Riga

Zadig,

Thank you for the additional information.

Could you let me and other mongers know how much security settled for? I would not wish to overpay, make them 'greedy', and spoil it for others in the future who may wish to follow in your and my footsteps in Riga.

What is the current situation as to the requirements for ID for the girls?

How long ago was you last stay in an apartment owned or managed by Patricia?

Regards

Jake

Hi all,

I have been to Riga 6 to 10 times a year since 1999.

The city is changing so fast!
First came the cafeteria then the new petrol station and supermarket. Now it is looking like any nordic city with restaurants clubs and shops.
Even the girls are not as hot as they use to be. I see more and more pants and less and less short dresses. It used to be terrible for a girl to wear trousers, it was not feminine, well this time is over.

Regarding language, it use to be russian everywhere. Nowaday you hear more latvian than russian, advertising is in latvian and some restaurant do not offer russian menu anymore. In shops, it is better to speak english then russian.

Regarding the girls, very few girls with latvian passport work in the business, most if them are born from russian parents (unless you like older woman, then they are russian!) and they hold an alien citizen passort wich actually in like wearing a yellow jewish star during ww2. The only difference is that if they decide to forget russian language and learn latvian language instead and if they forget about all they learned at school and decide to learn the new official history of Lavtia then they will get Latvian nationality and real passport.

As of today the easiest to meet girls is just to walk in old Riga or stop for a drink at one the many open space bars. Look for russian looking girls (they are easy to spot as they are the sexiest) and then make eyes contact. Usually the girl will come to you and start talking with her 25 words english vacabulary. Do not worry those include every word then need to make you beleive you are very special to them.

One word of advise, heroine in Latvia is cheaper then vodka, so check their eyes in dark place. Under heroine the black of the eye get very very small and do not react to darkness. You could check there hands and harm also for injection marks.

It is not that heroine is such a big problem, it is just that usually heroine girls will rob anything they can sell.

Regarding taxi girl and russian escort agencies, it works that way. A girl want to work to earn a little money. Then the escort agency or taxi will offer her some vitamins and spedd so she do not sleep and can work longer. Then when she is very tired and need sleep they will offer heroin so she can calm down from the other drugs. after a week working like that the girl will be addicted and will work for the taxi or agency giving all her earning to buy heroine.

Like it or not it is the way russian prostitue business is working in Latvia.

So better stay with girls you meet in bars and clubs.

Cheers.

Few comments for aqerty´s text:

"Regarding language, it use to be russian everywhere. Nowaday you hear more latvian than russian, advertising is in latvian and some restaurant do not offer russian menu anymore. In shops, it is better to speak english then russian."

This one I disagree. Nevertheless that Latvian language is the only official language in Latvia, Russian language is widely spoken because of the fact, that over 50% of Riga´s approx. 900 000 inhabitants are Russians. In Riga it is still more likely to become understood by using Russian than English language, that´s a fact.

The fact is also, that most of the alien passport holders don´t even want to become Latvian citizens due to several reasons (for example military service for males). In matter of fact Latvian naturalization is not even diffucult if you really want to became citizen. Nobody asks local Russians to forget their own language, but authorities requires them to study Latvian language and history before giving them Latvian citizenship. Do you think that it´s strange that you have to know country´s own language before getting citizenship, I don´t.
And which one you believe is more correct, country´s "new official history" like you wrote or history by Soviet Union, which they have been studying earlier in schools?

Hi,

We will be in Riga from September 9 to 18 and are looking for a nice, modern, western standard aparment with two bedrooms in the city center. Who can recommend a website or an agency? Should some folks also be there during that period drop me a line please. It's our first time and I would be thankful for any insider tip. ;-)

I stayed in Riga from 24/08 to 03/09 and here are my impressions about the changes I saw.

