Rants and stupid shit in Dominican Republic

[MwenByen]

Even though the country is located in quote on quote Latin America unfortunately a vast majority of those people refuse to identify as Latino there been a push to force them to identify as Latino because of the language but hell some aspects of Spanish use the same words with French. And even Haitian Creole use Spanish words. Haiti is located in Latin America, Trnidad, Gernada, French Guiyana, Suriname and I can go on but those people cannot be cluster in as Latino neither.

I have a buddy in Rio right now who will 100% disagree with that statement.

[SubCmdr]

The of the biggest problems I see with individuals is that they confuse The Open Air Brothel known as Sousa with the Dominican Republic.

Don't get it twisted. Sousa is in the Dominican Republic. But the Dominican Republic is not Sosua.

It is impossible for individuals to speak on those who do not post on ISG (this goes for any location). If the argument is that the posts of visitors do not reflex the experiences of a SexPat I can completely understand that.

I was posted up in the Dominican Republic for 10 years plus. It is all there in black and white. The Internet never forgets right? My experiences did not align with the experiences of the visitors either. What I did not do is try to force feed my experiences down the throats of others or invalidate them. Another thing I don't do is goto a forums for a country like Thailand and express my dislike for a place that I have never been or visited.

I think everyone is allowed to have their preferences. They should also be allowed to express them. There is no point in trying to argue about the experiences of others.

[Oakie]

Though I have never been to the DR myself, just based on everything I've read here, and what I've seen on youtube, like this video for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfSHXX7wUXw.

These pov street walking videos are a all over the youtubes, but they're a wealth of information. You get a real sense of the place and the people, and I'm just saying, the babes aren't really babe enough. It has me convinced that the babes in the DR are just not as hot as in Thailand. Also, I get the sense that the DR might not be as safe as Thailand.

I love me a chocolate complexion girl as much as the next guy, but the DR chicks seem to be chubbier in general, might the fat ass be too fat? Why aren't there more Harley Dean or Anya Ivy types walking around? Granted the chicks might be as cheap as the chicks in Thailand, and sure is a hell of a lot shorter flight for me, but still, I think Thailand is better, so the much longer flight is worth it.

Judging by the numbers, Thailand is definitely more popular.

That being said, your sources of info don't reflect the popularity that DR has with it's millions of returning visitors, from as far away as Scandinavia, Holland, Germany as well as Canada and the USA.

They don't post here. Most newbies who read this forum, get the complaints of a handful of regulars who have been posting shit about Sosua, and predicting its demise, for as long as I have been coming here, 15 years now.

Secondly the monger Youtube videos show only the freak show, of weirdly unbelievable cosmetically enhanced bubble butt chicas who congregate and parade on the 2 block stroll, Bailee's and the beach. There's obviously a market for them out there, but I (and the locals and expats) I know are just as bemused and confused about it as I am.

If you Google "girls of Dominican Republic" you'll see page after page of shapely and pretty tropical beauties, and no matter how much you scroll you won't see 1 (one) of these freaks.

You won't find them off the strip in the regular bars as servers, as shop assistants, or working in the banks and stores, or anywhere else outside the red light districts in Dominican Republic.

I've never seen one of these freaks in any of the bars I frequent in my 15 years.

Having said that, I realize I've lost the argument already with the half dozen posters who do all the complaining here year after year, mostly those who don't come here, so I'm a minority of one on this ISG and happy to be so.

But I put it down to butt hurt big egos who try to game the locals, and wind up getting outsmarted by a "lowly" hoe. Seen it happen time and time again! And they never forget! A monger scorned! LOL.

They are the source of the complaints about safety, and rip offs, but it mostly happens to "guys they know"! LOL. They themselves are waaaay too smart to be "tricked". LOL.

Sosua is as safe as anywhere and safer than most! Leave your gold bling and Rolex at home, and lock it up if you plan on getting drink in a bar, and walking home to your hotel with a street hoe at 2 am.

I'm a fan of the classic, slim tropical, Latino and Haitian beauties, and believe me they grow a lot of them here. Most wouldn't be seen dead on the strip!

As usual, IMHP and YMMV.

So sue me! LOL.

[Newton York]

Though I have never been to the DR myself, just based on everything I've read here, and what I've seen on youtube, like this video for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfSHXX7wUXw.

