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Some of the talent that entertained me.
[QUOTE=OldKool;1262344]My wingman and I stayed in the appartments acroos from Rockys. The appatments had full kitchens and were cleaned everyday. You could not ask for a better location. The owner Rick is a greeat guy. Breakfast at Rockys was decent. 50 bucks a nite when yopu tell him you are a member[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Scotch; 1262300]Stayed there last month and it was ok.
I hear it was closed because the workers were not being paid.[/QUOTE]I guess those people that purchased the "timeshares" are probably screwed?
[QUOTE=OldKool;1262347]Some of the talent that entertained me.[/QUOTE]Nice photo and thanks!
[QUOTE=SavePros321; 1262302]But that's exactly what Pimsleur is. I listen to it in my car on my iPhone while driving.
I'm not sure what Pimsleur stuff you have. Mine are MP3's and 30 minutes each.[/QUOTE]Pimsleur contains dialogue and instructions in English and invites you to participate in conversations. Learn In Your Car Spanish is all in Spanish (with a booklet you can refer to) and consists of repeating sets of phrases over and over. When I was learning Spanish I found Learn In Your Car better, because if you just repeated enough, it eventually sank in, and because you got tired of listening to the English dialogue in each lesson, as a half hour lesson did not have very much Spanish content. People learn in different ways, but to me the best way to learn is to listen and repeat over and over again until you hear it going round in your head when you are asleep. This approach requires no intellectual effort. Just time.
[QUOTE=Frannie;1262430]Pimsleur contains dialogue and instructions in English and invites you to participate in conversations. Learn In Your Car Spanish is all in Spanish (with a booklet you can refer to) and consists of repeating sets of phrases over and over. When I was learning Spanish I found Learn In Your Car better, because if you just repeated enough, it eventually sank in, and because you got tired of listening to the English dialogue in each lesson, as a half hour lesson did not have very much Spanish content. People learn in different ways, but to me the best way to learn is to listen and repeat over and over again until you hear it going round in your head when you are asleep. This approach requires no intellectual effort. Just time.[/QUOTE]I agree, I learned the same way to learn Russian befor visiting Kiev, Thai befor I learned Thai and now I am learning Spanish the same way to visit Sosua.
[QUOTE=Frannie;1262430]Learn In Your Car Spanish is all in Spanish (with a booklet you can refer to) and consists of repeating sets of phrases over and over.[/QUOTE]My mistake. I wasn't aware that "Learn In Your Car Spanish" was a name brand. I though it was just a phrase to categorize all of the Spanish programs that one would listen to while driving. Thanks for the clarification!
[QUOTE=OldKool;1262344]My wingman and I stayed in the appartments acroos from Rockys. The appatments had full kitchens and were cleaned everyday. You could not ask for a better location. The owner Rick is a greeat guy. Breakfast at Rockys was decent. 50 bucks a nite when yopu tell him you are a member[/QUOTE]Do you have a contact info?
[QUOTE=DeepMmpactt;1262214]There really isn't no "magical month" Whenever you arrive thats the "greatest month" to be in Sosua. The chicas are there 24/7 365 per year. Don't worry, you will find more than enough chicas, whenever you get there.[/QUOTE]Sep thru Nov during storm season you could find much cheaper airfares to Sosua and it is easier to get hotel rooms. It also rains more, but it can rain anytime. I find the weather to be more pleasant during that time, barring the rain. I hardly broke a sweat last time I was there during thanksgiving.
In terms of chica availability, it maybe less, but there is still plenty.
[QUOTE=Sobaje;1262524]Do you have a contact info?[/QUOTE]It is on Rocky's Blues Bar Sosua website, Rick is pretty fast returning email, and a great host.
[b]DO NOT[/b] Stay in the rooms on the left, you will not be able to sleep until 4AM due to the noise from El Flow, and Gran Velero (Latino Club).
Going back to sosua mid may. First time was three years ago. Previous trip I basically stayed in main strip and beach area. I was wondering if its safe to visit los charimicos during the day. Not really for mongering but just have a beer and eat Dominican food. Are the locals receptive to tourists in the barrio?
[QUOTE=SavePros321; 1262302]But that's exactly what Pimsleur is. I listen to it in my car on my iPhone while driving.
I'm not sure what Pimsleur stuff you have. Mine are MP3's and 30 minutes each.[/QUOTE]I also think that the Pimsleur program works pretty well if you dedicate the time to listen. I also find that dictating phrases into your smartphone work well too. I just listen to it over and over again, while working.
[QUOTE=Kwaku;1262572]Going back to sosua mid may. First time was three years ago. Previous trip I basically stayed in main strip and beach area. I was wondering if its safe to visit los charimicos during the day. Not really for mongering but just have a beer and eat Dominican food. Are the locals receptive to tourists in the barrio?[/QUOTE]I would say yes, if you really want to. It looked pretty safe during the day. I don't think they are receptive or anything, though they will notice, they just go about their business. I never went there on my own, one of the local guys, Eduardo, took me there to check out the girls habitationes. I bought him some food at an eatery there which looked decent. He got a lot of rice, chicken and beans for 150 pesos, he could not even finish it. I already ate so I skipped. We checked out some of the girls and I just wanted to get out of there looking at the conditions. But later that night the same girls were at Classicos, all made up and I couldn't even tell, only they recognized me.
I don't recommend any kind of association with the local guys, the ones that solicit and try to fleece tourists. My experience was few years ago, now I stay away from them guys.
[QUOTE=Kwaku;1262572]Going back to sosua mid may. First time was three years ago. Previous trip I basically stayed in main strip and beach area. I was wondering if its safe to visit los charimicos during the day. Not really for mongering but just have a beer and eat Dominican food. Are the locals receptive to tourists in the barrio?[/QUOTE]I wouldn't call Charimicos a "barrio"' it's just a more normal dominican city. The "el batey" side is an extranjero colony. Yes you can wander around in Charamicos during the day no problem. An actual barrio, a densely populated residential area, you can visit with people who live there. Like chicas. There are barrios on the edges of Charimicos. There are actually tourist hotels in Charimicos as well as expensive condos on the waterfront, some good tourist restaurants, and lots of shops.
[QUOTE=Bimmy5;1261920]I'll be getting there the day before. Also staying at NG. Hope to see yoy.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=MetcalfKieth;1262191]I have now booked new garden hotel, will be there at about 3pm dr time.[/QUOTE]Cool, I'll definitely look out for both you guys.
[QUOTE=Scotch; 1262300]Stayed there last month and it was ok.
I hear it was closed because the workers were not being paid.
They were not being paid when I was there but I guess my tips help.
The owner also owns afther one and the hottest night club town.
It he just being cheap or a ganster, well someone on the gound let me know if its still open.
I will be in Sosua in 2 weeks and thier website is down. Push come to shove it will be the New Garden.[/QUOTE]The Sosua Bay Hotel is closed I walked by today in the morning and asked a security guy.