Sosua Reports

You relize you have to pay yourself in cash. No insurance will pay the medical bills for you. They will only reimburse your money. So kill someone on a Moto have to pay and I hope you or Family member has 100k US or you will be sitting in Jail rest of your life in DR.

From Dom Billy


You can have all the credit cards in the world and they won't help you in a personal injury accident. Money can payoff anyone here if it's just a fender bender.

When someone is killed or injured they hold on to you the only way they know how. That's put you in jail until you have made restitution to the injured party or the family of the deceased.


That is the standard procedure here because.

I friend who lives here had an accident 3 months ago. A drunk motoconcho driver went through a stop sign unto the main highway and killed himself against the side of Jan's truck. This was at 7am in the morning when he was on his way to his welding business. He was put in jail until he paid the family $3,000us. Jan was completely inocent and it was 100% the drunks fault but that's the way it is here.

I also know personally two men, Russ from Canada and John from England who killed people while driving drunk over the last 5 years. They both escaped to Haiti and flew back to Canada and England respectively. For two reasons, one was the jail time ahead of them or the large amount of money for bribes to get out of the jail and two, they would have been in danger from family members who wanted revenge.

Jaosua Relize your frend KOKI was in Sosua he knows the story well and can verify.

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Traffic accidents often result in serious injury or death. This is often the case when heavy vehicles, such as buses or trucks, are involved. Traditionally, vehicles involved in accidents in the Dominican Republic are not moved (even to clear traffic), until authorized by a police officer. Drivers who violate this norm may be held legally liable for the accident.

Dominican law requires that a driver be taken into custody for driving under the influence or being involved in an accident that causes serious injury or death, even if the driver is insured and appears not to have been at fault. The minimum detention period is 48 hours; however, detentions frequently last until a judicial decision is reached (often weeks or months), or until a waiver is signed by the injured party (usually as the result of a cash settlement).

Visitors to the Dominican Republic might want to consider hiring a professional driver during their stay in lieu of driving themselves. Licensed drivers who are familiar with local roads can be hired through local car rental agencies. In case of accidents, only the driver will be taken into custody

[QUOTE=Terry U]I only rent from the big agencies, period. [/QUOTE]

I don't think the big agency is going to stop anyone else from holding out their hand, especially the police.

If the family wants money, culpable or not, they will get it.

If the police wants money, culpable or not, they will get it.

Who else was involved??? Most likely they will get it too...

They know they have you over a barrel in that you need to leave the country reasonably soon. Knowing this, the big agency is probably going to advise you to pay them off too if you want to leave.

I do think the big agency is a slight advantage but not as big as what is portrayed.

[QUOTE=Bq Ribs]Just my take,.... making an illegal U-Turn and willingly start to pay bribes just opened the flood gates and the local police just kept grabbing more cash. [/QUOTE]

Bingo

[QUOTE=Lopkx] And know your rights. [url]http://www.internationalsexguide.in...&postcount=4309[/url] [/QUOTE]

It is nice to see this... but I wonder if these rights also applies to Non-DR citizens. I am guessing it does?

[QUOTE=Ehunter]Bingo
It is nice to see this... but I wonder if these rights also applies to Non-DR citizens. I am guessing it does?[/QUOTE] The laws apply to all unless you are in the country illegally.

[QUOTE=Lopkx]Look forward to reading what you find out. I am the same way I need a car to get around otherwise there are many other places in the world i can go to spend my US dollars who won't jack me up.[/QUOTE]The guy from Alamo said that when I choose to pay the extra $7 dollars per day for third party liability insurance, if there is an accident with a motorcycle driver, with injuries, I don't have to pay anything. He said the insurance covers everything, 100%.

How quick they pay and whether they can get a driver out of jail, who knows. I would assume that once the police have been assured that there is adequate insurance to cover any personal injuries, then I would assume they would not put a driver in jail.

It is the Dom Rep, so who knows, prepare for the worst and hope for the best. I am requesting a copy of the third party liability insurance document from Alamo. I want to read the policy.

Mastercard provides coverage if the car is stolen or badly damaged.