These pov street walking videos are a all over the youtubes, but they're a wealth of information. You get a real sense of the place and the people, and I'm just saying, the babes aren't really babe enough. It has me convinced that the babes in the DR are just not as hot as in Thailand. Also, I get the sense that the DR might not be as safe as Thailand.

I love me a chocolate complexion girl as much as the next guy, but the DR chicks seem to be chubbier in general, might the fat ass be too fat? Why aren't there more Harley Dean or Anya Ivy types walking around? Granted the chicks might be as cheap as the chicks in Thailand, and sure is a hell of a lot shorter flight for me, but still, I think Thailand is better, so the much longer flight is worth it.

[Oakie]

Yes, Mr. Oakey, please do tell us about the darkey in question here. Do have anything in order enlighten your new ISG friend Nyezhov (AKA. White Hoodie Wearing Mother Fucker)?

This is the company Mr. Oakey, keeps.

Notice I never responded to the obvious racist comment?

Folks can be racist, no matter what color of their skin.

You are an excellent example!

LOL.

[SubCmdr]

Hello Mr Oakey the darkey in question here, did he leave the Dr fast and unexpectedly? I'm starting to see a pattern.

Yes, Mr. Oakey, please do tell us about the darkey in question here. Do have anything in order enlighten your new ISG friend Nyezhov (AKA. White Hoodie Wearing Mother Fucker)?

Page after page after page of your and your niggas bullshit.

This is the company Mr. Oakey, keeps.

[SubCmdr]

Yeah you need to know a guy. Or girl.

Are you saying that you need a PIMP in order to hire a decent prostitute in Sosua?

[SubCmdr]

See below how easy it is to trigger The-twat-from-DR. Just say something negative about the Open Air Brothel he lives in, then duck. Because the male bovine excrement that he is constantly producing with his keyboard is coming your way!

There's a place for the more socially challenged newbies, Called Blackbeards. Not too far! Spoon fed chicas with menus tattooed on their butts, and a complaints department.

[Explorer8939]

Wow, Uber is really bad in Sosua. Every driver wants to be paid more than the standard rate, they want extra money.

[Spidy]

But quality of the infrastructure is low. They cannot even keep the lights on 024/007/365. That is a sad state of affairs in my book in this day and age in a country that gets over 300 days of sunshine a year and an endless coast line for water and wind power. Electricity should be free in the Dominican Republic. The renewables are there. Add nuclear power plants to provide the 40 base of constant power the grid needs and the problem is solved.

FWIW…I agree, the DR has an endless supply of renewable energy at its disposal and only need take advantage of it. And IMHO, don’t need nuclear as their base load power source and could do base load power with renewables.

You brought up many good points and laid out an excellent critical analysis to the problems with nuclear energy. I have no plans to dispute what it is you have to say about it. But, what is your solution for base input into the grid?

South Australia as a Case Study:

To show how DR could transition their base Load, intermittent and peaker power plants, with renewables, I used South Australia, as a case study example, to compare what they’ve done, successfully.

Background Info on South Australia (SA):

The population in the state of South Australia, in 2024, is estimated to be approximately 1.8 million people. The Dominican Republic has 11.1 million people, and has approx. 6 times more people than South Australia.

South Australia, has around 984,321 sq.km (380,048 sq.mi) of land area. The Dominican Republic has around 48,671 sq.km (18,792 sq.mi) of land area. SA is approx. 20 times larger, in land area than the Dominican Republic.

South Australia is, at the frontline of the global energy transition, having transformed its energy system from 1% to over 69% renewable energy, in just over 20 years. Between June 2022 and June 2023, South Australia’s energy generation via renewables has been 72.3% compared to 36.3% nationally.

South Australia phased out coal in 2016, becoming the first mainland state to do so and hopes to have their grid as 100% renewables by 2027.

South Australia’s Energy Demand Loads:

SA’s Consumption & Demand
• Annual Electricity Consumption: 11,506 GWh (or 11.5 TWh)
• Typical Peak Demand: Is between Peak Demand: 3,084 MW (heat waves periods and 2,000 to 2,500 MW during cooler periods. The high was reached on Thursday 23 February 2023 @ 7:30pm).
• Base Load: Unknown, but with 73.4% renewables, it’s safe to say they have flipped the scales and now renewables run base loads and nat. gas is being as the intermittent/peak load energy source.

