Sosua Reports

[quote=savepros321;1245967]hillbilly69, you almost had me thinking that you where habib until i clicked on the link to the website and saw the exact same wording. got to use those quotes man, lol. you don't seem like someone stupid enough to allow yourself to be extorted like that. but that habib guy was just asking for it. and given that he probably has no model releases for any of those girls it's just as easy for the police/dominican government to claim that all the women in his videos are ****. he'll probably be extorted every time he steps foot on the island.[/quote]why was ramon riding to the airport with these guys especially when the guy say he didn't have a dollar to his name? why did they give back the laptop and camcorder? habib couldn't complain because he would have had to incriminate himself.

these guys should have known they were asking for trouble. i guess he won't be showing his face in the dr anymore. i know ramon and he is always respectful, but i never hang out with him.

anyone heard from grandnash? check in homie and let everyone know you're okay. a few people are worried about you.

You need a novia. That will save you big on pussy and posible cook and shop for you. Posible take bus trips to other places to sport fuck. Most towns have cabanas. 1500 is a start but buying the sex is the wild card. I think you can build relation ships with different chicas.

[QUOTE=Henley100; 1245839]Hey guys, I was daydreaming at work this afternoon about possibly taking a trip for a month or more down in the DR, most likely Sosua. I'd have to do it cheap, as I'm not a rich man, but I do have some resources.

I was thinking renting by the month, I could get a get a decent place. Would it be possible to find a place for a month at a time with A / C, TV, bed, kitchenette for $500 or less a month? It wouldn't have to be right by the strip or anything, but hopefully within walking distance.

I was thinking another $400 / month for food and incidentals, provided I cooked in most nights.

Then there are the chicas. I was thinking that if I cut back dramatically on quantity and a bit on quality from what I'd do on a shorter trip AND sharpen my negotiating skills: $500 / month. I'd probably look for a novia, if possible. Or at least a few chicas that work cheap for a "steady paycheck." Is that practical?

What do you guys think? I was going for roughly $1, 500 for a month, not including the plane ticket. Is that enough for what I'm looking for? Would there be a better city in the DR for this kind of thing?

This is just theoretical, so no need to burn up a lot of brain cells. If you have any thoughts, though, I'd love to hear them. I could string together a solid month to 5 weeks in the fall, so I'm just spit balling possibilities until then.

Thanks,

Henley[/QUOTE]

[quote=savepros321;1245967]hillbilly69, you almost had me thinking that you where habib until i clicked on the link to the website and saw the exact same wording. got to use those quotes man, lol. you don't seem like someone stupid enough to allow yourself to be extorted like that. but that habib guy was just asking for it. and given that he probably has no model releases for any of those girls it's just as easy for the police/dominican government to claim that all the women in his videos are ****. he'll probably be extorted every time he steps foot on the island.[/quote]funny no it wasn't me, the most drama i usually see is wingmen thinking they met a non pro , then i see them later all teary eyed after payment was made and i ask them is the wedding off now? lol

but it is obvious this guys mistakes,

no1 wu novio? the dudes sent money to a guy who had his real name as the sender. thats gay!

no 2 befriending a dominican or haitian tout, nothing good is coming from that.

no3 telling someone your rich, that is never ever going to turn out good whether it is a expat, wingman or a girl.

no4 giving someone your travel information whether it is arrival or departure let alone riding with a tout wtf?

as far as the video stuff it would be speculation but nudie pics have sent many folks to foreign prisons.

notice the police would never be able to pull this stunt off at the new garden so they pinched them where they could get away with it.

Hi everyone,

Should be back in about 4 weeks, and was searching the net for restaurants since during my previous visit finding good food proved difficoult.

The following names have come up more than once with good reviews: any brother dined there?

- La Finca.
- Marua Mai.
- Thai restaurant Chilli.
- Casa Veintiuno.


Thanks,

Ryo

[QUOTE=Henley100; 1245839]I was thinking renting by the month, I could get a get a decent place. Would it be possible to find a place for a month at a time with A / C, TV, bed, kitchenette for $500 or less a month? It wouldn't have to be right by the strip or anything, but hopefully within walking distance.

I was thinking another $400 / month for food and incidentals, provided I cooked in most nights.[/QUOTE]Yes, you could get an apartment for that price, but probably not with A / C included. However I have stayed in Sosua in July and August with only ceiling fans and it was OK for me. You are talking about 500 pesos a day for food. That is very easily doable if you cook in, but if you have a novia, there will be a lot of meals for two which could add up. But it can be done. You can, for example buy a roasted chicken for about $5, feed two people off it, then make soup for the next day. Bread is cheap-baguette for 30 pesos, rice is cheap, beans are cheap. You can buy 5 gallons of drinking water for less than a dollar and drink tea or coffee, or buy fruit juice concentrates to mix with water. Eggs are cheap. Bacon and pork are cheap. Fruit is cheap in season. I bought a nice pineapple today for 29 pesos, and papaya is cheap too, and mangos and avocados in season. You can buy precooked takeout meals Dominican style for about $125 pesos. The place up by the Metro bus station has an excellent huge burrito for 100 pesos. And then you can always live on plantains. Yes, you could get a nice novia for a reasonable price. PM me if you want a couple of ideas.