Some insurance companies are better than others. I will continue to investigate how best to protect myself while driving in Dom Rep, possibly by getting insurance from an outside insurance company, apart from the rental company. There is a recommended place in Santo Domingo, that sells different types of insurance. Getting good insurance for 7 days shouldn't be too expensive. The third party liability insurance that I pay extra for with Alamo might be sufficient.

[QUOTE=Jaosousa]........Mastercard provides coverage if the car is stolen or badly damaged........[/QUOTE]
See post #5557. I have the .doc file if anyone wants it. I tried to upload the file as an attachment but for some reason it did not work.

Gentlemen please note the CDW coverage from MasterCard covers a vehicle up to a sticker value of $50,000. When in doubt contact the issuing insurance company first hand and request something in writing.

[QUOTE=Lopkx]The laws apply to all unless you are in the country illegally.[/QUOTE]
And unless you're the child of an undocumented Haitian migrant who was born on Dominican soil but do not officially exist and have no nationality.

[QUOTE=Bq Ribs]See post #5557. I have the .pdf file if anyone wants it. I tried to upload the file as an attachment but for some reason it did not work.

Gentlemen please note the CDW coverage from MasterCard covers a vehicle up to a sticker value of $50,000. When in doubt contact the issuing insurance company first hand and request something in writing.[/QUOTE]Mastercard covers damage/loss to the rental vehicle up to $50,000. I have read some exclusions for SUV type vehicles with some credit cards.

For Bodily Injuries you have to have the Third Party Liability insurance (party 1 is the rental company, party 2 is you the driver (renter) and the 3rd party is a pedestrian, motorcycle driver or other person who may sustain injuries as a result of the use and operation of the rental vehicle). I need to get a copy of that policy to see what the policy limits are regarding personal injuries and to read how claims regarding personal injuries are handled. Third Party Liability insurance should also cover property damage claims for the other vehicle involved in the accident.

Just getting back from Sosua and I had a blast like before. Knowledge is power and so I highly recommend anybody that wants to come to Sosua to do your research on the board. Sosua is a hustler's town and if you don't have the knowledge or you don't have common sense you will get hustled quick. In Sosua it's either you hustle or get hustled!

Below are things I did to prepare myself before I left the states as well as my housing and transportation. Please note some of the things that I speak of below have already been posted through out the years on board.

Preparation

Before you leave make a color photo copy of your passport and your drivers

License. When you get to your spot lock your passport and drivers license away with your valuables. For now on every time you step out you only carry your copies. Please note that your copies are fine when changing money at the bank

A couple days before you leave call up your bank and let them know that you're going out of the country. Let them know the days and how long you're going to be in DR. The day of your flight I would call them again to make sure it's noted and to have a number to call them once you're in DR just in case you use your debit/credit card and they freeze your account. Speaking of credit cards it's highly recommended that you don't USE It! I told my friends that came down with me to only use your debit card to take out money at the bank and that's it.

No need to transfer money at the airport cus they will get you. I transfer my money on the streets(1usd =36peso) and at Scotia Bank where I got a better deal at 1usd = 36.20 peso. Also as a general rule with counting money I took the notion that every 100 peso = 3usd (technically it's 2. 74usd)

Speaking Spanish is KEY in DR. Get Rosetta Stone. Get a book. A translator. Do whatever you need to do to learn the language. One of the forefathers recommended an app on your iPhone called SpainishDict! It's free and the best part is that you don't have to be online for this app to work

Accommodations

Once again I stayed at Casa Linda. Had no problems bringing as many girls as I liked. As long as they have an ID and their of age then all is good. I stayed in a 3bedroom villa with a pool and BBQ for 190usd a nite for 7 days. Total damage including 16% tax was 1543usd. Divide that by 3 amigos and that's 514 USD per person which isn't bad at all. Please note that when reserving the villa you have to put down a 10% deposit and when you arrive you'll have to put down another 100 USD room deposit that you'll get back once you leave the villa. The only negative is that most likely your going to need your own car or at the very least get to know a taxi person that will come and pick you up. Other then that I highly recommend Casa Linda.