Note #1: SA’s Annual consumption is only half that of the DR, for a population that is 6x smaller.
Note #2 : SA’ Peak Demand is only about 580 MW more than the DR, for a population that is 6x smaller.

South Australia’s Energy Mix:

Renewables (2023) (73.4%, up from 69.0%)
• Solar: 26.5% (rooftop solar provided 17.7%, up from 16.5%, large-scale solar PV farms, providing another 8.8%. Note: over 40% of households have rooftop solar, stabilize the grid.)
• Wind: 46.9% (up from 44.6 in 2022, wind farms accounted for the largest portion to the grid, with major installations at Hornsdale, Lake Bonney, and Snowtown)
• BESS: 30% of Australia’s home batteries are in SA. Large-scale batteries like the Hornsdale Power Reserve (150 MW) and residential batteries (30,000+ installed) stabilize the grid and store excess renewable energy.

Non-Renewables Sources and Imports (30%)
• Natural Gas: 25.4% (down from 29.5%, gas-fired plants are a diminishing but still critical backup)
• Interstate Imports: 2-5% (South Australia connects to the National Electricity Market (NEM) via interconnectors with Victoria (Heywood and Murraylink).

Recap of the Dominican Republic’s Energy Mix:

• Annual Cost of Fossil Fuel, for generation of electricity: Between $2.55 - $3.47 billion
• Annual electricity consumption (2023)*: 22,193 GWh
• Peak demand: 3,662 MW (megawatts)
• DR’s Energy Mix: Heavy fossil fuels at 83.1% (oil: 12.3%, natural gas: 40.6%, coal: 30.2%) and some renewables at 16.9% (solar: 5.7%, wind: 4.3%, hydro: 6.1% and bio-fuels: 0.8%)
• Base Load (or Baseload or Base Input) for DR: 2,197 MW (or 0.60 x 3,662 MW Peak Load. Just a best effort guessimate)

A Solution for the Dominican Republic (DR) Base Load and Beyond:

Okay, so here’s the deal, with how the DR, should be able to reach 100% renewables, for their base load electricity grid needs. My recommendation, is for DR to have like a renewables clean energy plan for the next 15-20 years.

A plan, which outlines their intentions, commitments and schedule, showing steady continual growth and build-outs of smaller manageable projects, of like 5% - 7% SWB worth of renewables, added annually to the grid.

Yeah, I know, not exactly the explosive, home run solution, you were perhaps looking for, but the DR, need only take an additional 6-8 years, if they followed a constant regiment of 5-7% SWB yearly implementations to reach your estimated 40% base load (or a few years later to reach 60%). Considering the DR, is already at 17% renewables.
Here is my summation of levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) in ranges, using approx. estimates from several sources for the years 2023 (or 2024), in $/MWh, for those energy technologies, I could find:

LCOE Ranges for Energy Technologies in 2023 (or 2024):
• Nuclear Reactor: $90–140+ (high upfront costs, delays)
• SMR: $60–90+ (early projects at upper end, targets lower with scale)
• Solar (utility-scale): $30–50 (lower with sun-rich regions, higher with storage)
• Onshore Wind: $35–55 (site-dependent, rises with transmission costs)
• Offshore Wind: $70–150+ (higher upfront/transmission costs, but improving with scale and tech)
• BESS (4-hour storage):$ 120–170 (lithium-ion, varies with duration/cycles)
• Pumped Hydro: $60–200 (site-specific, high upfront but low operating costs)
• LNG (gas peaker): $50–100 (import costs, volatile fuel prices, carbon costs add ~20–30/MWh)
• Coal: $60–100+ (import costs, older plants higher; carbon costs push to 80–150+)

Cost Ranges for Energy Hybrid Systems using 2023 (or 2024):
• Solar + BESS: $50–100/MWh (sun-rich regions with 4–8h storage).
• Wind + BESS: $60–120/MWh (onshore wind with 4–12h storage).

