Sosua Reports

Not sure which is the right forum for this post. I have a free ticket from an airline that only flies to Punta Cana. I have booked a week trip to Punta Cana end of September and am renting a car and driving to Boca Chica to spend a couple of nights (maybe pass through La Romana to check out the famous bar there) and then to Sousa for next 4 nights before returning to Punta Cana. My questions are

1. How are the driving conditions? I know I should stick to driving during the day, how many extra hours to pad, what to watch out for etc? My driving experiences in DR is from Santiago to Sosua (on mountain road and the other highway on the way back) and from Santo Doming to Boca Chica and back. Google maps says Sosua to STI is 2 hrs but both ways it took me an hour or more longer both ways (I am a cautious driver in other words slow. LOL)

2. Does any GPS work for all areas of the DR? I have used ola gps for Santo Domingo and it worked ok and I payed like 12$/day. It adds up for 7 days, so I was wondering if I can get reasonably priced maps to load on a Garmin device for all of DR, and which Garmin device would be ideal (not too expensive). I am also researching DR1 forums, but with experts like JAO I hope for better advice here. The Ola gps last time almost took me to Casa Australia except it screwed up in the last turn which wasn't really too bad since I parked and asked around and it ended up being not too far away.

[QUOTE=Hillbilly69;1191925]Last week the manager of the Latino bar / nightclub had the dark glass wall removed again from the street site of his bar. This allows people passing by to have look inside and the people at the bar can watch the street again and see what's happening outside. For some time now you can see that the tourist police (Politur) act more restraint than before.[/QUOTE]I was just across the street eating with some non-pros that I met at the beach today. Yes the glass is gone but the wall that I guess was behind the glass looks old as hell. They need to paint it or something. Also, there are sliding glass doors now where the club separates from the bar. In addition, there is a sign outside that says Gran Valero Bar & Discoteca. Is it the new name of the place?

And as you said, it doesn't seem like the police are fucking with anybody. There were even some guys backing up the one-way in front of Latino's and they just told them not to do it again. A buddy of mine got a ticket in that same spot before right after they changed it to a one-way.

By the way, someone please come get this waterless barrel of dead fish. I can't get to the pros for all the non-pros.

But it looks like now I am free to go find Patricia!

[QUOTE=Master Yoda;1192186]The way I see it is if this chick is such a maniac and to be avoided at least we can enjoy some pics of her naked or getting fucked. She is still a hot looking chica regardless of how stupid she is. If there is any more pics of her or vids I would love to seem them.[/QUOTE]For future reference please don't come over here with that silly shit. I checked your history to try to give you the benefit of the doubt, but I can sum your history up with one word"Boring". I didn't even get to your second page before your silly ways made me give up. We try to make sense here most of the time. Don't contribute to the foolishness.

This GPS website with maps has gotten a good review from another ISG member: "Dominican Republic GPS Map for Garmin Devices, This GPS map will give U-turn by turn directions to your destination using a POI (point of interest) , city point and / or latitude and longitude with the ability to preplan driving destinations before getting into your car. The easy to follow instructions allow you to download and install the map into Garmin Mapsource desktop software and transfer it to your Garmin GPS in minutes. Compatible with ALL Garmin GPS units. This is the most comprehensive GPS map available at such an affordable price!" $49US for a digital download. [url]http://www.gpstravelmaps.com/dominican_republic.php?gclid=CLTj8sy77aUCFaVx5Qod4nXGow[/url]

Nokia has free maps of the Dom Rep, but I don't think I would only want to a have cell phone based GPS. Probably best to stick with a Garmin device.

The main roads in punta cana should be good, I have not been there in years, lots of new development there, I would imagine the roads are nicely paved. The drive from punta cana to Higuey, I have not done.

Higuey is the closest big city to punta cana, going west. I don't think you can head north from punta cana and drive along the north coast to sosua. Seems to me, from punta cana to Sosua, you would have to drive west to Higuey. Punta Cana to Higuey, I have been told is about 40 minutes.

Higuey is a fun town, with at least one large open air puta bar, with rooms. The Basilica (large modern church) is nice, reminded me of a building you could possibly see in a movie like Blade Runner. Some attractive chicas in Higuey. From Higuey, I have driven west to Santo Domingo.

From Higuey (heading to Sosua) , you will drive in the direction of la romana, the road is a two lane country type road (one lane each for moving traffic). Some Dominicans do some crazy passing on that road. The asphalt is in good shape, scenic drive, you will drive past fields with cattle. General advice, if you have not driven on a road before, best not to drive that road at night, in the DR.

