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Right now over the next few weeks, I'm debating either north coast or south coast; If I go north the plan is Sosua / Costambar (if Blackbeard's opens), but if not, going into Santo Domingo at Jaragua. Either way, curious if you guys have recommendations on where the current or projected hot spots might be. I'm staying at New Garden hotel (or at least would be) and here is a snippet of the map around the area. Any suggestions for food, women, bars, etc?
[QUOTE=Tempoecorto;2465952]Flew Jetblue nonstop to STI, flight was uneventful even though pretty crowded but middle seats were all left vacant. Immigration at STI was excellent but luggage was late. A gentleman was waiting to drive me to Sosua. He had a mask on as did I, for his safety. Got in around 7 PM. Playero was open and checked my temperature at entry. I was impressed with that as so far only my dentist has done that back home. Everyone at playero had masks on! Yea FL, learn!
Went out at 10 PM for a stroll all the way to Pedro Clisante. Desolate!. Well I attached a picture for that too! No woman, no cry![/QUOTE]Thanks for the update and photos.
[QUOTE=Wrx2005;2466078]I have a buddy flying into POP from JFK today. NON STOP. Where did your flight to STI originate? And which route did you take to get to Sosua? The mountain route from Moca or the usual route through Puerto Plata?[/QUOTE]From BOS. The mountain road but it was terrible as most of it is dug up, once again. Took about two hours. Fortunately the guy had a SUV but he also drove slow with 500 bumps and holes on the surface, which until fairly recently was all paved.
[QUOTE=YyzTravel;2466080]Ouch; hopefully it perks up for you; Where are you thinking about this week? Would love to get some more reports here given you are there right now; [/QUOTE]As far as I am concerned, the main street can remain closed for ever, for it is not where I go to fish. Obviously for first timers or infrequent travelers, it is an issue.
I would write a few more observations as I traverse through the week, not a problem but for the reason cited above, it probably is not going to help others much in terms of finding women.
Last night as I was going for a leisurely stroll (I had a woman visit me earlier at 8), two women gave me a holler and of course, I declined but in essence at that hour I did not see more than 4/5 women all told (not a single worthwhile according to me) and that too, not on the main drag. The main street was practically devoid of human beings as I walked all the way to the casino and back. On the way, I stopped at the German eatery (where the Haitians congregate) and chatted with the owner who was livid that at 9. 30 he had to close and mentioned that others may have greased someone's palm to stay open.
This morning, I went to Caribe Express and Superpola (super market): both places had someone posted at the entry taking temp and Jetblue, did not even attempt that. Our home country thanks to the divisive politics is slowly turning into a third world country, repudiating science that brought the first man on the moon. Tant pis!
It was a gorgeous day but hot. I have added some photos.
I had a person visit me at around 11 and stayed with me through 2 PM. We had lunch together and surprisingly the fish I bought (mero the guy said) was excellent and I paid 450 pesos for two meals.
I went out at 7 PM when the heat was down but it was still light and have added some photos. I went out again for a stroll as I was not hungry yet. The place is desolate on main street and around the key areas at that hour. There were a few women around at the intersection of where the Canadian hamburger place (shuttered) was but the seedier side. I would discourage all newbies or those without a rolodesk, not to show up.
I heard some bachata piped out in front of a bar with a gathering of 10 people and all had masks but as chin covers.
The website has problems attaching pictures. Let me try again.
[QUOTE=Tempoecorto;2466165]As far as I am concerned, the main street can remain closed for ever, for it is not where I go to fish. Obviously for first timers or infrequent travelers, it is an issue.
I would write a few more observations as I traverse through the week, not a problem but for the reason cited above, it probably is not going to help others much in terms of finding women.
Last night as I was going for a leisurely stroll (I had a woman visit me earlier at 8), two women gave me a holler and of course, I declined but in essence at that hour I did not see more than 4/5 women all told (not a single worthwhile according to me) and that too, not on the main drag. The main street was practically devoid of human beings as I walked all the way to the casino and back. On the way, I stopped at the German eatery (where the Haitians congregate) and chatted with the owner who was livid that at 9. 30 he had to close and mentioned that others may have greased someone's palm to stay open.
This morning, I went to Caribe Express and Superpola (super market): both places had someone posted at the entry taking temp and Jetblue, did not even attempt that. Our home country thanks to the divisive politics is slowly turning into a third world country, repudiating science that brought the first man on the moon. Tant pis![/QUOTE]Why would you want the main street to close? As you said, it's going to hurt inexperienced folks and first times, but will also drive down the competition to online only which will drive up the price. Ease + Accessibility + Competition will drive down the price and drive up quality.
