Sosua Reports

[QUOTE=Bobsthrobbinknob]Coco Hotel is a good bit away, but they have a nice trail from the back of the hotel to essentially a private beach. Very nice, rooms are basic, but staff is very nice.

Check with Obie at Don-Antonio, right on top of the action, decent rooms, good price and nice pool. Funny how so few mention it, but I've stayed there twice, and always have a great stay.[/QUOTE]I never noticed the Hotel Don Antonio while I was in Sosua. Appears that it is located om the main street (that goes to Cabarete and the airport) and across from the Texaco station. From their website, double rooms with refrigerator for 25 U.S. dollars. Appears it is about one block from Classicos. You stayed there twice, was there a lot of noise from the main street in the rooms?

[QUOTE=Bobsthrobbinknob]Coco Hotel is a good bit away, but they have a nice trail from the back of the hotel to essentially a private beach. Very nice, rooms are basic, but staff is very nice.

Check with Obie at Don-Antonio, right on top of the action, decent rooms, good price and nice pool. Funny how so few mention it, but I've stayed there twice, and always have a great stay.[/QUOTE]I just read on the Hotel Don Antonio website:*Prices are per room and per night max. 2 persons (air-conditioning separate). 16% ITBIS not included.

Appears they have rooms with small kitchens. Curious as to what they charge for air conditioning and then the 16% tax has to be added.

Someone put a video of this hotel on youtube. There are numerous videos of Sosua on youtube.

[QUOTE=Jaosousa]I just read on the Hotel Don Antonio website:*Prices are per room and per night max. 2 persons (air-conditioning separate). 16% ITBIS not included.

Appears they have rooms with small kitchens. Curious as to what they charge for air conditioning and then the 16% tax has to be added.

Someone put a video of this hotel on youtube. There are numerous videos of Sosua on youtube.[/QUOTE]I've stayed with Obie twice. The A/C is $5 extra. I didn't really see the value in the "kitchenette" over just having the fridge, but the A/C can be very important after a long romp.

There is "street meat" right outside the door, chicken, pork, hot dogs, everything at great prices and I die for the grilled chicken. I get a whole chicken for 250 pesos, 1/2 for me, and the other half feeds about 4 chicas.

I'd take the $25 room, +5 for A/C, and tax. It runs about $40.

[QUOTE=Bobsthrobbinknob]I've stayed with Obie twice. The A/C is $5 extra. I didn't really see the value in the "kitchenette" over just having the fridge, but the A/C can be very important after a long romp.

There is "street meat" right outside the door, chicken, pork, hot dogs, everything at great prices and I die for the grilled chicken. I get a whole chicken for 250 pesos, 1/2 for me, and the other half feeds about 4 chicas.

I'd take the $25 room, +5 for A/C, and tax. It runs about $40.[/QUOTE]At a little over $7 for the checken it is not a great deal. Can get one in NYC for that price. Less from a supermarket!

[QUOTE=Escort King]At a little over $7 for the checken it is not a great deal. Can get one in NYC for that price. Less from a supermarket![/QUOTE]Claro que si. 250 pesos is the gringo price. I guarantee you the Dominicans pay + OR - 100 PESOS

However that being said, after a night out of drinking, a good chicken is worth its weight in gold.

I have been to Sosua once and most likely would like to visit again sometime next year. I have posted before and got several good feedback.

This time I want to be more prepared and educated.

Last time I visited I found several attractive girls working as waitresses or working in some shop in Sosua. I was not sure whether they are available or not.

Also one girl who was working in a bar accepted several drinks from me but nothing beyond that even when I tried.

I would like some experienced person to reply and tell whether it is safe to approach any girl who work in or around the main street (Pedro Cisante or something) or we must make sure before approaching.

[QUOTE=Jaosousa]I just read on the Hotel Don Antonio website:*Prices are per room and per night max. 2 persons (air-conditioning separate). 16% ITBIS not included.

Appears they have rooms with small kitchens. Curious as to what they charge for air conditioning and then the 16% tax has to be added.

Someone put a video of this hotel on youtube. There are numerous videos of Sosua on youtube.[/QUOTE]Rooms with Kitchens seem to run around the same price or 5 dollars more than the double. I stayed there and got to stay in a double room and a single with a kitchenette. The double is just a room with 2 beds in it.

The bathroom is bigger in the double and there is more room in the double, the single kitchenette room I stayed in had a bigger bed but there wasnt as much room to walk around, and bathroom was smaller. It seemed smaller.

Not sure if that helps. I paid 34 a night and that included AC which is 5 dollars extra. If you email them through the site they'll give you a rate that includes taxes. I don't think I paid taxes now that I look back at the emails. Its a good place and you won't be paying more than 40 bucks a night.

[QUOTE=Alex2918]I have been to Sosua once and most likely would like to visit again sometime next year. I have posted before and got several good feedback.

This time I want to be more prepared and educated.