On the way to La Romana from Higuey, you will see signs for boca de yuma and bayahibe. Bayahibe is a nice town with about 5 all inclusive hotels. Higuey to La Romana, on a nice sunny day, less than an hour driving. Once in La Romana you can visit Klimax, (last time I drove past it, it was no longer called Scores). The two times I visited that place there were some fine chicas there, some from santiago. Casa de Campo is an expensive gated community in La Romana with some homes that sell for more than $10US million.

After La Romana, you will continue heading west, towards san pedro de marcoris. Good road, some places it is a 4 lane highway, with a new bridge and some continuing new construction on the highway. La Romana to San Pedro de Marcoris, about 40 minutes. From San Pedro de Marcoris, you will continue west, heading towards juan dolio, boca chica and santo domingo. To go to Sosua, you don't have to drive into santo domingo city. You can pick up the new samana highway before entering the main tourist part of santo domingo. The new samana highway will take you to the north coast, where you will turn left and drive west along the north shore, until you reach sosua. (a video showing the new samana highway, the guy is driving towards santo domingo, you will be driving the opposite direction to get to Sosua; [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3qSS_YXzhg[/url])

Have plenty of 100 peso bills for the drive. Always good to have loose change in the car, kids usually come and clean the windshield at traffic lights. Buy some windex and paper towels in a supermarket in DR, or bring windex wipes to clean the inside glass, outside glass, mirrors, wiper blades. Cars get dirty quick in DR.

This site lists about every hotel in DR: [url]http://www.hotel-dominican-republic.net/[/url]

You can search that site for hotels in specific cities or towns. You may want to browse through the listings for Higuey and La Romana. You never know, when your car journey may get delayed (maybe you meet some chica and you want to spend more time in a particular town or city; car breaks down; heavy rain that you don't want to drive through, etc). Can be good to know about inexpensive hotels in different towns throughout your journey. Hotel Don Carlos was around $50US per night, decent hotel in Higuey. There are a few decent looking hotels in La Romana for under $100US. In San Pedro de Marcoris, next door to the Jumbo Store there is a decent hotel. In Juan Dolio, Caribe Paraiso is good for the money (under $100US).

Chevrolet Aveo rental car, I don't like. I usually always get the glass / tire insurance with Alamo (my last trip I got two flat tires the same day, neither tire was repairable, with the insurance, alamo came and gave me new tires, without insurance I would have had to pay for two new tires, glass / tire insurance with Alamo is about $4US per day).

A good pair of sun glasses with polarized lenses, can help improve visibility while driving by cutting down on glare, I like the sunglasses made by Native; [url]http://www.sierratradingpost.com/native-eyewear-attack-sunglasses-polarized~p~3331v/?filterString=search~mative-%2F[/url]

[QUOTE=Kman1; 1192209]Not sure which is the right forum for this post. I have a free ticket from an airline that only flies to Punta Cana. I have booked a week trip to Punta Cana end of September and am renting a car and driving to Boca Chica to spend a couple of nights (maybe pass through La Romana to check out the famous bar there) and then to Sousa for next 4 nights before returning to Punta Cana. My questions are

1. How are the driving conditions? I know I should stick to driving during the day, how many extra hours to pad, what to watch out for etc? My driving experiences in DR is from Santiago to Sosua (on mountain road and the other highway on the way back) and from Santo Doming to Boca Chica and back. Google maps says Sosua to STI is 2 hrs but both ways it took me an hour or more longer both ways (I am a cautious driver in other words slow. LOL)

2. Does any GPS work for all areas of the DR? I have used ola gps for Santo Domingo and it worked ok and I payed like 12$/day. It adds up for 7 days, so I was wondering if I can get reasonably priced maps to load on a Garmin device for all of DR, and which Garmin device would be ideal (not too expensive). I am also researching DR1 forums, but with experts like JAO I hope for better advice here. The Ola gps last time almost took me to Casa Australia except it screwed up in the last turn which wasn't really too bad since I parked and asked around and it ended up being not too far away.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Coolie High; 1191015]Trip Report Day 6: Seis Mil Pesos.

The girls start to pickup toys for the young ones but there being picky about the toys.

CH: What's wrong?

Bubbly: toys muy expensivo.

CH: I don't care. Get the toys for them.[/QUOTE]It appears that your heart is as big or bigger than your appetite for the Chicas.

I applaud your kindness and generosity.

Always invaluable information from Jao and ISG. That was the mapsite I was looking at, let me try it and see how it works. Guess I'll add Higuey as a stop before La Romana. Its also great to know Sosua is getting back to more like the old days.