Food/Liquor

Anything that's imported in DR gets heavily tax and last time I went down their I spent more money on food and drinks then on woman. So to try and combat that me and the fellas bought a whole bunch of liquor with us. We would've brought food as well but didn't have time to properly pack the food. Now surprisingly customs didn't check my bag or my friends but if they did I would've said it's for my girlfriends familia. At any rate I had no problems at all

My Guide

Since this been only my 2nd time down in Sosua I'm still relatively a newbie to the game and since my Spanish isn't up to par yet to monger truly free I had a guide with me and my friends damn near every step of the way.

When I was down in Sosua previously I came across a haitian cat name Junior. He spoke good English and showed me areas outside of Sosua and more importantly he wasn't a begger. He'll take care of you first and foremost before he received anything in return. Junior speaks English, Spanish, German, and Creole. We became good friends and kept in touch so when it was time to come back down all it took was one phone call and he was their picking me up from the airport.

Having a guide is not crucial but to me until my Spanish is up to par I would highly give having a guide chill with you some serious thought. If anybody is serious about wanting a guide pm me and I will give you his info

Driving in DR

You have to be fucking nuts to drive in DR. I'm serious it ain't no joke. To those who drive down their you get my up most respect. I had my guide drive the majority of the time cus I for damn sure wasn't getting behind the wheel

Now speaking of driving I didn't rent a car from budget and/or other businesses. I rented a montero sport 4 door truck from Juniors friend Cesa. Now before I rented the truck I spoke to cesa directly and let him know that since I won't be driving if anything happens the liabilities is on my guide He agreed and me and my amigos paid him 300usd for a week. Now I would not recommend doing this cus if we did happen to get into an accident Cesa most likely would've put the blame on me. But like anything in life nothing venture, nothing gain.

Trip report Day 1 The Return coming soon

[QUOTE=Ehunter]I don't think the big agency is going to stop anyone else from holding out their hand, especially the police.

If the family wants money, culpable or not, they will get it.

If the police wants money, culpable or not, they will get it.

Who else was involved??? Most likely they will get it too...

They know they have you over a barrel in that you need to leave the country reasonably soon. Knowing this, the big agency is probably going to advise you to pay them off too if you want to leave.

I do think the big agency is a slight advantage but not as big as what is portrayed.[/QUOTE]

The big companies won't charge you a $3,000 deductible, but I've been extorted and ripped off during my year and a half over there!!! Dominicans always, always found a way to take your money!

If you move to the DR, you will probably spend at least $10,000 in gringo tax.

anybody want to buy a 2002 Yamaha 350 Warrior??

[QUOTE=Lopkx]And know your rights. [url]http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showpost.php?p=1019369&postcount=4309[/url][/QUOTE]
thank you for the link!!

[QUOTE=Ehunter]I don't think the big agency is going to stop anyone else from holding out their hand, especially the police.

If the family wants money, culpable or not, they will get it.

If the police wants money, culpable or not, they will get it.

Who else was involved??? Most likely they will get it too...

They know they have you over a barrel in that you need to leave the country reasonably soon. Knowing this, the big agency is probably going to advise you to pay them off too if you want to leave.

I do think the big agency is a slight advantage but not as big as what is portrayed.[/QUOTE]Ehunter is absolutely correct here.

If the Dominican police smell american money all the Mastercard insurance, third party blah, blah, blah isn't going to stop them from throwing your gringo ass in their filthy fucking jail. For the hundredth time, this ain't Kansas it's a broke ass half lawless third world country, bullshit walks and money talks here. You can wave your insurance policy in their face and they will lock you up anyway if they so desire.

Not a single post yet about someone that got into an accident and was about to get hauled off to jail until they pulled out their insurance policy and read it to the police.

For the guys that are going to rent regardless because their mongering style requires it, do your due diligence but please be advised that it might not be worth the paper it's printed on if the cops decide you are worth extorting.

Very nice report Coolie High. A lot of good, helpful information. You covered a lot of things which can easily be forgotten to do in preparation of a trip.

Amazing, no mention of a triple up side down reverse cowgirl or 98 BBBJ followed by three reverse summer saults ending with a TLN that wasn't part of the negotiation. Just my two pesos but your report should be very beneficial to newbies and it also serves as a reminder to vets of basic things we need to do.