LCOE Sources for 2023 or 2024:
• International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA): https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/...ts_in_2023.pdf
• Lazard's Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis: https://www.lazard.com/media/xemfey0...e-2024-_vf.pdf
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/ele...COE_report.pdf
• The International Energy Agency (IEA): https://www.iea.org/data-and-statist...ario-2022-2030

Closing Arguments:

As I look around the world’s at those that are making the transition to a greener electrical grid, I looked to see what is working, what is cheap and less expensive, what is reliable and sustainable, and what is simple in design and complexity, requiring low maintenance and technical expertise to build, service and maintain. More often than not, it’s SOLAR, WIND and BESS (SWB), with some natural gas to round out the energy mix.

Remember it took the state of South Australia 20 years to go from 1% to 72.3% today. In a few more years, their grid, will be 100% renewables, with excess electricity, to either export it via interconnects or used to make green hydrogen.

And like SA, who have “flipped the switch” and “turn the tables” on their fossils fuels plants, being the ones that provide intermittent energy when needed (and soon to be phased out), is the right approach the DR should follow, to save millions of dollars (IMHO) and wean themselves off of fossil fuels.

So YES, I think DR, can absolutely establish and transition to 40% (or 60%) base load (and beyond), with 100% renewables. It will just take a small, but reasonable amount of time. But doable, considering DR has 6x the population of SA, but ONLY consumes twice (2x) as much annual electricity.

Note, I didn’t get into specifics, in terms of a cost/benefit analysis, but with the LCOEs provided, one can easily figure out, a half-dozen different cost scenarios. I suspect it’s going to be a mixture of SWB (with more WIND than SOLAR and even pumped hydro), given DR’s small land size and available space (that being 20x smaller than SA), lots of offshore wind will need serious consideration.

Finally, I think this approach works best for DR, while the rest of the world (mostly the very rich nations), use their time and money to figure out, how viable and cost efficient, SMRs really are, as the industry becomes more mature.

If you can draft some of your multinational business associates to put up a few $trillion for nuclear power plants, I would definitely ask you to serve! Imagine FREE electricity in Sosua! LOL.

(Just don't litter the island and the beaches with windmills though, might affect tourism. And what's this "water power" business?

Yeah, I hear ya...however, you’re gonna have NIMBY with nuclear, as well as with windmills. But, if “shit” happens, I’d rather have windmills blow up.

Sorry about the view, of the offshore windmills, but to make an omelet, you’ve gotta crack open, a few eggs! However, the view of offshore solar, doesn't look to bad or is that still NIMBY?
China powers up the world’s largest open-sea offshore solar farm, Nov 24th, 2024 https://electrek.co/2024/11/14/china...re-solar-farm/

[SubCmdr]

You started this two front flame war. Now finish it or bow down!.

Rant, rave and complain all you want, but try to keep it real.

This is the problem with the Twat-from-the-DR. Two faced and talking out the side of his neck.

The millions of folks that support the economy here, every year, and do the actual fucking in Sosua every year, may not post here, but it is off putting to newbies who don't need the hassle of being flamed and shamed, for admitting to enjoying it.

Posts about fucking is in the Sosua Reports threads. There are many people lamenting about the quality of the prostitutes in Sosua now. No one is being flamed or shamed except by you.

Example of Twat-from-the-DR being two faced and talking out side of his neck!

Been here 15 years, never heard of most of this shit!

The internet never forgets. So I invite everyone to review the original post in full to see how Twat-from-the-DR is being two faced yet again and talking out the side of this neck. Doing the very thing he is complaining about:

but it is off putting to newbies who don't need the hassle of being flamed and shamed

Twat-from-the-DR said there is no PIMPin in Sousa. A grown man who calls him Tio contradicts him. Coolie High even says you need a PIMP to find a good prostitute in Sosua now..

Try to have a little respect for ALL mongers who share our hobby!

I have plenty of respect for all who post on ISG. You are the one that does not want anyone to express anything negative about Sosua.

I can go down a long list of those who you started Flame Wars with because they do not want to hold hands with you and dance around a fire on Sosua beach while chanting how great Sosua is. Remember the internet never forgets.

Or you can try to fuck up the DR Forums, with you hate lists, like you have done to the Thai Forums.

Have you presented your grievances to THE ADMINISTRATOR because I dont give a fuck!! I am going to keep going hard in the paint until you shut the fuck up about Thailand and Pattaya or you visit there and write an opinion from experience like Explorer8939 did with Sosua!