[QUOTE=Jaosousa; 1192238]This GPS website with maps has gotten a good review from another ISG member: "Dominican Republic GPS Map for Garmin Devices, This GPS map will give U-turn by turn directions to your destination using a POI (point of interest) , city point and / or latitude and longitude with the ability to preplan driving destinations before getting into your car. The easy to follow instructions allow you to download and install the map into Garmin Mapsource desktop software and transfer it to your Garmin GPS in minutes. Compatible with ALL Garmin GPS units. This is the most comprehensive GPS map available at such an affordable price!" $49US for a digital download.

[url]http://www.gpstravelmaps.com/dominican_republic.php?gclid=CLTj8sy77aUCFaVx5Qod4nXGow[/url]

Nokia has free maps of the Dom Rep, but I don't think I would only want to a have cell phone based GPS. Probably best to stick with a Garmin device.

The main roads in punta cana should be good, I have not been there in years, lots of new development there, I would imagine the roads are nicely paved. The drive from punta cana to Higuey, I have not done.

Higuey is the closest big city to punta cana, going west. I don't think you can head north from punta cana and drive along the north coast to sosua. Seems to me, from punta cana to Sosua, you would have to drive west to Higuey. Punta Cana to Higuey, I have been told is about 40 minutes.

Higuey is a fun town, with at least one large open air puta bar, with rooms. The Basilica (large modern church) is nice, reminded me of building you could possibly see in a movie like Blade Runner. Some attractive chicas in Higuey. From Higuey, I have driven west to Santo Domingo.

From Higuey (heading to Sosua) , you will drive in the direction of la romana, the road is a two lane country type road (one lane each for moving traffic). Some Dominicans do some crazy passing on that road. The asphalt is in good shape, scenic drive, you will drive past fields with cattle. General advice, if you have not driven on a road before, best not to drive that road at night, in the DR.

On the way to La Romana from Higuey, you will see signs for boca de yuma and bayahibe. Bayahibe is a nice town with about 5 all inclusive hotels. Higuey to La Romana, on a nice sunny day, less than an hour driving. Once in La Romana you can visit Klimax, (last time I drove past it, it was no longer called Scores). The two times I visited that place there were some fine chicas there, some from santiago. Casa de Campo is an expensive gated community in La Romana with some homes that sell for more than $10US million.

After La Romana, you will continue heading west, towards san pedro de marcoris. Good road, some places it is a 4 lane highway, with a new bridge and some continuing new construction on the highway. La Romana to San Pedro de Marcoris, about 40 minutes. From San Pedro de Marcoris, you will continue west, heading towards juan dolio, boca chica and santo domingo. To go to Sosua, you don't have to drive into santo domingo city. You can pick up the new samana highway before entering the main tourist part of santo domingo. The new samana highway will take you to the north coast, where you will turn left and drive west along the north shore, until you reach sosua. (a video showing the new samana highway, the guy is driving towards santo domingo, you will be driving the opposite direction to get to Sosua;

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3qSS_YXzh[/url]

)

Have plenty of 100 peso bills for the drive. Always good to have loose change in the car, kids usually come and clean the windshield at traffic lights. Buy some windex and paper towels in a supermarket in DR, or bring windex wipes to clean the inside glass, outside glass, mirrors, wiper blades. Cars get dirty quick in DR.

This site lists about every hotel in DR:

[url]http://www.hotel-dominican-republic.net/[/url]

You can search that site for hotels in specific cities or towns. You may want to browse through the listings for Higuey and La Romana. You never know, when your car journey may get delayed (maybe you meet some chica and you want to spend more time in a particular town or city; car breaks down; heavy rain that you don't want to drive through, etc). Can be good to know about inexpensive hotels in different towns throughout your journey. Hotel Don Carlos was around $50US per night, decent hotel in Higuey. There are a few decent looking hotels in La Romana for under $100US. In San Pedro de Marcoris, next door to the Jumbo Store there is a decent hotel. In Juan Dolio, Caribe Paraiso is good for the money (under $100US).

Chevrolet Aveo rental car, I don't like. I usually always get the glass / tire insurance with Alamo (my last trip I got two flat tires the same day, neither tire was repairable, with the insurance, alamo came and gave me new tires, without insurance I would have had to pay for two new tires, glass / tire insurance with Alamo is about $4US per day).