Thanks again, very nice (I didn't think you had it in you.........LOL)

[QUOTE=Coolie High]Just getting back from Sosua and I had a blast like before. Knowledge is power and so I highly recommend anybody that wants to come to Sosua to do your research on the board. Sosua is a hustler's town and if you don't have the knowledge or you don't have common sense you will get hustled quick. In Sosua it's either you hustle or get hustled!

Below are things I did to prepare myself before I left the states as well as my housing and transportation. Please note some of the things that I speak of below have already been posted through out the years on board.

Preparation

Before you leave make a color photo copy of your passport and your drivers

License. When you get to your spot lock your passport and drivers license away with your valuables. For now on every time you step out you only carry your copies. Please note that your copies are fine when changing money at the bank

A couple days before you leave call up your bank and let them know that you're going out of the country. Let them know the days and how long you're going to be in DR. The day of your flight I would call them again to make sure it's noted and to have a number to call them once you're in DR just in case you use your debit/credit card and they freeze your account. Speaking of credit cards it's highly recommended that you don't USE It! I told my friends that came down with me to only use your debit card to take out money at the bank and that's it.

No need to transfer money at the airport cus they will get you. I transfer my money on the streets(1usd =36peso) and at Scotia Bank where I got a better deal at 1usd = 36.20 peso. Also as a general rule with counting money I took the notion that every 100 peso = 3usd (technically it's 2. 74usd)

Speaking Spanish is KEY in DR. Get Rosetta Stone. Get a book. A translator. Do whatever you need to do to learn the language. One of the forefathers recommended an app on your iPhone called SpainishDict! It's free and the best part is that you don't have to be online for this app to work

Accommodations

Once again I stayed at Casa Linda. Had no problems bringing as many girls as I liked. As long as they have an ID and their of age then all is good. I stayed in a 3bedroom villa with a pool and BBQ for 190usd a nite for 7 days. Total damage including 16% tax was 1543usd. Divide that by 3 amigos and that's 514 USD per person which isn't bad at all. Please note that when reserving the villa you have to put down a 10% deposit and when you arrive you'll have to put down another 100 USD room deposit that you'll get back once you leave the villa. The only negative is that most likely your going to need your own car or at the very least get to know a taxi person that will come and pick you up. Other then that I highly recommend Casa Linda.

Food/Liquor

Anything that's imported in DR gets heavily tax and last time I went down their I spent more money on food and drinks then on woman. So to try and combat that me and the fellas bought a whole bunch of liquor with us. We would've brought food as well but didn't have time to properly pack the food. Now surprisingly customs didn't check my bag or my friends but if they did I would've said it's for my girlfriends familia. At any rate I had no problems at all

My Guide

Since this been only my 2nd time down in Sosua I'm still relatively a newbie to the game and since my Spanish isn't up to par yet to monger truly free I had a guide with me and my friends damn near every step of the way.

When I was down in Sosua previously I came across a haitian cat name Junior. He spoke good English and showed me areas outside of Sosua and more importantly he wasn't a begger. He'll take care of you first and foremost before he received anything in return. Junior speaks English, Spanish, German, and Creole. We became good friends and kept in touch so when it was time to come back down all it took was one phone call and he was their picking me up from the airport.

Having a guide is not crucial but to me until my Spanish is up to par I would highly give having a guide chill with you some serious thought. If anybody is serious about wanting a guide pm me and I will give you his info

Driving in DR

You have to be fucking nuts to drive in DR. I'm serious it ain't no joke. To those who drive down their you get my up most respect. I had my guide drive the majority of the time cus I for damn sure wasn't getting behind the wheel

Now speaking of driving I didn't rent a car from budget and/or other businesses. I rented a montero sport 4 door truck from Juniors friend Cesa. Now before I rented the truck I spoke to cesa directly and let him know that since I won't be driving if anything happens the liabilities is on my guide He agreed and me and my amigos paid him 300usd for a week. Now I would not recommend doing this cus if we did happen to get into an accident Cesa most likely would've put the blame on me. But like anything in life nothing venture, nothing gain.

Trip report Day 1 The Return coming soon[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Coolie High]
Before you leave make a color photo copy of your passport and your drivers

License. [/QUOTE]

Coolie, great reminder. I've also backed them up on a gmail account, so if everything goes to shit and I lose my copy and the original, I have all of the info available online. My atm, cc#'s and the international phone numbers are also in an email. You can scramble a couple of the numbers if you are worried about it getting hacked, but I think I have them sufficiently buried in my gmail inbox.

