never the less I am glad there will be another option in my favorite place in the world.[/QUOTE]As long as they have the price of a drink, I don't see how they can keep the putas out, unless they are actively soliciting customers or interfering with normal business. Maybe they can bribe the doorman, if they promise to sit quietly, maybe after 10 at night? This IS, after all, Sosua!

The old D'Latin is also being rebuilt, there are people looking around the old Bermuda Bar for rent on the same corner, and directly across the street there's decent size shopping area under development.

Let's hope it sells something actually fucking useful, like good t-shirts, underwear, shorts, pants, jeans, shoes so we don't always have to haul off to La Serena!

So the already busy corner will be getting a lot busier. Crossing the street there is already dangerous, there's not even a stop sign!

[QUOTE=Oakie;2152807]

Let's hope it sells something actually fucking useful, like good t-shirts, underwear, shorts, pants, jeans, shoes so we don't always have to haul off to La Serena!

[/QUOTE]I would have thought that an old hand like yourself would have learned to shop at La Pulga in Pto Pta. It is a bit more work but the US branded shirts I buy there for 150 pesos last for three to five years. The rubbish I used to buy in La Sirena for three times the price rarely lasts a dozen washes. Same story for other clothing items and shoes. The Pulga is also a great place to pick up haitianas.

Downsides are it is only open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and it gets real crowded so watch your stuff. Obviously not for short-stay visitors, but for long-term ones it's great.

Of course it was originally a used clothes market but now 95% of the product is brand new end-lines or with small defects like wrong labels.

[QUOTE=CharlesPooter;2152819]I would have thought that an old hand like yourself would have learned to shop at La Pulga in Pto Pta. It is a bit more work but the US branded shirts I buy there for 150 pesos last for three to five years. The rubbish I used to buy in La Sirena for three times the price rarely lasts a dozen washes. Same story for other clothing items and shoes. The Pulga is also a great place to pick up haitianas.

Downsides are it is only open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and it gets real crowded so watch your stuff. Obviously not for short-stay visitors, but for long-term ones it's great.

Of course it was originally a used clothes market but now 95% of the product is brand new end-lines or with small defects like wrong labels.[/QUOTE]I have been all around the island, but still a complete newbie in the bigger places like PP SD and Santiago! Still lots to see and learn. I get to see a little more of real PP tomorrow so La Pulga is definitely now on my list.

Yesterday I'm at my little bar, and the bartender says you are going to PP Wednesday for your birthday! Damn, I hadn't even though about birthdays for a while and I don't remember telling anybody when my birthday was, but apparently chicas talk! So THATS why she insisted it be Wednesday I go there! My schedule tomorrow may not be my own!

Speaking of used goods the guy down the street sells trainers, I picked up a pair that looked brand new, but when I looked at the soles they were actually worn down. How they can recondition the uppers to look brand new is somehing I have to find out, sand blasting, bleaching? Anyway some resourceful folk are making a good living! Never ceases to amaze what economic necessity can produce in Sosua!

Or maybe giant reconditioning plants on China, India, Korea for stuff we don't ever see at home?

[QUOTE=Bravo;2152773]When I was there in December, the manager told me that is was $150 dollars for 24 hours. I asked him twice to make sure I understood him correctly. 150 bucks for 24 hours. I will be in Sosua tomorrow, I might swing by to see what the prices are. 100 bucks for 4 hours doesn't sound like a bad deal.[/QUOTE]It is no longer 4 hours, it is now 3 hours. One thing to be very careful with. The chicas in Pica Flor can now insist on covered blowjobs, previously this was not the case. A month ago my friends pulled several girls out of there and two of them insisted on covered blowjobs and we took them right back to Pica Flor and went directly to Elvis and he stated that he changed the rule and now the girl has the choice of giving covered or uncovered so if this is a deal breaker discuss it with the girl prior to leaving Pica Flor. Personally, I won't take a 1500 peso chica if she insists on a CBJ let alone $100. Usd, no way. And if enough guys reject these princesses for not doing BBBJ maybe they will change.

[QUOTE=Manizales911;2152860]It is no longer 4 hours, it is now 3 hours. One thing to be very careful with. The chicas in Pica Flor can now insist on covered blowjobs, previously this was not the case. A month ago my friends pulled several girls out of there and two of them insisted on covered blowjobs and we took them right back to Pica Flor and went directly to Elvis and he stated that he changed the rule and now the girl has the choice of giving covered or uncovered so if this is a deal breaker discuss it with the girl prior to leaving Pica Flor. Personally, I won't take a 1500 peso chica if she insists on a CBJ let alone $100. Usd, no way. And if enough guys reject these princesses for not doing BBBJ maybe they will change.[/QUOTE]If I pay 100 bucks, she better suck me off like she is trying to get some Robitussin out of my dick! LOL! What happened when you brought the girls back, did he give you your money back or let you choose 2 other girls?