First time I went here was three years ago, and I can really say the city changed. European accession really created a tourist invasion, and in the week end it is really packed with English and Italian people.
The girls are still hot, and always well dressed and sexy. It is still easy to get some smiles. But now, it is quite impossible to get a girlfriend in the normal (non paying) way. In disco or in the streets, the girls are so annoyed by stupid heavy guys hitting on everything, that as soon as the girls see you are a stranger they just walk their way.
I look like russian or latvian, so I often get eye contact, but when I speak English, bye bye! Before it was not like that. On the benefit of the girls, I really understand them... Imagine 20 or 30 guys in a night trying to offer you a drink, just because they want to fuck you and fly back to their home country the next morning.
They are not stupid :)

Anyway, partying in Riga is still good, and you can enjoy the view of extremely hot and sexy girls dancing around you. But getting laid became in my opinion a very difficult sport.

About the adult scene, let's say it became really lousy... The mass of tourists create the market of scam, and all striptease clubs only think about taking the maximum money they can (without any service).
I strongly discourage anyone to go in "Cleopatra" strip club, where they charge 25 LAT per drink for the girls, without really your knowledge (and they have heavy security guys).
In a general way, you will get nothing from striptease clubs. Private dance are lame, massage are not even erotic, and everything is extremely expensive (100 LAT for 15 min in Cleopatra).
The only place which I recommend is DOLLS, located near the National Opera (Old Center). The show are good, and the girls are really the top. You'll see there many 10s. Private dance is 40LAT for 15 min, where you can't really touch ; but at least you have a dance from a model.
Jockey club is a lousy place, but at 5AM when you are devastated and drunkm just go there and talk to the door guy. Ask for girls and he will show you directly some working girls waiting in a car. Expect 4 to 5 looks, but hey you are drunk. 40 LAT for FS in your hotel or appartement (one hour).
You can also order girls on LADYLUX.LV or INTIMSERVIS.LV but they don't all speak English, are available usually in the day only, and from what my friends tested, very bad service (girl ok but service awful).
What is left is Massage Saloom, where you can get an erotic massage for 25 to 30 LAT (one hour). They are usually open 24h. Some people said here you can have FS with 10 LAT more but all the girls I tried in all the saloon declined, even for more money (only in Okinava I could get laid, but girls are old and ugly).
In disco, Roxy or Voodoo, it is said you can find working girls. we never found! Maybe we were out of luck, but impossible to talk to girls there (fear of tourist syndrome).
About Voodoo, the gogo dancers are still here, and are the same. They are not available, but very sexy and it is nice to watch them.

In conclusion, adult scene in Riga is extremely bad, and the mass of tourists kill the fun in the discos. As a girl said, "half of Italia is in Riga now".

Riga is defenitely not anymore the place for mongers... (it never was really, but still before there was some good points)

Eric

Psychonaut,

Excellent report you posted. But I have to wonder whether you've sampled the outcall escorts in Riga. That seems to be the best venue for mongers in Riga from what trusted reviewers tell me. I don't have firsthand experience in Riga (I'm seriously considering travelling there) but know the Amsterdam and Montreal scenes well.

The rate for Baltic Beauties outcall (see bbeauties.com) is 400E for 24 hours. The girls at mmalinka.com are more expensive than bbeauties.com but purportedly compete well on looks/service. And there's now a baltichostess.com that's even pricier than Malinka. The value for the money (VFM) with the top-notch GFE escorts sure beats the prices of contact dances, no-touch dances, or rushed F&S in the back room of a club.

I think you're going to encounter a fair amount of disappointment in strip club or bar scenes in certain countries. The strip clubs in downtown Montreal have some superb lookers but they're often money hungry. Off the island, there are clubs offering F&S in either broom closets or small cabins (cabin costs an extra $20CDN typically). Some of the Quebecoise gals can be world-class lookers. But the going rates for F&S are $120-160CDN for about 10-15 minutes (generally 3 songs) and the experience is often rushed; the outcall rate starts at $140CDN per hour at most of the Montreal mid-tier outcall agencies, plus you have the advantage of the safety/security of your hotel room. Some guys are keen on eyeing the girl before buying, but outcalls are such nowadays that online pictures plus strong word of mouth (public/backchannel posts) raise the probability that you'll have a satisfying rendezvous and not pay for overpriced/mediocre service. I'd hope you'd give the outcall scene a try on your next trip to Riga. Best of luck.

