I might be there from 11th to 24th
[QUOTE=Dasisextra;1918372]Anyone planning visits to BB in September? I plan on arriving on September 4th for 10 nights. Spending time at a AI resort first.[/QUOTE]A little over lap on the dates. Myself and Brother that is.
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BlackBeard's Box: Trip #11 (couldn't get tickets to Rio)
Essential data:
Trip dates: 11-16 August (5 nights at hotel).
Exchange rate: Yenny's Market in Costambar paid 45.80 pesos to the USD and that's pretty much well known as the best rate in the area. Convenient ATM right outside the store might do a little better but did not try.
Weather: No detectable rain in 5 days. Temps in the mid 80's modest humidity, light sea breezes, much cooler than the crushing heat wave that hit the northeast USA During our stay.
Finances:
1000 pesos RD=$21.83 USD.
100 peso RD=2.18 USD.
1 peso RD=02 cents USD.
ST (1-2 hours) costs 1,800 pesos RD=$39.30 USD.
LT Did not try.
Arrived with about $1,540 cash USD and 7,000 leftover pesos DR and departed with over $400 USD unspent with no need to use the ATM next to Yenny's or exchange at BB's front desk at their lower house courtesy rate of 43.80. Bottom line: For 5 nights including room, bitches, booze, meals (one meal out at Sola Mia's rest. nearby), taxis, tips, etc I only spent about $1,200. However, my kill count was a bit down this trip, usually 2 nuts a day not including the twice daily no leche jacuzzi BBBJs. Got a break on my flight cost with 70,000 air miles burned, just paid a little over $100.00 for the usual taxes and fees. Right?
There were two (2) of us, HIGHLY experienced mongers, traveling together to Puerto Plata (POP) "The Silver Port" or "Gateway to Riches" depending on your interpretation for my 11th trip and my wing's 16th. (See my previous trip reports and posts with pics for this section going back over the last 5 years.) Between the both of us we easily have over 1,000 kills, EASILY. Don't hate! BTW, BJ's count in our tally. The wing goes to BKK twice a year for weeks at a time. Together we have over 25 trips collectively, and usually together, to BlackBeards. Throw in our odd trips to SJO, PTY or MDE, etc and it all adds up. Who's counting anyway. Right?
Arrived about an hour late to POP, paid the usual $10 USD tourist visa, two more security layers later and BB's designated driver was right there. Nice guy, VERY reliable, not your typical retard, and I spoke with him in his native language about any changes in the area since my last trip 2 years ago on the 35 minute ride in. Our two year hiatus to BB's was caused by our group traveling together to SJO and two trips to MDE for a change of pace. Nothing personal, we just wanted to sample different venues for comparison to BB's. We all loved Costa Rica (generally more expensive than the DR) and Colombia (generally a bit less so.) Pussy costs more in SJO as a rule but it's about even in the DR to MDE, Colombia, maybe a tad more in MDE at an upscale venue. Outside food is about the same in SJO but MUCH cheaper, varied, and better in MDE. Taxis are WAY cheaper in both SJO and MDE over the rip-off taxi unions in the DR. Flights to SJO and MDE are normally cheaper than POP for us anyway. They say POP has a heavy airport tax to fund infrastructure improvements. That's OK, the local politicians gotta eat too. Right?
Entered the armed guard checkpoint to the gated community of Costambar and stopped into Yenny's Market for our usual counting party in the back of the store. We each exchanged exactly $1,000 USD, stuffed our pockets with that thick monopoly game peso wad and bought some bottled water on the way out. BB's is a 2 minute ride away. Gave our driver a 200 peso tip and swaggered into the compound like it was our home. Entering BB's always gives me that feeling I get at home when I put on my favorite comfy pajamas or bed slippers in the winter after a hard day at work. Tim was there, as always, and after our usual exchange of heart felt, smart ass, sarcastic greetings, another counting party ensues as we each pay $384.00 worth of cash pesos for our room, tax, and split taxi costs calculated at 45.5 to the USD. We always pay in pesos to save a few bucks. Grab our keys, a few more jokes, and a quick review of our framed wall pic from a previous trip. Yup, we made the wall of shame along with dozens of others. We love Tim (in a non-gay way) and Tim loves us. Right?