[QUOTE=Ryo Saeba; 1246061]Hi everyone,

Should be back in about 4 weeks, and was searching the net for restaurants since during my previous visit finding good food proved difficoult.

The following names have come up more than once with good reviews: any brother dined there?

- La Finca.

- Marua Mai.

- Thai restaurant Chilli.

- Casa Veintiuno.

Thanks,

Ryo[/QUOTE]- La Finca. Dominican style food. Cheap. Nothing special. There are other places that have the same. Goat is on the menu.

- Morua Mai. Good quality classical restaurant dishes, steaks, fish, salads. Seafood paella. White tablecloth service. Rather expensive.

- Thai restaurant Chilli. Don't know. Think it is up the hill at La Mulata.

- Casa Veintiuno. Don't know it.

There are plenty of good Italian restaurants such as Bologna, Avalon, Elefante Rosso, the new pizza place opposite Elefante, but maybe you don't like Italian. Mofongo, next to the Town Hall is an excellent restaurant that is little known. Schnitzel Paradise has some good dishes. Tipico Alberto has some good dishes like burritos. Baileys is another good place for steaks, salad bar, etc. Also highly recommended is the Tropical Cafe on the main highway near Western Union, which has a buffet cafeteria service for lunch time, and then an a la carte menu at night. Casa Valeria restaurant is good also. If you go up past the Hotel Europa on Pedro Clissante, on your left is a small cafe restaurant with clear plastic sheeting for when it rains that I don't remember the name of next to the medical clinic that has quite good food at reasonable prices and with dinners you get a free soup and a glass of Sambuca. Across from Club Residential next to CMP club is the New Cafe where the guy will make you an excellent hamburger and various steaks and fish. Again not expensive. Both of the last mentioned have stellar breakfasts. On the corner of Alejando Martinez and Calle Ayntamiento is a small fish restaurant called La Sirena (The Mermaid) which is good for takeouts for a whole fish, or pizza, or some other items.

The ice cream parlor next to Metro bus station is better than the Bon Helados on the corner near New Garden.

[QUOTE=Henley100;1245839]Would there be a better city in the DR for this kind of thing?[/QUOTE]Yes, all of them. Sosua is the most expensive town to live in the DR. Let me correct that. El Batey (the gringo half) is the most expensive town to live in the DR. Los Charamicos (the Dominican half of Sosua) is like most other Dominican towns and would be much cheaper to live in.

But that brings up one vital issue that you have not mentioned. What's your Spanish like? If you live away from tourist areas your costs will plummet, but it would be a hard life living on the cheap without good Spanish.

I wouldn't fancy living in El Batey on your budget. It's not much fun having to watch every peso when your are surrounded by guys spending money like there is no tomorrow. These sort of plans get aired two or three times a year on various boards and never seem to work out as the guy hoped. They either run out of money and go home early, or they are dipping into their emergency backup fund when only a quarter way through their stay.

As a compromise, you might consider living in Puerto Plata where I live for precisely those reasons. There are cheaper areas to live but you also have gringo communities in the same city if you need support.

[QUOTE=Charles Pooter;1246085]As a compromise, you might consider living in Puerto Plata where I live for precisely those reasons. There are cheaper areas to live but you also have gringo communities in the same city if you need support.[/QUOTE]Me too now, for the same reasons, but I did stay in Sosua for 4 months on this kind of budget. Actually I now prefer Puerto Plata, but you are right, because if a guy hangs around the prostitution bars, he will spend a lot of money, and although one of the good things about Sosua is that you have many restaurants within walking distance, if you are not going to use them, then that advantage is meaningless and you might as well relocate. You may be able to get an apartment in Puerto Plata at or very close to the beach near many facilities within the proposed budget.

[QUOTE=Henley100;1245839]I was thinking renting by the month, I could get a get a decent place. Would it be possible to find a place for a month at a time with A / C, TV, bed, kitchenette for $500 or less a month?[/QUOTE]The Palms up the hill, I got a friend that stays there for 400 month studio with A / C and Wi / fi.

[QUOTE=Charles Pooter;1246085]Yes, all of them. Sosua is the most expensive town to live in the DR. Let me correct that. El Batey (the gringo half) is the most expensive town to live in the DR.[/QUOTE]This is also true, and real estate in Sosua is significantly more expensive, which somewhat knocks on the head the notion that Sosua is seen by expatriates as an open sewer.

