Ciudad del Este

Nothing here since 2016, wow. Forget farmacia femmes from former fables, I doubt that this exists for a long time.

The managed sites do not show anything. Like [URL]hot.com.py[/URL] shows nothing of value from anywhere outside of Asuncion. Those who are in CdE can of course go over to the Brazilian side, because the Photoacompanhantes show a couple dozen providers. But then there is the quagmire of skokka, and that shows quite a few offerings on the Paraguay side.

I have to confess I ran afoul of a real bad rip-off there today. I think it is fitting that this would happen to me in CdE, and has not happened this bad in Brazil or Colombia, nor even in Asuncion. CdE is a place of scammers and rip-offers, so caveat emptor.

3 experiences.

1. Last night I began contacting those skokka ads. I prefer to go to their place, talked with one and "she" said she was just now in the centro anyway and I should share my location. I did share the location of my Hotel. But I said I really am not wanting that right now, I wanted tomorrow. But "she" was kinda pushy. I thought, well, I don't have to tell her my room number, so whatever, even if she comes and makes a scene. But few minutes later I heard a knock on my door and there slipped in the "girl", which had nothing to do with the ad, and then a dude. Turns out the dude was the pimp and did all the messaging, and they tried to trick me to claim I had called her to come. But I remained firm that I had not called her to come now. Then he wanted to make me pay for the "Uber" (which is of course bullshit, because he was driving.) And I remained firm and nope. Said I wanted tomorrow and had said so. They ended up leaving after a couple of minutes. Nothing bad happened, in fact, they did me a favor of a free live presentation of the "girl" in question, which allowed me to strike her from my list. I was totally not interested in that one, having nothing to do with what was suggested in the ad.

2. The next day I was baited into a trio with promised and bla bla, and then when I came to the place it was of course not quite the girl suggested but I know they all always work with old pictures and shit like that, so this doesn't zing me too much. But then I was really stupid. I when they were both assembled, I said briefly what was decided what would be on the menu, and asked both if they were OK. They said yes and asked cash up front. I handed it over, and quickly she delivered the money to someone outside, then came back and said there would now be a room charge of 150 kGs. I refused, they brought it down to 50 kGs. Handed that over too. Then when that was done, they played stupid about what the agreement was we would do. So this was too much, I made a scene, but it was of course too late. This is their number +595-973-615892 and so I suggest staying away.

This was the old agency trick. You talk with someone and then the girl you meet knows nothing about it and will have no intention, and with cash upfront it's not going anywhere.

Unfortunately cash up-front is the norm almost everywhere in the world, and so you really lose leverage very quickly. I will say that in Thailand cash up front was not at all the norm. But in South America it usually is. Although newcomers will sometimes be still honest and naive and ask for the money only afterwards.

What I learned from this is (1) really I have to take it much, much slower to rehearse the agreement made by messaging and walk away much sooner when they are clear, like, I know I need to do this, but I have to play it extra slow, ask not once but twice or three times, make sure she understands, etc. Etc. (2) just stay away from the so called "independents". Or just do the agency test and walk out immediately if there was a fucking agent as the middle man. I always scold them for this shit too. With "independents" it is a 20/80 hit or miss rate. Some unique experiences where such random independents, so it's not that one can rule them out entirely. But one must be ready to trigger the walk-away at 0. 8 probability. (3) only pay base fee upfront, not extras.

3. Then I was pissed but I wanted to try at least one more of the contacts. So I chose a casa which was near the km 4 point where I already was. Obviously on a Sunday afternoon is not a great time. But I did prove to myself that a "house" is always the safer option. Because at least they are honest that they are not independents and you get a line-up choice. In my case there were just two, a black haired girl in her mid-late 20's with massive hips, and a more petite blonde. Ironically the petite blonde had a voice deep as a man, very off-turning. She was also not into BBBJ, so my choice was made. The one I chose anyway looked at me in a way that seemed we might connect.

And connect we did. I think she held back to not wanting to kiss me because she didn't want to get emotionally involved. I always like to play with emotions. We connected with communication, she was half Brazilian actually, so we could speak Portuguese. She seemed to like what I did with her, but she couldn't get herself to open up completely. She did nice things to me, didn't get me over the edge because I was missing that little extra spark. But that's fine. It was a good time anyway, except for the missing extra spark. Those with a no-kissing policy create that problem for me. In her case it was a little tragic, because we looked at each other and some sparks could be felt, but then she turned away looked up, and that interrupted the sparks.

I am sure she was thrown off balance by our encounter because while I had paid her the 200 kGs. base fee, she was going to get extra 50 for BBBJ, and actually 100 for anal that I thought we would ad into the mix. Now I didn't go to anal because to me that is never actually so pleasant (anatomically it makes no sense anyway because after you are through the door you are in a huge hallway and no friction), so ... anyway, she was going to get her extra fee afterwards. And when our time was up and she wasn't even pushing me away really quickly, she led me out and didn't mention her extra fee. I honestly forgot it too, and she obviously forgot it, because of the sparks I kept conjuring up and she kept trying to put out.

Anyway, when I am there next with a bit of time, I should try some more of the casas. After all, if I would find one which is as distinct as the Brithannia is in Asuncion, that would be gold to go back to again and again.

The bait and switch stung me a bit. But then, the cost of it was no worse than the shit a rental car agency in the Washington DC plays on you these days with the stupid electronic toll fee of 80 dollars for just a few days. Chalked off.

Summary, there is more in CdE than I had thought, in years of coming there never tried anything after I couldn't find anyone at those farmacies. Skokka has leads, but their lack of "report" features for ads makes this a very unreliable thing.