[QUOTE=Coolie High]Just getting back from Sosua and I had a blast like before. Knowledge is power and so I highly recommend anybody that wants to come to Sosua to do your research on the board. Sosua is a hustler's town and if you don't have the knowledge or you don't have common sense you will get hustled quick. In Sosua it's either you hustle or get hustled!

Below are things I did to prepare myself before I left the states as well as my housing and transportation. Please note some of the things that I speak of below have already been posted through out the years on board.

Preparation

Before you leave make a color photo copy of your passport and your drivers

License. When you get to your spot lock your passport and drivers license away with your valuables. For now on every time you step out you only carry your copies. Please note that your copies are fine when changing money at the bank

A couple days before you leave call up your bank and let them know that you're going out of the country. Let them know the days and how long you're going to be in DR. The day of your flight I would call them again to make sure it's noted and to have a number to call them once you're in DR just in case you use your debit/credit card and they freeze your account. Speaking of credit cards it's highly recommended that you don't USE It! I told my friends that came down with me to only use your debit card to take out money at the bank and that's it.

No need to transfer money at the airport cus they will get you. I transfer my money on the streets(1usd =36peso) and at Scotia Bank where I got a better deal at 1usd = 36.20 peso. Also as a general rule with counting money I took the notion that every 100 peso = 3usd (technically it's 2. 74usd)

Speaking Spanish is KEY in DR. Get Rosetta Stone. Get a book. A translator. Do whatever you need to do to learn the language. One of the forefathers recommended an app on your iPhone called SpainishDict! It's free and the best part is that you don't have to be online for this app to work

Accommodations

Once again I stayed at Casa Linda. Had no problems bringing as many girls as I liked. As long as they have an ID and their of age then all is good. I stayed in a 3bedroom villa with a pool and BBQ for 190usd a nite for 7 days. Total damage including 16% tax was 1543usd. Divide that by 3 amigos and that's 514 USD per person which isn't bad at all. Please note that when reserving the villa you have to put down a 10% deposit and when you arrive you'll have to put down another 100 USD room deposit that you'll get back once you leave the villa. The only negative is that most likely your going to need your own car or at the very least get to know a taxi person that will come and pick you up. Other then that I highly recommend Casa Linda.

Food/Liquor

Anything that's imported in DR gets heavily tax and last time I went down their I spent more money on food and drinks then on woman. So to try and combat that me and the fellas bought a whole bunch of liquor with us. We would've brought food as well but didn't have time to properly pack the food. Now surprisingly customs didn't check my bag or my friends but if they did I would've said it's for my girlfriends familia. At any rate I had no problems at all

My Guide

Since this been only my 2nd time down in Sosua I'm still relatively a newbie to the game and since my Spanish isn't up to par yet to monger truly free I had a guide with me and my friends damn near every step of the way.

When I was down in Sosua previously I came across a haitian cat name Junior. He spoke good English and showed me areas outside of Sosua and more importantly he wasn't a begger. He'll take care of you first and foremost before he received anything in return. Junior speaks English, Spanish, German, and Creole. We became good friends and kept in touch so when it was time to come back down all it took was one phone call and he was their picking me up from the airport.

Having a guide is not crucial but to me until my Spanish is up to par I would highly give having a guide chill with you some serious thought. If anybody is serious about wanting a guide pm me and I will give you his info

Driving in DR

You have to be fucking nuts to drive in DR. I'm serious it ain't no joke. To those who drive down their you get my up most respect. I had my guide drive the majority of the time cus I for damn sure wasn't getting behind the wheel

Now speaking of driving I didn't rent a car from budget and/or other businesses. I rented a montero sport 4 door truck from Juniors friend Cesa. Now before I rented the truck I spoke to cesa directly and let him know that since I won't be driving if anything happens the liabilities is on my guide He agreed and me and my amigos paid him 300usd for a week. Now I would not recommend doing this cus if we did happen to get into an accident Cesa most likely would've put the blame on me. But like anything in life nothing venture, nothing gain.

Trip report Day 1 The Return coming soon[/QUOTE]Very informative report,looking forward to the rest of it.