[QUOTE=Frannie;1246093]This is also true, and real estate in Sosua is significantly more expensive, which somewhat knocks on the head the notion that Sosua is seen by expatriates as an open sewer.[/QUOTE]It's because of the beach and proximity to the airport, that keeps Sosua in the game. Plus a lot of questionable money is being invested there. I've been trying to sell my condo in Costambar Puerto Plata for the last year, and no takers and I've lowered the price twice.

[QUOTE=Charles Pooter; 1246085]But that brings up one vital issue that you have not mentioned. What's your Spanish like? If you live away from tourist areas your costs will plummet, but it would be a hard life living on the cheap without good Spanish.

As a compromise, you might consider living in Puerto Plata where I live for precisely those reasons. There are cheaper areas to live but you also have gringo communities in the same city if you need support.[/QUOTE]My Spanish is very limited, unfortunately. I can ask for my bill, the bathroom, blow jobs without condoms, etc. But not much more. Last week, I got a copy of Rosetta Stone: Latin America 1-5, and plan on being done with it before I go. But I know that won't be enough to be truly proficient. One of the reasons I'd like a longer visit would be to pick up more of the language in an immersive environment. I'm hoping to one day be able to spend a lot of time down there, and I realize that knowing the language is important.

You're right, though. My first extended trip down there should be to Sosua. Since it will only be my second time down there, it's probably better anyway if I stick with the one place I know. Once I'm more comfortable with my Spanish and the DR in general, I can do an extended stay in Puerto Plata. I'll just have to be careful with the chica intake. Or adjust my expenditures a bit, something I can swing, but would rather not.

Thanks for all the ideas, both general and specific. I'm going to do this for sure later this year, so I'll probably put up another post for some veteran help. I appreciate it. Henley

[QUOTE=Mr Gogo; 1245984]Why was Ramon riding to the airport with these guys especially when the guy say he didn't have a dollar to his name? Why did they give back the laptop and camcorder? Habib couldn't complain because he would have had to incriminate himself.

These guys should have known they were asking for trouble. I guess he won't be showing his face in the DR anymore. I know Ramon and he is always respectful, but I never hang out with him.

Anyone heard from Grandnash? Check in homie and let everyone know you're okay. A few people are worried about you.[/QUOTE]Respectful? Ramon? What is respectable about him or what he does? He is loud, obnoxious and an annoying leach. NG / Lorenzo never let him in the hotel. But he associates so close with habib & co that he was signed in as a guest. Thats also why he was in the taxi to the airport and that greatly helped him with the setup so the mafia politur could identify the vehicle and know the time of arrival. You guys a right, the politur would not dare to come to NG or the main drag since they know what they are upto. I do believe waivers are signed in every case if not the site couldn't be in business for so long in the U.S. What has happened here I think is Ramon felt he was being used and not getting paid enough, he has acted in some the videos himself and also he is the source to convince chicas to sign the waiver and agree to being filmed. He decided it was time and found the right people for a setup.

Also the problem is shooting porn is not welcome in DR and for that matter anywhere else esp. For commerical reasons and by some freelance / non corporation. There is nothing protecting you just because you have the waivers in the DR, that too in the middle of nowhere beside a highway with the language barrier etc. The chicas family can make a complaint if they know or seen the video on the internet and it will be acted upon (of course for extortion purposes.).

[QUOTE=Kman1; 1246143]Respectful? Ramon? What is respectable about him or what he does? He is loud, obnoxious and an annoying leach. NG / Lorenzo never let him in the hotel. But he associates so close with habib & co that he was signed in as a guest. Thats also why he was in the taxi to the airport and that greatly helped him with the setup so the mafia politur could identify the vehicle and know the time of arrival. You guys a right, the politur would not dare to come to NG or the main drag since they know what they are upto. I do believe waivers are signed in every case if not the site couldn't be in business for so long in the US. What has happened here I think is Ramon felt he was being used and not getting paid enough, he has acted in some the videos himself and also he is the source to convince chicas to sign the waiver and agree to being filmed. He decided it was time and found the right people for a setup.

Also the problem is shooting porn is not welcome in DR and for that matter anywhere else esp. For commerical reasons and by some freelance / non corporation. There is nothing protecting you just because you have the waivers in the DR, that too in the middle of nowhere beside a highway with the language barrier etc. The chicas family can make a complaint if they know or seen the video on the internet and it will be acted upon (of course for extortion purposes.).[/QUOTE]I respect what you are saying, but I see Ramon almost every trip and he gives me a greeting and keeps on walking. But I don't hang with him. It would be easy for me to pile on, but I got to call it as I see it.

Respectfully yours.

[QUOTE=Frannie;1246079]- La Finca. Dominican style food. Cheap. Nothing special. There are other places that have the same. Goat is on the menu.[/quote]I go once every trip to La Finca and get the goat stew, which comes with salad and white rice. I also get get a glass of wine to go with. Its pretty good but not exactly cheap, it costs around 1000 pesos for both.

This is the place at the corner of the street where NG is and street where Baileys is.