Santo Domingo

[QUOTE=Revere;1375342][/QUOTE]For me, that is the whole point of Santo Domingo is to not go to the same old thing. When I first went to Santo Domingo, I went to all the Casa's, but just did not like the experience. Now, I can be deep in the barrio, but again that is not and should not be for everyone. You have to fit in so no one will try to hustle you or take advantage of you. At the same time, you are meeting those 18. 20 year olds who in many cases have not met or even talk to a gringo, but want too. Again, you step out of the normal that is when you will meet some hot girls that you would never meet at the casino or maybe see ion Venezuela, but might be with a group of people you cannot talk too. I was in the barrio a while back at and was at the big supermarket (La Sirena) I forget how to spell it and the girl asking if I wanted to sign up for a loyalty card was hot. I asked for her number told her she was pretty made a few jokes and she gave me her number. Again, you cannot do that being in the usual mongering spots. Will not work. I want the girl who is not in the game but wants to go out have fun dress up and look sexy. I have learned how to dance and I am telling you if you can dance you can pull all kind of hot chicks.

Quickly, with respect to dancing, it is not you doing all the moves all you do is have good foot work to the music slow and smooth it is almost like a two step back and forth. If you watch the smooth players on the dance floor, they let the girl do all the work and girls love to show off. Just my two cents.[/QUOTE]Good post bro. It goes back to my saying that you have to blend into the culture. Learning to dance, speak Spanish and embrace the culture are the easy part that some gringos will never understand. Most gringos just do Independecia and the girls houses on Pasteur and get jaded for Santo Domingo. SD has so many lonely women that just want to have fun (Dancing, drinking) that fucking is just a given. Sometimes the girls just want something different from their boring lives of staying home raising babies while the husband is out cheating (Dominicano).

One time me, Mr E, and a wingman picked up a fine girl on the highway going to work in Nagua. She was real sweet and said she just goes to work everyday and back home. She was so naive that she didn't know that America had blacks. If I had been alone I could have offered her a quick romp at the cabana and I think she would have accepted just for the adventure of it. Fucking means a lot to us but to them its nothing.

I have a friend that moved to SD two years ago. Everytime I visit him he always has a bario chic that is beautiful, so I asked how he does it? He said he meets girls in the countryside and eventually invites them to SD for the weekend. He rides the metro with the girl, goes to the zoo or takes in a movie on the Malecon all of which this girl has never done. The girls love it being they come from the countryside. He said the hardest part is wearing a condom because these girls are used to BB. Most time he said the girl tells her boyfriend she is going to SD to be looking for a better job and the boyfriend agrees seeing more money coming home.

I can't wait to move to SD in three years. Ill jog the Malecon every morning, drink fresh squeezed juice, go to the Spanish school to perfect my english (and meet girls) and invite campo girls up for a weekend getaway. So all you guys keep running to Sosua so you don't fuck my plans up LOL.

[QUOTE=Mr Gogo; 1375364]I have a friend that moved to SD two years ago. Everytime I visit him he always has a bario chic that is beautiful, so I asked how he does it? He said he meets girls in the countryside and eventually invites them to SD for the weekend. He rides the metro with the girl, goes to the zoo or takes in a movie on the Malecon all of which this girl has never done. The girls love it being they come from the countryside. He said the hardest part is wearing a condom because these girls are used to BB. Most time he said the girl tells her boyfriend she is going to SD to be looking for a better job and the boyfriend agrees seeing more money coming home.

I can't wait to move to SD in three years. Ill jog the Malecon every morning, drink fresh squeezed juice, go to the Spanish school to perfect my english (and meet girls) and invite campo girls up for a weekend getaway. So all you guys keep running to Sosua so you don't fuck my plans up LOL.[/QUOTE]Man, I envy you. My goal is to stack as much money as possible over the next 10 years, and move there. I'm not in as deep as some of you all, but it's my goal to do it that way. The little bit of life I've seen outside of the colonial zone makes me love that place. Now, if I could just get over my fear of driving over there.