Explorer8939 gets no love from me, but I believe he is accurately describing the difference between Sosua and Pattaya. There is not hate in the Thailand Forums. In fact, I get nothing but love. Even from your fan boys. AllBitch loves me. I told him to fuck off. Early and often. He loves you too, but not in a good way. It's a man / man love and it's all about his homosexual fantasies. You keep leading him on. You are very cruel in that way. ROTFLMAO!

Thailand get 35 million visitors a year; The Dominican Republic get 10 million. There are 44432 reports in the Pattaya Reports thread There are 35570 reports in the Sosua Reports threads. Enough said!

Hey, what happened to the names you used for me? What happened? Did you have a sudden loss of imagination so you just decided to copy another poster who never ever mentions your name?

When you see me bow!

[SubCmdr]

The Dominican Republic has a higher rate of violent crime than Thailand in every category. This includes: Homicide, Serious Assault and Sexual Assault.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/co...tes-by-country

[Explorer8939]

I switched to drinking Cuba Libres. Half the cost of a whisky drink.

[SubCmdr]

I like Latina bodies. But I am not going to tell another man what to like or not to like.

Hate to say it, bud, but you're in the wrong place.

The girls in Sosua are not as attractive as they were before the hotties from Santiago were chased away by the Police. I used to see stunning girls in Sosua. Now they are just good enough to be my cum depositories.

The Su really isn't about tits,

Sosua isn't really about shit anymore. Of course this is my opinion and I think everyone should be allowed to present their opinion without criticism or evaluation. What you need to say is Sosua is that it's about ass for you. For me Sosua is about being able to walk to everything I need to walk to when I want to walk to it. Good restaurants. Enjoying time with my friends. The girls are not my attraction to Sosua.

A lot of your posts are from Thailand, so I assume that's your thing. I've been there once, it was fun, but the girls aren't my type, so I don't go there.

Isn't that the bottom line? Everyone's opinion of Sosua is formed through their own eyes. There is no absolute when it comes to the place. You and I look at Thailand completely different. I think it is great. There are plenty of girls with ass in Thailand. But when I show them to some of my friends they say she doesn't have any ass. These are the same friends who I wouldn't fuck the girls they hire to be their prostitutes if they agreed to pay and let me borrow their dick. ROTFLMAO!!

Talked to a guy once in the Su, a friend of a friend, and he liked tall, light-skin, busty girls, even had a Ukrainian wife. I asked him what the hell he was doing here after he complained there was no good-looking girls.

I don't know when you talked to him. But as of two years ago (my last trip) the overall quality of the girls have declined. They have gotten fatter. In fact I spoke with a manager of my favorite club here in Thailand and he used to manage a strip club in Miami back in the day. He said Dominicanas used to be the hottest girls up in his club. But over all the girls across the entire country are not ready for prime time anymore. I agreed.

Sosua has plenty of fine ladies, you just need to start shopping at the right store.

Isn't this your opinion? Because of your personal preferences?

I don't really like the attitudes of most of the girls in Sosua. I find them to be a ALOT better all over the Dominican Republic. I find the attitudes of the girls in Thailand to be a lot better than the attitudes of the girls in the Dominican Republic. That makes Thailand a better placer to hire a prostitute for me. When it comes to infrastructure it is no contest. Of course, I did not realize this until I got out of the Dominican Republic and started International Trickin in different places. But to each their own.

[SubCmdr]

And I will to add too many scammers are ruining it for the hard working folks in this world.

I am having no problem with scammers in Pattaya!

Of course, if you are speaking of other places I defer to your experiences. Been posted up in Thailand for more than a minute. During my visits to Sosua and while living in the Dominican Republic for 10 plus years I was only scammed once. By a business that sold me batteries and inverter that had been made to look new but was actually old. I learned a 10000 DOP lesson back when the exchange rate was 34 DOP to 1 USD. Lesson I learned is to source important equipment from large business that had a reputation to maintain. The Engineer for my building taught me that. There were many high quality workers in my building that were Haitian.

Of course my experiences do not invalidate yours. But they most certainly have been very different as I am respected member of my pueblo as a business owner and employer. I have a trusted team of Dominican Professionals and hard working Haitians that I employ.

When you see me bow!