Last time I visited I found several attractive girls working as waitresses or working in some shop in Sosua. I was not sure whether they are available or not.

Also one girl who was working in a bar accepted several drinks from me but nothing beyond that even when I tried.

I would like some experienced person to reply and tell whether it is safe to approach any girl who work in or around the main street (Pedro Cisante or something) or we must make sure before approaching.[/QUOTE]

Basically, yes--the wages paid in restaurants, shops, etc. around Sosua are pitifully low and no girl can survive on this alone without obtaining additional funds from men.

However, you should treat them as individuals and not as prostitutes. Actually the same applies to out-and-out hookers. You will do better treating them more as a date than as a paid screw.

So just make some small talk with them, tell them they are very attractive, and ask if they would like to meet with you after work, and see where it goes. Or ask for their phone number.

The decision is, of course, up to them, and they may go with one man who they like and not with another.Sometimes it takes a bit of flirting over a period of days to build a relationship. Usually not. Sometimes you will encounter a girl who is not available, perhaps because she is working in a family business and living at home, but usually not.

[QUOTE=Rover2]Claro que si. 250 pesos is the gringo price. I guarantee you the Dominicans pay + OR - 100 PESOS However that being said, after a night out of drinking, a good chicken is worth its weight in gold.[/QUOTE]Well said Rover2. Yes, the original price quoted was 500 pesos! We should all realize that gringo prices (especially caucasion gringo prices) are higher. Unless it is totally out of line, I just pay.

If the price just seems totally out of line, or it's cigars, which I like to smoke endlessly down there, I will tell them dominicana precis, no gringo precis. A box of Cohibas started at 2000 pesos, and ended up I got them for 750. There were 20 nice cigars in that box.

In addition, I took my regular "novia" back to the carros, and on the way she wanted a hot dog and a couple of burgers for her children (for heaven's sakes, it was probably her chico, but I don't care), and I paid 80 pesos for each, she gasped and insisted I argue. I just explained that I gladly pay extra as a gringo because it's the Dominican way. She laughed as I told her it is much like the cash I give her too!

Bottom line is, I think it's OK to pay more, they rely on it, but just don't be throwing money around. There has to be a meeting place in the middle that works for both sides.

[QUOTE=Frannie]Sometimes you will encounter a girl who is not available, perhaps because she is working in a family business and living at home, but usually not.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I made the mistake of wanting a university student who was working in the family restaurant in Puerto Plata. She even agree to meet me for a date, but did not show. It hit me later that no girl in her right mind, including one that truly needs book money, would go with a visitor out of the family restaurant. I kidded with her latter about being difficult, so as not to appear to be the angry visitor. I lived and learned. I should have used the strategy that I employed to bed my neighbor's daughter one day--I got her off the block, pronto.

Hi there guys.

Someone here, who can give a report about how it is to stay in Sosua during christmas time and New Year?

MB

I have a good experience using chat rooms in other countries.

What is the situation in Domanican Republic?

Do some of you know som chat rooms which might be useful?

Do girls in the area normaly use msn, ICQ or ?

[QUOTE=Alex2918]I have been to Sosua once and most likely would like to visit again sometime next year. I have posted before and got several good feedback.

This time I want to be more prepared and educated.

Last time I visited I found several attractive girls working as waitresses or working in some shop in Sosua. I was not sure whether they are available or not.

Also one girl who was working in a bar accepted several drinks from me but nothing beyond that even when I tried.

I would like some experienced person to reply and tell whether it is safe to approach any girl who work in or around the main street (Pedro Cisante or something) or we must make sure before approaching.[/QUOTE]I have hooked up with at least one bartender who worked in Sosua. Other friends of mine have hooked up with other bartenders in Sosua. I would guess that at least a few of the bartenders are available for pay for play. The chicas who work in the stores and other places, I don't know. Useful if you have a cell phone with you, chat up whatever chica you like and ask her for cell number and see where it goes from there.

[QUOTE=Mr Well]I have a good experience using chat rooms in other countries.

What is the situation in Domanican Republic?

Do some of you know som chat rooms which might be useful?

Do girls in the area normaly use msn, ICQ or ?[/QUOTE]I have chatted with a bunch of Dominican chicas using msn messenger. Some Dominican chicas have internet in their homes with cams. Others connect while at work and others use cyber cafes. I have never used the chat rooms (amigos.com is a site with chat rooms). I ask the chicas for their hotmail address to use with msn messenger. There are several free sites where you can contact chicas to get their hotmail address, such as badoo.com, hi5.com or sexyono.com. There are other sites that you have to pay a subscription, such as the international version of match.com and dominicancupid.com.

[QUOTE=Mr Well]I have a good experience using chat rooms in other countries.

What is the situation in Domanican Republic?

Do some of you know som chat rooms which might be useful?

Do girls in the area normaly use msn, ICQ or ?[/QUOTE]Yes, I have fucked a few chicks that I met on univision.com