[QUOTE=Troubleman69;1375429]Man, I envy you. My goal is to stack as much money as possible over the next 10 years, and move there. I'm not in as deep as some of you all, but it's my goal to do it that way. The little bit of life I've seen outside of the colonial zone makes me love that place. Now, if I could just get over my fear of driving over there.[/QUOTE]My friend doesn't own a car and said he never will. He rides the gua guas all over SD for less than 100pesos. He showed me how the gua gua can take you from El Conde to Boca Chica for 70pesos. He is hilarious, he is 6feet five inches and always wears shorts and sandals. The airport has over 10 flights a day from America. I'm tempted to buy something now but BQ Ribs always yells at me and says rent, rent, rent. The only problem I see will be my diet once I live there. I'm probably going to live off fruits and vegetables. I just don't trust the meat, plus I can whip up some mean veggie dishes. You also will need something for structure. Just fucking and drinking all day will kill you. There is a Spanish school where I will be a regular to improve ny Spanish. BBL said there are call centers hiring right now in SD but they only pay 150p an hour. Maybe open a small business. Working out, smelling the ocean air and eating healthy are my goals.

Don't forget the weekend road trips to Santiago, Sosua, Puerto Plata, and Samana. A 380p bus ride to anywhere. They got a pro basketball team in SD where you can sit Courtside for 300p. Damn I'm telling to much.

I can't wait to move to SD in three years. Ill jog the Malecon every morning, drink fresh squeezed juice, go to the Spanish school to perfect my english (and meet girls) and invite campo girls up for a weekend getaway. So all you guys keep running to Sosua so you don't fuck my plans up LOL.[/QUOTE]Gogo great post. You need to get a 2 and 3 bedroom so my ass can come down and meet your girls friend LOL.

[QUOTE=Troubleman69;1375429]Man, I envy you. My goal is to stack as much money as possible over the next 10 years, and move there. I'm not in as deep as some of you all, but it's my goal to do it that way. The little bit of life I've seen outside of the colonial zone makes me love that place. Now, if I could just get over my fear of driving over there.[/QUOTE]Trouble you should not be afraid to rent a car. I will let Gogo talk more about that, but you get off the block if you do. Girls love to go to the beach. You can drive to Boca Chica or Juan Dolio for the day. It is such an easy drive. I take girls to the movies and they love it. You can rent a car for as low as $20, 00 dollars a day get insurance from your card and I add there personal liability in case You hit someone and that protects you from waiting in jail. Read Hillbilly's post on that. It is one of the best stories you can read. It is not funny, but he makes you laugh reading it.

I would never not rent a car now. I need to be mobile. Yes, I do get stopped by the police, but I have so many ways to have the police running when they pull me over to my fake DEA card, but I will not share that stuff now. That is pm secrets.

Your best insurance in case you hit somebody is to KEEP MOVING. Get away from the scene. You won't always be able to do that but when you can, you should. A good way to avoid accidents is KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. The closer you are to other cars and especially motorcycles, the more likely you are to be in accidents. Domincan drivers will take any risk to pass other cars. LET THEM. You should gradually slow down when they get near you so they will move away. You will notice Dominican drivers honking their horns at what might seem like unusual times. They know each other habits. They are unpredictable and pay no attention to lines dividing lanes of traffic or most anything else. So when another car comes close they start honking. They assume other drivers don't use their mirrors or give way to oncoming traffic or traffic coming from behind or the side. They are mostly right.

Everybody else give some advice. We should be helping each other avoid problems.

[QUOTE=Revere; 1375448]Trouble you should not be afraid to rent a car. I will let Gogo talk more about that, but you get off the block if you do. Girls love to go to the beach. You can drive to Boca Chica or Juan Dolio for the day. It is such an easy drive. I take girls to the movies and they love it. You can rent a car for as low as $20, 00 dollars a day get insurance from your card and I add there personal liability in case You hit someone and that protects you from waiting in jail. Read Hillbilly's post on that. It is one of the best stories you can read. It is not funny, but he makes you laugh reading it.

I would never not rent a car now. I need to be mobile. Yes, I do get stopped by the police, but I have so many ways to have the police running when they pull me over to my fake DEA card, but I will not share that stuff now. That is pm secrets.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Revere; 1375448]Trouble you should not be afraid to rent a car. I will let Gogo talk more about that, but you get off the block if you do. Girls love to go to the beach. You can drive to Boca Chica or Juan Dolio for the day. It is such an easy drive. I take girls to the movies and they love it. You can rent a car for as low as $20, 00 dollars a day get insurance from your card and I add there personal liability in case You hit someone and that protects you from waiting in jail. Read Hillbilly's post on that. It is one of the best stories you can read. It is not funny, but he makes you laugh reading it.