Cheers,

Jim

Hi,

I am going to Riga the end of September and I am staying in the old town. Could anybody reccomend a place where action could be found? or phone numbers

Manuel,

Try the following intimservis.lv and ladylux.lv the sites include photos/prices/reviews/phone# of the girls. You can also find pretty nice action at the massage places (check older reoprts..). You can also pick up the magazine "In your pocket" at your hotel and you will find alot of escort ads there.

Happy hunting!

Hello Amigos.
I will be staying in Riga the weekend from 15th to 18th of October.
Probably at the same hotel where the Vodoo Club is
If anyone wants to hook up for a beer and to explore the scene, drop me a PM.

Hey guys! Ryan Air is now flying into Riga from STansted London. I'm gonna go try it out!

I arrived in Riga after my escapade in Tallinn (See Tallinn board for details). Unfortunately my Estonian colleague who was driving me from Tallinn to Riga thought he was qualifying for a Grand Prix and did not believe in using the brake pedal. This is all good and well until the car hits a pothole and then a slow moving small delivery truck. To cut a long story short instead of arriving in Riga at around 14:00 hrs I finally reached my hotel at 17:00.

I was staying in the Radi in VecRiga - the old town. I followed the advice posted on the board and managed to secure a double room away from the nightclub opposite the front of the hotel. I made some excuse to the receptionist that my girlfriend had been delayed in Tallinn and would try to catch up with me, when she asked where the other person was. Luckily for me my Estonian colleague was in another hotel, so no awkward questions from that quarter. He was in a hotel outside the old town which had free parking. Driving in the old town costs 5 Lats (7.50Euro) per hour - I kid you not ! The receptionist said she would deduct the cost of one breakfast since my girlfriend was not with me on that first night. My kind of hotel. The cost of the room was 44 Lts for double occupancy and 41 Lts for single. The room was on the 5th floor. It was clean, warm, had a good size double bed, not 2 singles placed next to each other, and also had a small fridge. The wardrobe had a room safe contained within it. The key had to be obtained from reception after leaving a 5 Lts deposit.

I quickly unpacked and had a hurried shower and shave due to a business meeting between myself, my Estonian colleague and some locals. The next 6 hours was just boring work and dinner.

I got a Taxi back to the old town after midnight, but it appeared dead on a wet monday night. As the Dickens pub was still open I went inside for a beer. About 20 minutes later the bar staff started to close up and the customers were asked to drink up and be on their way. I said to myself this is shit. My first night in Riga and no way will I be in my bed at 01:00hrs. There were 3 Irish guys sitting in the bar next to me and I think they must have had the same thoughts, because we both asked the bar man if there was anywhere we could still get a drink . He had a think, said a lot of places would be closed on a monday, but suggested a bar called the black cat, which was open all night, so off the 4 of us went. I had heard a few bad reports about the black cat and I mentioned this to the others, namely drinks being spiked and people being robbed. They had also heard the same from other Irish Ex-Pats, but we decided to give it a go as the call of beer and a chance of pussy was too much.

There was about 25 people inside the bar having a drink, playing various games (pin ball etc) and 1 of the pool tables was in use. The clientele were either a few guys in groups or a few couples paired up. No girls/women on their own or in groups. We grabbed some beers and started to have a game of pool ourselves, doubles. Security wandered around every 15 minutes or so, but I still could not loose the thought about drinks being spiked and security possibly being involved. We made sure that our drinks were visible and watched at all times to be sure.
After about a hour I noticed a WG arrived. She was at the bar having a drink by herself and looking around. She was about 40+ , brunette, carrying a little bit extra weight (about 4.5). She had the appearance of being very hard. Nothing about her appealed to me.

We carried on playing pool. About 1 hour later a couple of girls came into the place grabbed some beers and started to play on the table next to us. One girl was blonde the other light brunette. They were about 20 years old. They were very attractive (8 and 7 respectively). 2 of the Irish guys started gradually talking to the girls. I should add they were only a few years older than the girls. Unfortunately the same cannot be said about me, as I am closer to being double their ages.