Thankfully, the Olympics was on down there piped in on a NYC based NBC station. We are both HUGE fans and spent a lot of time in our AC rooms watching it between sessions. Though they won't admit it, so did many of the other guests, much to the chagrin of the chicas. The TV's at the bar and dining area were usually fixed on the Olympics too and there was often several other guests watching. The place seemed a bit over half full, a bit slow but not dead by any means. A typical day for me started with a cup of that decent colon blow Dominican coffee. First coffee dump (or two) out of the way, time to get some exercise. I found a nice 5 K distance run in the area. For the runners reading this, turn right out BB's front gate and just hug the coastline following along a decent dirt road with nice houses. Turn right when you can't go any further along the coast and follow a common sense route back through the hood on some side streets till you hit that small hill with a nice view just behind Yenny's in the village center. Dodge the moto concho retards and just before the obvious security gate turn right on a paved road for a long, flat straightaway with the golf course on your left and decent houses on the right with some helpful, cooling shade trees along the way and turn right at the end and descend gently to the Mango's Golf Course club house. BTW, Mangos looks like a nice place to try lunch or dinner but the gym is small and needs better AC. Take your next left on the dirt road and you'll see the ocean. Follow this coast road to the right that many BB's enthusiast already know, all the way back to BB's taking your first left after the tennis courts. Bring a bottle of water with you for hydration. But I digress. My first night started off with a double team BBBJ in the Jacuzzi followed by a nice 3-some finish back in the room with some background porn on. Remember, the free porn channels are #300 and 301 on your remote. That set me back 4,000 or $87.33 but it was well worth it as both were cum friendly. Right?
My days went like this: I'd cool off for a while after the hot run. The pool was out. At this time of year the water was p-i-s-s warm...but CLEAN! My room water pressure this trip was MUCH better than my previous trips but the hot water took a while to kick in. I said nothing to Tim preferring the cooler showers to cool off anyways. Next, breakfast and more colon blow with the wing whilst watching some more Olympics in the restaurant. Depending on my mood I'd usually start off with a Jacuzzi BBBJ. Somebody wisely turned off the heater so the cooler water actually felt great. I like to audition the chica(s) in the Jacuzzi, gauge their attitude and performance. If you don't nut it's only 600 pesos (each if there's two working the cock.) If you dump your batch it's full price at 1,800 to the winner and 600 for the silver medalist. If we had a connection(s) then it was off to the room for a nice finish. In this fashion I ended up with two back to back bi 3-somes up in the room on day #2. It was great watching background USA Women's Volleyball whilst nutting the bi chicas. BTW, both bi teams were orally leche friendly and took my batch. Point, Set, MATCH to the Dominican women's teams under the ceiling fan! Right?
Things settled down after day #2. After that it was the usual no leche Jacuzzi BBBJ warmup followed by one kill in the early afternoon and then another after the night shift sauntered in. BB's food is still good but I detected a slight price increase, but still reasonable. A pig out two course breakfast with 10% tip included on the bill was about $12 bucks. I skipped lunch. Dinners might run you about $20-25. No need to tip as it's already included in the bar/rest bill but a few clinkers left on the table is appreciated. Drinks were reasonable. I NEVER put my charges on my room. It's much better to pay as you go to avoid accounting errors, and they do happen there sometimes. EVERY purchase results in the bartender hand writing a paper bill. So, let's say you wanted to buy a cup of ice for 5 pesos, the bartender painfully fills out a new paper bill just for that transaction. If you're hanging around at the bar then she'll just add to it as a tab. Ice is free BTW just using the above example for agonizing effect. When you're done, pay up. A small beer costs about $3.25 and a large Presidente was about $4.28 without the tip included, based on their drink menu. The most expensive mixed drink on their menu costs about $7 but most are in the $5 range. A bottled water costs $1. 77. WTF! In that heat, especially after a run I was pushing lots of water. I think that's too expensive. I adjusted by severely limiting my booze intake for health reasons and to economize. Maybe I should just go to Yenny's and buy a case of bottled water. Right?
Other observations: The WiFi was great down by the bar but would drop in and out back in my room on this trip. Nico stopped in on his crutches and it was good to see him recovering from his accident. He thinks he'll be back at work in 2 weeks, hell, maybe he's back there now. The staff service level was a bit better than all of my previous trips and the staff was much less retarded this time around. They were a bit faster at the restaurant and bar. We only had one botched meal. One night we asked for spaghetti with "marinara" sauce. When we pointed out a service error we were firmly told that Dominican marinara sauce just happens to look and taste like a creamy Alfredo sauce. Really? Who knew? We ate it anyway. Retarded. Another time I ordered a standard item on the dinner menu only to have our waitress enter into a lengthy consultation with another waitress as to what I actually wanted on the menu. They've both been working there for years yet haven't seemed to memorize their menu yet. Functional illiteracy perhaps? No, as I said earlier. Retarded! Yet, we both love it there anyway and keep cumming back for more. In all of my world travels, including a 6 month stint actually living in the DR, I can firmly state right here and now, and without any equivocation, that the DR is probably the most retarded place on earth. Right?
Will we return? Yes, without hesitation. As I wrote above there is absolutely no question that BB's offers the best bang for the buck in the western hemisphere. There is NO other place exactly like it. Yes, the "Mansion" in MDE is awesome, no question. Go there if you haven't already. And in SJO, venues like Hotel Del Rey, and the Sportsman Lodge along with Hotel Cocal in Jaco Beach have many good points. Go there too by all means. But at the end of the day BB's continues to offer the best value for the money, less travel stress overall (except for their airport retards), convenient beach, safe ambiance, less drama, and it's perfect for the budget minded first-time monger looking for a proper introduction to our hobby. We'll be back soon. Right?
P.S. Note all box pics taken were immediately post blowout. Right?
