Santo Domingo

[QUOTE=GuyLuvsParty; 1138979]Hey guys, I've been reading this forum and its been really insightful!

Have booked a trip for April 3 Sunday to Candyland.

There is one major issue. LOL I don't speak any Spanish, but willing to give it a shot.

Which Hotels are English friendly?

Which restaurants are English friendly?

Which Clubs are English friendly?

Should I try to get a English speaking tour guide?

PS. Sorry if these questions have been answered before[/QUOTE]An ISG member named Joe Roma knows a Dominican guy who acts like a guide and something of an interpreter. Joe Roma has posted the phone number of that guy before, his name is Santo. You can look through Joe Roma's past 5-10 posts and you will probably find the phone number for Santo. Or you could send Joe Roma a PM.

ISG member Mardonius also has the phone number of a Dominican guy who showed Mardonius around in SDQ, you can PM Mardnius for that info.

If you have money in DR, you will have no problem getting sex.

The owner of Club 305 in Gazcue speaks perfect English, as does the female owner of Satin Dolls.

If you go, carry a pen and piece of paper around, where the other person can write out the price (After 30 trips to DR, I am still bad understanding when certain large numbers are spoken in Spanish).

Learn a few basic things in Spanish: Cuanto cuesta? (how much?) , sin condon (without condom, for oral sex) , mil pesos (a thousand pesos) , mil quinento pesos (keen yento) 1500 pesos, dos mil pesos (2000 pesos) , por cuanto tiempo? (for how much time?).

There is a waiter at night in Manolos, named Luis who speaks perfect English. Manolos restaurant is adjacent to hotel riazor and two blocks from hotel jaguar.

I don't know if the owner of Hotel Jaguar (Rafael) speaks English (my guess is that he speaks English).

[QUOTE=Mardonius;1139111]Now Plaza Central I assume is not that shopping area a few blocks North outside of the Colonial Zone? Is this the mega centro mall that is shown on the map?[/QUOTE]Mega Central Mall is on the other side of the river from zona colonial. Mega Central Mall is in zona oriental, Carretera Mella and Avenida St. Vincent de Paul, a good fifteen minute or more drive from Zona Colonial (depending on traffic and weather).

Plaza Central I have never been to.

[QUOTE=Mardonius;1139111]Now Plaza Central I assume is not that shopping area a few blocks North outside of the Colonial Zone? Is this the mega centro mall that is shown on the map?[/QUOTE]Answer would be no to both. I don't know what they call the area just above the Zona where Modello Mercado, the small La Sirena, Plaza Lama, and the Chinatown section are. Mega Centro is outside of the city central on the other side of the river. Plaza Central is on 27 de febreo at Winston Churchill. If you are going up Lincoln to go to GBP instead of making a right at Nacional Supermercado you make a left. Plaza Central would be on the north side of 27 just before you get to Churchill. The larger Plaza Lama is diagonally across 27 de febreo at Churchill.

Mardonius don't forget you can always send BoricuaOnline a PM to have him pin a new location on the map.

[QUOTE=Mardonius;1139111]Now Plaza Central I assume is not that shopping area a few blocks North outside of the Colonial Zone? Is this the mega centro mall that is shown on the map?[/QUOTE]I've always heard that area referred to as Duarte. Tons of cheap goods.

And along with Plaza Central, you can check out MegaCentro over in the Zona Oreintal. It is the biggest of the malls and full of chicas like those in Plaza central.

[QUOTE=Joe Roma; 948984]I have been to Santo Domingo several times in the last few years. I have learned that the Dominican people are always looking for an angle and should be trusted very carefully. On one of my trips, I meet a tour guide that spoke pretty good English (for the most part be careful with Dominicans that speak English). This guy was very friendly and helpful, I liked having a translator with me. We have become good friends and he has earned my trust. His name is Santo and he would be happy to be of service to anyone that is visiting Santo Domingo. He will stay with you for as long or short as you wish. He knows all the spots and always makes sure I am paying the right price not the Gringo price. Just call him a few days in advance and tell him that Chris gave you his number. Just speak slow and clear and he will understand you. I have recomended him before and everyone that has used him is happy they did. He stays with me all day and I give him $30. Santo is my friend so I take very good care of him, buy him beer and dinner sometimes. His number is [blue][Telephone Number deleted by Admin][/blue].