A good pair of sun glasses with polarized lenses, can help improve visibility while driving by cutting down on glare, I like the sunglasses made by Native;

[url]http://www.sierratradingpost.com/native-eyewear-attack-sunglasses-polarized[/url]

P 3331v? FilterString=Native be 14082%2F.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Mr Enternational; 1192220]I was just across the street eating with some non-pros that I met at the beach today. Yes the glass is gone but the wall that I guess was behind the glass looks old as hell. They need to paint it or something. Also, there are sliding glass doors now where the club separates from the bar. In addition, there is a sign outside that says Gran Valero Bar & Discoteca. Is it the new name of the place?

And as you said, it doesn't seem like the police are fucking with anybody. There were even some guys backing up the one-way in front of Latino's and they just told them not to do it again. A buddy of mine got a ticket in that same spot before right after they changed it to a one-way.

By the way, someone please come get this waterless barrel of dead fish. I can't get to the pros for all the non-pros.

But it looks like now I am free to go find Patricia![/QUOTE]It is actually big news the new police commander and such. It seems the mayor is losing the battle of driving the working girls out of Sosua, back to old times and 200 girls each night.

[QUOTE=Hillbilly69;1192313]It is actually big news the new police commander and such. It seems the mayor is losing the battle of driving the working girls out of Sosua, back to old times and 200 girls each night.[/QUOTE]Sorry to object here Sir. It is possible that the change in Officers was because the outgoing Commander got to relaxed (paid off). Until we see groups of girls freely walking around during the day then we will know the "Old Sosua" is back. Lets go over it.

Seacrets closed. Four Roses and Domino bar empty day and night. Latinos empty till the disco behind the bar opens after midnight (mostly Dominican). La Roca closed. The beach empty. NewGardens is empty early in the week. La Passions holding steady. CMP a ripoff. Rumba and El Flow are hit and miss. Lous Shark closed.

Everything is feeding off the weekend Classicos crowd. Shut down Classicos and poof, there goes Sosua. Sosua has been reduced to a weekend party. Sosua still has adventure but the limited GFE will reduce it to girls coming for the quick weekend bucks.

Only the hardcore girls are operating there now. And the newbreed of ex Brazil guys are just as hardcore. Actually I found earlier in the week to be better than the weekend. The girls were more flexible because there were less dudes. They (the girls) have come to look at earlier in the week as bonus money till they wait on the free spending weekend crowd that only wants to fuck for an hour. But as I said before its a setup. One big fight in Classicos or one major event and the crackdown will have justifacation to shut it down. Sosua is all about Classicos currently, will Classicos last?

[QUOTE=Mr Enternational;1192220]I was just across the street eating with some non-pros that I met at the beach today.[/QUOTE]Misnomer? :D

Have fun. Bang hard. Take pics.

[QUOTE=SavePros321; 1192377]Misnomer? .

Have fun. Bang hard. Take pics.[/QUOTE]I had a great time in the local bars in Higuey it was worth the stop.

[QUOTE=Jaosousa; 1192238]This GPS website with maps has gotten a good review from another ISG member: "Dominican Republic GPS Map for Garmin Devices, This GPS map will give U-turn by turn directions to your destination using a POI (point of interest) , city point and / or latitude and longitude with the ability to preplan driving destinations before getting into your car. The easy to follow instructions allow you to download and install the map into Garmin Mapsource desktop software and transfer it to your Garmin GPS in minutes. Compatible with ALL Garmin GPS units. This is the most comprehensive GPS map available at such an affordable price!" $49US for a digital download.

[url]http://www.gpstravelmaps.com/dominican_republic.php?gclid=CLTj8sy77aUCFaVx5Qod4nXGow[/url]

Nokia has free maps of the Dom Rep, but I don't think I would only want to a have cell phone based GPS. Probably best to stick with a Garmin device.

The main roads in punta cana should be good, I have not been there in years, lots of new development there, I would imagine the roads are nicely paved. The drive from punta cana to Higuey, I have not done.

Higuey is the closest big city to punta cana, going west. I don't think you can head north from punta cana and drive along the north coast to sosua. Seems to me, from punta cana to Sosua, you would have to drive west to Higuey. Punta Cana to Higuey, I have been told is about 40 minutes.

Higuey is a fun town, with at least one large open air puta bar, with rooms. The Basilica (large modern church) is nice, reminded me of a building you could possibly see in a movie like Blade Runner. Some attractive chicas in Higuey. From Higuey, I have driven west to Santo Domingo.

From Higuey (heading to Sosua) , you will drive in the direction of la romana, the road is a two lane country type road (one lane each for moving traffic). Some Dominicans do some crazy passing on that road. The asphalt is in good shape, scenic drive, you will drive past fields with cattle. General advice, if you have not driven on a road before, best not to drive that road at night, in the DR.