I would never not rent a car now. I need to be mobile. Yes, I do get stopped by the police, but I have so many ways to have the police running when they pull me over to my fake DEA card, but I will not share that stuff now. That is pm secrets.[/QUOTE]Yeah, I have to get over my fear of driving over there. I do get away from the Colonial Zone, but I can only imagine how much better my trips would be with my own car. It's something I have to think about in future trips.

[QUOTE=Revere;1375448]You can rent a car for as low as $20, 00 dollars a day get insurance from your card and I add there personal liability in case You hit someone and that protects you from waiting in jail.[/QUOTE]I used my MasterCard to use the insurance and I had a accident 15months ago and I'm still waiting to get my money back.

[QUOTE=BigLongBeach;1375507]I used my MasterCard to use the insurance and I had a accident 15months ago and I'm still waiting to get my money back.[/QUOTE]Not sure what your point is, but I wrote back in a previous post the hood fell off the car i was driving in Santo Domingo I had American express and they paid right away. So, you need to check with your insurance company. You need to find out what the problem is 15 months sounds like they are not paying you for some reason.

[QUOTE=Revere;1375603]Not sure what your point is, but I wrote back in a previous post the hood fell off the car i was driving in Santo Domingo I had American express and they paid right away. So, you need to check with your insurance company. You need to find out what the problem is 15 months sounds like they are not paying you for some reason.[/QUOTE]My point is that going forward I will just use the rent-a-car for Collision damage insurance instead of mastercard. Paying $20 / day has costed me way more upfront and in interest.

The reason for the delay is that rental isn't playing nice with mastercard (they arent giving up the salvage receipt)

[QUOTE=Revere;1375603]the hood fell off the car i was driving in Santo Domingo[/QUOTE]Damn, thatz some crazy sh*t. Mostly I have rented SUVs on the north coast and often some light on the dash was on, but I never had major problems.

Sounds like it is more cost effective to rent a vehicle in SDQ then hire a driver? I used a driver once that I split with another ISG member and it worked out ok. He took us to some hood spots and anywhere we wanted to go.

[QUOTE=Orgasmico;1375745]Sounds like it is more cost effective to rent a vehicle in SDQ then hire a driver? I used a driver once that I split with another ISG member and it worked out ok. He took us to some hood spots and anywhere we wanted to go.[/QUOTE]I hire a driver now, and he takes me where I need to go, mainly outside of the colonial zone. So far it's been cool for me, since I don't have to worry about gas, traffic, and drinking and driving. After my upcoming trip, I am going to weigh the pros and cons.

[QUOTE=Mr Gogo;1375439]My friend doesn't own a car and said he never will. He rides the gua guas all over SD for less than 100pesos. He showed me how the gua gua can take you from El Conde to Boca Chica for 70pesos.[/QUOTE]Is all of this stuff mapped out in this thread somewhere?

[QUOTE=Orgasmico;1375772]Is all of this stuff mapped out in this thread somewhere?[/QUOTE]No! It wouldn't be wise for a gringo to do this solo without first having someone show him. We walked about 3 blocks from El Conde to Duarte and Mercedes. The feeder picked us up there for free to take us to the main depot five minutes away. At the depot we boarded a " Boca Chica" bus. It was air conditioned and very comfortable. We paid the driver 70 pesos and he let us off at Boca Chica. He also catches the bus to San Pedro regularly also.

[QUOTE=Orgasmico;1375772]Is all of this stuff mapped out in this thread somewhere?[/QUOTE]Again, I think that is fine to take a driver or the bus. You should always do what is comfortable for you. I am a spontaneous guy. So, I am all over Santo Domingo. Also, at night I could be in the barrio or Venezuela and if you do the math for me at night just alone how I travel it will add up quickly and cheaper to rent a car. Also, what happens is a monger does not want the hassle of jumping in to a taxi all night so they end up doing stuff close by. I have met hot chicks all over Santo Domingo and Juan Dolio driving around. For me, picking a hot chica up and driving around with her is priceless to me. I do not want to take a bus to boca chica or Juan Dolio with a chica, but that is just me. We are all different. When I use to hang with Jao we would be all over the place. Just hard to do that without a car.