I will be in Santo Dom. On Nov. 19-23 who's in. You don't need a tour guide, but if you can find someone that you can trust, it is so much better to have one.

Hey Joe, if Santo is available as a tour guide April 3 Sunday 4:53PM at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ) airport would definitely use his services for approximately one week. I have his phone number from one of your previous post, plan to get a pre-paid sim card after arrival or sooner to have a phone number. Would there be another way to contact him until I get cell number?

Thanks for sharing all your informative posts, it's really appreciated!

[QUOTE=Jaosousa; 1139149]An ISG member named Joe Roma knows a Dominican guy who acts like a guide and something of an interpreter. Joe Roma has posted the phone number of that guy before, his name is Santo. You can look through Joe Roma's past 5-10 posts and you will probably find the phone number for Santo. Or you could send Joe Roma a PM.

ISG member Mardonius also has the phone number of a Dominican guy who showed Mardonius around in SDQ, you can PM Mardnius for that info.

If you have money in DR, you will have no problem getting sex.

The owner of Club 305 in Gazcue speaks perfect English, as does the female owner of Satin Dolls.

If you go, carry a pen and piece of paper around, where the other person can write out the price (After 30 trips to DR, I am still bad understanding when certain large numbers are spoken in Spanish).

Learn a few basic things in Spanish: Cuanto cuesta? (how much?) , sin condon (without condom, for oral sex) , mil pesos (a thousand pesos) , mil quinento pesos (keen yento) 1500 pesos, dos mil pesos (2000 pesos) , por cuanto tiempo? (for how much time?).

There is a waiter at night in Manolos, named Luis who speaks perfect English. Manolos restaurant is adjacent to hotel riazor and two blocks from hotel jaguar.

I don't know if the owner of Hotel Jaguar (Rafael) speaks English (my guess is that he speaks English).[/QUOTE]Sweet that was exactly the information I was looking for, if Santo is available as the tour guide, his hearing might be going deaf with all the minor questions that is going through my mind and dreams still needs to be asked / answered. Bahahaha

[QUOTE=BoricuaOnline;1137248]I stayed at Riazor last weekend, no wi fi on my room, but their are remodeling their rooms and remodeled rooms should have wi fi. Their guest policy is single guests, more info on my report coming soon.[/QUOTE]No wi fi, but does the room have internet?

Thanks!

[QUOTE=Jaosousa;1139084]This big titty chica from playboy palace near the glass door? (Photos from Mundo Anuncio, one photo shows the glass front door of playboy palace and the street outside, the glass door is tinted when seen from the outside).[/QUOTE]Yes she is, at this time we are chatting on msn.

[QUOTE=Jaosousa; 1139149]An ISG member named Joe Roma knows a Dominican guy who acts like a guide and something of an interpreter. Joe Roma has posted the phone number of that guy before, his name is Santo. You can look through Joe Roma's past 5-10 posts and you will probably find the phone number for Santo. Or you could send Joe Roma a PM.

ISG member Mardonius also has the phone number of a Dominican guy who showed Mardonius around in SDQ, you can PM Mardnius for that info.

If you have money in DR, you will have no problem getting sex.

The owner of Club 305 in Gazcue speaks perfect English, as does the female owner of Satin Dolls.

If you go, carry a pen and piece of paper around, where the other person can write out the price (After 30 trips to DR, I am still bad understanding when certain large numbers are spoken in Spanish).

Learn a few basic things in Spanish: Cuanto cuesta? (how much?) , sin condon (without condom, for oral sex) , mil pesos (a thousand pesos) , mil quinento pesos (keen yento) 1500 pesos, dos mil pesos (2000 pesos) , por cuanto tiempo? (for how much time?).

There is a waiter at night in Manolos, named Luis who speaks perfect English. Manolos restaurant is adjacent to hotel riazor and two blocks from hotel jaguar.

I don't know if the owner of Hotel Jaguar (Rafael) speaks English (my guess is that he speaks English). [/QUOTE]Rafael speaks English very well. No problem there.

BoricuaOnline,

Nice post, thanks.

[QUOTE=Cork Sucker;1138140]How hard it is to find girls willing to do male and female couples? And what is on going rate? Are there any special places to look?[/QUOTE]Trios, you and your chica and another chica? Bq Ribs and Greek Niko have lots of experience doing trios with their chicas and another chica.