On the way to La Romana from Higuey, you will see signs for boca de yuma and bayahibe. Bayahibe is a nice town with about 5 all inclusive hotels. Higuey to La Romana, on a nice sunny day, less than an hour driving. Once in La Romana you can visit Klimax, (last time I drove past it, it was no longer called Scores). The two times I visited that place there were some fine chicas there, some from santiago. Casa de Campo is an expensive gated community in La Romana with some homes that sell for more than $10US million.

After La Romana, you will continue heading west, towards san pedro de marcoris. Good road, some places it is a 4 lane highway, with a new bridge and some continuing new construction on the highway. La Romana to San Pedro de Marcoris, about 40 minutes. From San Pedro de Marcoris, you will continue west, heading towards juan dolio, boca chica and santo domingo. To go to Sosua, you don't have to drive into santo domingo city. You can pick up the new samana highway before entering the main tourist part of santo domingo. The new samana highway will take you to the north coast, where you will turn left and drive west along the north shore, until you reach sosua. (a video showing the new samana highway, the guy is driving towards santo domingo, you will be driving the opposite direction to get to Sosua;

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3qSS_YXzhg[/url]

)

Have plenty of 100 peso bills for the drive. Always good to have loose change in the car, kids usually come and clean the windshield at traffic lights. Buy some windex and paper towels in a supermarket in DR, or bring windex wipes to clean the inside glass, outside glass, mirrors, wiper blades. Cars get dirty quick in DR.

This site lists about every hotel in DR:

[url]http://www.hotel-dominican-republic.net/[/url]

You can search that site for hotels in specific cities or towns. You may want to browse through the listings for Higuey and La Romana. You never know, when your car journey may get delayed (maybe you meet some chica and you want to spend more time in a particular town or city; car breaks down; heavy rain that you don't want to drive through, etc). Can be good to know about inexpensive hotels in different towns throughout your journey. Hotel Don Carlos was around $50US per night, decent hotel in Higuey. There are a few decent looking hotels in La Romana for under $100US. In San Pedro de Marcoris, next door to the Jumbo Store there is a decent hotel. In Juan Dolio, Caribe Paraiso is good for the money (under $100US).

Chevrolet Aveo rental car, I don't like. I usually always get the glass / tire insurance with Alamo (my last trip I got two flat tires the same day, neither tire was repairable, with the insurance, alamo came and gave me new tires, without insurance I would have had to pay for two new tires, glass / tire insurance with Alamo is about $4US per day).

A good pair of sun glasses with polarized lenses, can help improve visibility while driving by cutting down on glare, I like the sunglasses made by Native;

[url]http://www.sierratradingpost.com/native-eyewear-attack-sunglasses-polarized~p~3331v/?filterString=search~mative-%2F[/url][/QUOTE]Thanks for the report. I haven't been to Higuey in 4 years, you made me homesick. Please keep up the good work.

[QUOTE=Jaosousa;1192238]Have plenty of 100 peso bills for the drive. Always good to have loose change in the car[/QUOTE]You can tell this was written by a rich American. 100 peso bills are loose change? I give one to my girlfriend to feed the three of us for a day!

Seriously, great post Jaosousa. You certainly went the extra mile to help that guy.

How can we persuade Mr Jackson to restore paragraph breaks? Long posts are so hard to read since he "upgraded" (=downgraded) the software.

Whoever said dominican cupid was a great place to meet hot women was on the money. I've meet some very hot chicas ranging from Santiago to santo domingo. It helps if your half way good looking and of a decent age LOL. But I highly recommend for guys who don't want to search or want to know the girls first.

[QUOTE=Mr Gogo;1192226]For future reference please don't come over here with that silly shit. I checked your history to try to give you the benefit of the doubt, but I can sum your history up with one word"Boring". I didn't even get to your second page before your silly ways made me give up. We try to make sense here most of the time. Don't contribute to the foolishness.[/QUOTE]Why not check my profile again before coming out with such moronic comments. I contribute mostly to the African forum. Anyway for more important news.

Last week the manager of the Latino bar / nightclub had the dark glass wall removed again from the street site of his bar. This allows people passing by to have look inside and the people at the bar can watch the street again and see what's happening outside. For some time now you can see that the tourist police (Politur) act more restraint than before.

[QUOTE=Mr Gogo;1192371]Only the hardcore girls are operating there now. And the new breed of ex Brazil guys are just as hardcore.[/QUOTE]That's what several girls were complaining of. Brazil nuts.

[QUOTE]Actually I found earlier in the week to be better than the weekend. The girls were more flexible because there were less dudes.[/QUOTE]Agree with this too.