[quote=charles pooter]there is no instant solution which is why i suggested sosúa is better for a newbie with limited time. obviously if you take a chica out of a puta bar in pop you might well negotiate her down to 1500 but then there will be salida on top. i just collect celular numbers of bar girls so i can contact them direct. one place to look is along the malecon, especially the new little casitas towards the long beach end. or walk around the barrios where tourists don't go, trying not to dress and look like a tourist. the chicas may be reluctant to go with you in front of their friends and neighbours but take their celular numbers for later. they will also be reluctant to commit to tln up front if they don't know you but if you get on well together they may stay or agree to come back another night. these girls won't look sophisticated and sexily dressed like putas from cristal or el bohen but i honestly prefer them more "natural".
another pick-up place for semi-putas (which is what i am talking about) are dance-halls but you need enough spanish and local awareness to realise which girls are available (with or without chulos) and which are with novios, or you might be coming home from your holiday in a box.
of course i do spend more money on transport, drinks, breakfast, and sometimes supper for the chicas which puts total outlay way over 1500 but i enjoy hanging and eating with them and would spend the same whether the chica cost 1500 or 3000.[/quote]thank you, have you ever been to the very large rancho tipico (a rancho tipico is a like a large open dance hall, cheap beer and live music), that is on the road between puerto plata airport and puerto plata, it is on the left hand side of the road when going towards puerto plata, big place with the palm leaf roof, (maybe the town is monte llano)?
i visited one of those small bars on the malecon one night (small new buildings that sit facing the beach), friendly people. i asked for the bathroom and they told me to go anyplace behind the building towards the beach, so i walked on the sand behind the place and urinated there in the dark. afterwards while sitting there drinking my beer i saw a rat crawling on the roof rafters. (i see plenty of rats here in new york, didn't bother me).
driving through the old section of puerto plata is an experience. some very old small wooden houses, usually the people sitting outside with the door open and you can drive by and can get idea of what their living conditions are like.