You can enter any casa in Santo Domingo and look around and ask which chicas do trios.

Casa prices vary from 1000 pesos and up. Some streetwalkers will probably do a trio, SW prices are 1000 pesos and up. Mundo Anuncio and listin diario have classified advertisements for pay for play chicas with phone numbers, where you can call and ask about prices and whether they do trios.

There are probably two lesbian bars en santo domingo, one called amazonia in gazcue. You could potentially enter one of those bars and let your chica try to encounter another chica for a trio.

I called a friend to see her later in the night, she was with a couple of guys on Bakkus in the corner of Churchill and Sarasota. She invited me and asked what kind of place Bakkus is. She actually told me they are in the parking, a young crowd goes there in their cars and put their car stereo systems on high volume. I can't imagine dozens of cars playing different songs at the same time. She invited me but I was on a taxi to Venezuela Avenue. I saw street girls on an area called Puente de la 25. I arrived to Venezuela to La barrica, the place was completely full, hundreds of people there. On the first level they have an on the grill restaurant and an area were people were dancing to reggaeton. Upstairs it was salsa music and a couple of hundred people more. I was kind of lost there but an employee guided me safe to the most important part of the place: the bar. No chica for me there so I moved out to see the other places. There are near a dozen places in that block, all full of people. I walked down to Drink House, where I felt more confortable and chatted a little with a couple of locals. Minutes later the Avenue was full of cars, some of the places began to close at 1:00 am and everybody was trying to leave the area at the same time. There are plenty of taxis there as in every area of the city. I decided to enjoy the show of cars trying to leave the place at the same time, and of course staring at pretty chicas walking up and down the avenue. I decided to leave and paid crappy taxi 140 pesos to Coppa.

My friend called, she told me she was on her way to Venezuela, I told her I was arriving to Coppa and that most places on Venezuela are closing. She told me an incident occurred at Bakkus. She was with her friends drinking and listening to the music and some guy from other car was flirting with her. She told the guy she was with her boyfriend (not true) pointing to one of her friends. The guy told mi amiga that her boyfriend is filth, that she deserves better. A discussion began and my amiga, s friend hit with a bottle the other car's guy. A fight began, bottles flying and suddenly, gunshots. Everybody began to run and a couple of minutes later the place was empty. They decided to go to some place with the name of El Trampolin on Nuevo malecon area. She invited to join her later there.

I entered Coppa and they greeted me and gave me a nice table. A minute later a Presidente light was on my table without ordering it. They remember me from last night. A couple of girls joined me by my table. Saturday night, the girls there were not as cute as Friday. Minutes later blonde from last night entered. She is a regular there. I went to say Hi, we chatted a little, she told me the story of the older than me guy who was billed all her drinks, etc. She asked me if I want some fun. She only asked 4, 000 pesos and I replied 'Tu pides mucho', LOL. I rapidly added that she is worth billions to not get her mad and she replied that I am a sweetheart. She continued trying but I told her I saw a friend a couple of hours ago and that I was tired. She spent with me the next couple of hours, she said it was nice and funny talking with me. She made a last attempt but I really was tired, I was tempted because this girl is really hot. I left the place and called my friend that was on El trampolin, she was on her way to her home so see you tomorrow then. I walked Independencia and again, no street girls. It was 5:30 am and was tempted to eat a Jaosousa special's double cheeseburger with fries at Manolos but decided to eat some delicious butter cookies from room minibar so I saved a couple of dollars. These dollars saved will help to buy next travel's BQ Ribs air tickets.

I slept until 10:30 am. My room phone kept ringing, I decided not to answer. I took a shower blah blah blah and went out for breakfast. The guy at the lobby stopped me, he handled me a bag with food. The girl from Plaza Central wanted to surprise me with a homemade breakfast but I never answered the room phone. She left to her work, there was people waiting for her in a car so I do not saw her again. Too bad for me, the breakfast was a little cold but good.