The 3rd Irish guy was not happy the other 2 guys seemed to be getting on so well with the girls and he was feeling left out. I had a quiet word with him and explained that all was not as his friends were thinking and hoping. I asked him to look at the facts: 2 girls in a bar playing pool at 03:30 hrs on a wet working night. They had already said they were not students but worked. The blonde had even said she did some modelling. He was still having difficulty joining the dots so I was a little bit more blatant - Wgs. This brought a huge smile to his face. Apparently both his friends had no idea, they thought it was their charm working its magic. One had boasted previously he had never paid for a women in the past and never would. At about 03:45 I decided to get back to the hotel for some sleep and said my goodbyes to the Irish lads and wished them every success. I had a smile on my face as I headed to the door thinking they would be in for a shock when the girls asked for cash.

The WG was facing away from me as I went out the door but must have seen me out of the corner of her eye as I left, because I could not have taken more than 2 or 3 steps when I heard the clatter of heels and a shout of ‘Hey ’. This was a first I had ever had a ***** chase me. I turned round and said ‘hello’. She came towards me and smiled. As I mentioned earlier she ‘did not do it for me’, so I said ‘Goodnight. Time for bed’, and left her standing outside the bar with her mouth open and a look of shock on her face.

I headed back the hotel whilst still on the lookout for any SWs that may be around, but nothing. My first night in Riga was a complete loss. Had to put it down to experience.

Day 2 was a heavy duty work day. Managed to get back to the hotel about 18:00. I was feeling horny as hell. I had checked out some numbers and details from the intimservis.lv and ladylux.lv sites. I telephone a few, but some did not answer, some did not speak English, even when the site said they did. Finally got through to Adelaida, listed on the intimservis site. She quoted 40Lts for 1 hour. Which was more than on the site, but I thought so what. She said she would be over in an hour, so I gave her the hotel details.

I showered and generally got prepared. 19:00 hrs came and went. 19:30 came and went. 20:00 came and went. Nothing. I was really pissed off by now. 20:15 my cell phone rang. Before I had a chance to say I now wished to cancel, a voice at the other end said she was on her way up. A few minutes later there was a knock at the door. I looked through the eyepiece and saw this horrible bright pink hair. This cannot be right I thought to myself. It must be a trick of the light, so I opened the door. It wasn’t a trick of the light. In front of me was this ‘Thing’ with bright pink hair and looking nothing like the photo of the girl on the site I had ordered.

She came in dumped her coat on the chair,. looked around the room and said it was OK. She went into the bathroom. As I knew she would have to be paid something, I decided to see through the task in hand. She came out and started to undress. Her body was not too bad. She was tall, slim but had a nice big rack - a D cup. BJ was very ordinary and not helped by the fact her cell phone went off. Sex was initially doggie and finished off in mish . All in all a shit session - one of the worst. I gave her the money and got rid of her within 35 mins of her arriving. At this time I was reminiscing of the delights of Tallinn and wishing I was back there.

I had another shower and went to Dickens for a drink as it was round the corner from the hotel. I had a couple of beers and a steak. Both more than acceptable. 2 Wgs were in the place looking for business. They were both about 40+ and blonde. Not very attractive. One looked a bit like a heavier version of Princess Anne. She almost put me off my food! The 2 were joined by another girl who’s face I did not get a chance to have a good look at, but she did appear younger than the other 2. They all left a few minutes later. I went to an Irish bar called De Lacys for a few drinks, and then generally wandered around, but there did not appear to be much action. I headed back to the hotel at around 01:30. 2 nights in Riga and the only thing to show for it was one absolutely crap fuck. I hoped the rest of the time would be better.

(more to follow)

Merlin - fabulous news. 31st October is first flight

For those based on the Continent, Ryanair is also flying in from Frankfurt/Hahn

In addition to Ryanair, Easyjet also fly to Riga from Berlin.

Jake

I am in Riga till the end on November. If some fellow monger in town would like to hook up for a night ride, send me a message.

Marcoman