[QUOTE=YyzTravel;2466383]Why would you want the main street to close? As you said, it's going to hurt inexperienced folks and first times, but will also drive down the competition to online only which will drive up the price. Ease + Accessibility + Competition will drive down the price and drive up quality.[/QUOTE]I always thought that online drives down the price. If a chick has to get up and put on hoe clothes and pay to get to the strip and walk those hot ass streets or go inside of a club, then it seems she will want more money. If she is at home doing nothing and her message rings you can probably get her for bargain basement. Or at least that has been my experience.
[QUOTE=YyzTravel;2466383]Why would you want the main street to close? As you said, it's going to hurt inexperienced folks and first times, but will also drive down the competition to online only which will drive up the price. Ease + Accessibility + Competition will drive down the price and drive up quality.[/QUOTE]In my home country sex prison wasteland, all there is online connecting.
The DR is different. It's more like a date. With online, if the picture doesn't match, or if she smells funny, you wasted your time.
Here you can meet and greet and audition a potential partner up close and personal over a coffee or a beer, and take a pass if you don't like the vibes, and call over the next one. That's the fun part of the beach and the bars.
A pleasant way to spend time, just deciding who turns you on enough to part with some of your hard earned pesos.
IMHO.
[QUOTE=YyzTravel;2466383]Why would you want the main street to close? As you said, it's going to hurt inexperienced folks and first times, but will also drive down the competition to online only which will drive up the price. Ease + Accessibility + Competition will drive down the price and drive up quality.[/QUOTE]I don't see where I said that I wanted the Main St. To close. Now you might be a disciple of Milton Friedman but I am going to let it the rest of your comments slide by.
[QUOTE=YyzTravel;2466003]Which one? Can you post / PM a source here?[/QUOTE]Flip Flop (Irish / Black) gave his blessing to circulate his channel. The other Youtuber was a guest on Flip and he shared his wisdom on reset prices. I wouldn't posted but Flip said it was cool this morning.
[QUOTE=Oakie;2466478]In my home country sex prison wasteland, all there is online connecting.
Here you can meet and greet and audition a potential partner up close and personal over a coffee or a beer, and take a pass if you don't like the vibes, and call over the next one. That's the fun part of the beach and the bars.
IMHO.[/QUOTE]Exactly this; Can't count the number of times I have spoken to a girl online, and then someone totally different shows up. The vibe of the girl is hard to pick up online unless you really invest a lot of time with chat, etc.
Online can be with girls wasting my time thinking she can post pics of a 10 and show up as a 3.
A participant and a thoughtful contributor to this forum just asked me a question. I felt his question was very germane to the situation at hand.
If you do meet and greet here (in club / street etc) as has always been the case, you are also looking at the potential of picking up the COVID virus. I really had not thought of this probability but it is something we all as visitors need to grapple with. Given what happened in FL, TX etc and my understanding is that flights from FL are coming in (without any temp check at the airport), and as I saw quite a few last night using masks as chin covers, you would wonder about the cumulative impact of all that. I must also say, that the temp checks are standard here at any sensible business establishment I have been to.
[QUOTE=Tempoecorto;2466530]A participant and a thoughtful contributor to this forum just asked me a question. I felt his question was very germane to the situation at hand.
If you do meet and greet here (in club / street etc) as has always been the case, you are also looking at the potential of picking up the COVID virus. I really had not thought of this probability but it is something we all as visitors need to grapple with. Given what happened in FL, TX etc and my understanding is that flights from FL are coming in (without any temp check at the airport), and as I saw quite a few last night using masks as chin covers, you would wonder about the cumulative impact of all that. I must also say, that the temp checks are standard here at any sensible business establishment I have been to.[/QUOTE]Some people are not forfeiting their summer. What if someone forfeit their summer and have an accident this Fall? I don't want Covid but if there is no vaccine in 18 mos half of the world could catch it. It could be a lower scale Spanish Flu again. Too much Covid talk on this board.
The photo is willfully fuzzy as I presume others may not like to see themselves on line either.
Interestingly, I saw a bunch of people all moving in groups, who appeared to be from Chicago, NYC or Atlanta or similar place and these people had congregated at the open air place on the main drag just behind the metro bus place, seen in the photo. I also saw some women on the street corners.