I called Apollo and asked how much to Parque Enriquillo for Expreso Boca Chica bus stop. 120 pesos and I said ok. The bus took 15 minutes to get full and leave, cost is 70 pesos. I left the bus on the beach area where the public parking is, I believe it is the first stop in Boca. Lots of people there, a jet ski contest was just beginning. I walked the beach east and stopped on a place next to hostal Zapata. It looks like a new place with a large roof made with palm leafs and a nice large bar. They serve drinks and food there, a large Presidente is 150 pesos. You can sit by the bar, on the multiple tables they have there or on the beach chaise lounges. I saw a cute blonde that was smiling at me, then a couple of kids came to her and I got scared so I moved to the chaise lounges. It was so comfortable that I sleep a few minutes there. They have nice new bathrooms there and a shower area, was that part of Zapata? I do not know but is a nice place. I walked east up to Hamaca and then on main street until the park where I ordered a 80 pesos large Presidente. I went back to the jet ski contest area and there was a Presidente VIP area, a girl requested access for six and I counted them, they were only 5, so I completed the half dozen by just walking behind them to get the VIP wristband that entitled me to half dozen free Presidentes, LOL. I went back to main street, there were girls on some bars / places but nothing that I like, the cuties were on the beach. There is a nice gelato (Italian ice cream) place in front of Cachela cabanas. Best Gelato ever, I had to repeat. A young Italian guy makes the ice cream. I walked to the corner where the street to Hamaca begin and took an Expreso back to Santo Domingo. I committed the mistake to take the bus that makes a lot of stops after I reached their bus station so it took longer to reach the city. To be continued.

[QUOTE=BoricuaOnline;1139329]...I walked the beach east and stopped on a place next to hostal Zapata. It looks like a new place with a large roof made with palm leafs and a nice large bar. They serve drinks and food there, a large Presidente is 150 pesos. You can sit by the bar, on the multiple tables they have there or on the beach chaise lounges...There is a nice gelato (Italian ice cream) place in front of Cachela cabanas. Best Gelato ever, I had to repeat. A young Italian guy makes the ice cream. I walked to the corner where the street to Hamaca begin and took an Expreso back to Santo Domingo. I committed the mistake to take the bus that makes a lot of stops after I reached their bus station so it took longer to reach the city. To be continued.[/QUOTE]I agree. That Italian dude makes some amazing gelato.

BTW, are you referring to "La Rocca" or is there a new beach bar next to the Zapata?

-Helpmann :)

[QUOTE=Helpmann; 1139342]I agree. That Italian dude makes some amazing gelato.

BTW, are you referring to "La Rocca" or is there a new beach bar next to the Zapata?

-Helpmann. [/QUOTE]I can go to Boca Chica just to eat that gelato again.

I do not see a name in the bar, there are chairs on the beach, chaise lounges near the palm roofed large area with lot of tables, it is east and next to Zapata. The bar area is also palm roofed, they have a concrete building with an open kitchen, next to the kitchen on the left side there are a couple of showers and next to the showers are two new large bathrooms with blue tiles. There are a lot of "vendors please do not disturb" signs in that area. It is the nicest spot on the beach.

[QUOTE=Jaosousa; 1139145]I flew Delta years ago, JFK to SDQ. For the return flight SDQ to JFK, they offered an upgrade to Business Class seating for around $85. My wingman wanted to be in business class and paid for the upgrade.

Gazcue is a neighborhood in Santo Domingo that has casas and chica friendly hotels. From Gazcue you can walk to zona colonial. You can take a taxi from Gazcue to other chica venues. Zona Colonial has some chica friendly hotels. Zona Colonial is nice in the daytime and early evening, late at night most of zona colonial is empty.

Coppa, Jaragua Casino, Club 305, Satin Dolls, Sky High, Lapsus and Girls House are located in Gazcue. Some street walkers sometimes walk around in Gazcue. Chica friendly hotels in Gazcue; Jaguar, Riazor, Mystik, Duque de Wellington, Navarro, Casona Dorada, Maison Gatreux, Venezia and probably others. All of these hotels are less than a ten minute walk from each other.

Sosua is small and very easy to navigate. Santo Domingo is a large city. Chica prices from 500 pesos and up in SDQ.

Most SDQ mongers stay in Gazcue.

Chica friendly hotel prices in SDQ $40 and up.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the insight Jaosousa! Greatly appreciated. So I'd assume Gazcue is a township of Santo Domingo? Not to be a bother but a few basic questions.

-How far is Gazcue from the SDQ airport and what's a normal rate for a cab into town?

-If you had to choose, where'd you suggest for a first time SDQ guy trying to be close or central to just about everything and won't have to walk / drive 20 minutes to find the chicas (pros and non-pros) of the places you listed?

Again, thanks for the info and when I return I'll be sure to do a full report with pics!