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[quote=mn student]any recommended manta hotels around $30-50 per night?[/quote]

hotel balandra at ave 7 & calle 20 is your best bet. cabanas, pool, clean, the works. if it's full (usually is during peek times), next best thing is the hostal manakin at ave 12 & calle 20. its an old house converted to a hostel and a couple of hot girls work there as clerks. no pool though.

taxis rip you off from the airport to town. you can't get one to town for less than $5. if you bus it to manta, the bus terminal is near down town, and taxis are about $1 to the hotels. or you can walk from the bus terminal. just head west along the beach, walk about a half mile, turn left at calle 20.

I just purchased a hotel on the beach just outside of Canoa in Manabi. For you who are familiar with the area, it is about 45 minutes drive to Chone. Chone is the treasure chest ofr Beauty. I am really considering making the hotel into a private mongering institution and am open for suggestions from any of you on this. It is my first venture in this area and do accept suggestions from fello mongers.

This report is by no means intended to be comprehensive, just a record of some of my impressions of a week spent there.

First of all, this city of 20,000 has a reputation for being dangerous. There are many Colombians there, and they are blamed for some of the crimes. I don´t really agree with this. Most of my tense moments did not come from encountering Colombians, but rather staying out after dark downtown in marginal areas. After a week in this country you should be able to see trouble coming and think with your head and not get drunk at night. Usually it´s whom they call the ´morenos´around here that you have to watch out for.

The Colombians do a good job at running many of the places of prostitution in a professional manner. You as a customer are not the target, and should not have any business conflicts with them as such. However, when they are crossed, they kill ruthlessly.

Now for the fun part.

Harem del Primo

This establisment is a giant chongo consisting of two adjacent buildings.
One building is U-shaped and the door of each hooker´s room opens to the open courtyard. In the courtyard sit about 100 men drinking beer. When a girl is available, her door is open and she stands outside by the door. Then you select the girl and go inside with her. Needless to say, everybody in the courtyard has a great view of you selecting the girl and going inside her room with her. There were only about 10-15 girls working, so this arrangement did not appeal to me. Next to this large building there is another large building, where the whole business is hidden from view and this building used to have better women. Unfortunately it was closed down already when I got there.

**** del Flor
Can´t remember the first part of the name of this establishment, but it is said to have average looking women. I did not go inside it due to the fact that I was unimpressed with what is left of the Harem.

A little bit further down, at the entrance of the road to the Indian settlement, there are two chongos close by, one on one side of the street, the other on the opposite side. This road is at km 7 outside of the town. You can take a bus here or a taxi. It´s not recommended at night. I was there at dusk, and the place was already beginning to look sketchy as one black dude was asking for $1 in a nice manner, however, it wasn´t completely dark yet. I ignored him, went into both chongos, and did not see anything but average looking women, a couple of them morenas. Both of these chongos are in a black neighborhood, which in Santo Domingo means that you don´t wait until it gets dark. So I did not stay, like I said it was already sketchy to be there at dusk.

Prices. All of these places are in the $5-$7 range.

Downtown, Parque Central
You can find hookers here and 15 minute quickie for $5.

Flor de Gato
Went there but it was closed on Sunday.
said to be good, and have good security

**** Paris
Some casa with ´Paris´in its name.
Did not go there but was told that it was okay.

Some casas you have to be invited to in order to know about them. I was not in town long enough to develop connections about casas.

I have seen several other chongos on the road from Quito, outside of town. It seems they are quite a ways out of town and the taxi fare could be substantial.

Well, that´s it for now. This place is mongers´paradise if you know Spanish and are street-savvy.

S.A.

[b][u]EDITOR'S NOTE[/u]:[/b] [blue]I certainly hope that the author or somebody else will post a link to this report in the Reports of Distinction thread.[/blue]

Anything in Cuenca? Will be traveling there shortly.

There two famous places there, Los Tanques and El Oasis, only heard of them, dont know the exact location.

Is there any action in Puerto Ayora on Galapagos?

[QUOTE=Andy S]Is there any action in Puerto Ayora on Galapagos?[/QUOTE]They haven't evolved that far!

Polvo.

I am wondering if Santo Domingo de Los Colorados is still worth a visit. I had a pretty good time there in June and contemplating a return visit. I am in Iquitos, Peru now and the action in the chongos is pretty lame. Best action is through introductions from moto drivers or friends. It´s not the same freewheeling pro scene like S.D. de Los Colorados. Just wondering if SDLC is still worth a visit.
S.A.

I will be in Ecuador on Oct 17. I would like to take a bus trip to Manta from Quito, but would like some more information about mongering and regular tourist stuff.

I read that there is a USAF base there now, so I would imagine that there must be some new casas around.

How is the area of Tarqui to stay at a hotel compared to Manta proper?

Any information would be helpful.

I tried to post here before, but it did not show up, so here goes again.

I will be in Ecuador from 10/17=11/1. I will mainly be in Quito, but would also like to take a bus trip to Manta for a day or two.

I would like ANY information on Manta or Tarqui that I can. Even on the mainstream travel sites information about hotels and local sights are very lacking.

I read that there is a USAF base near Manta now, so I would assume there should be some chongos and clubs around to help these guys spend their money.

Any information will be appreciated.

[QUOTE=Tuna Man]I will be in Ecuador on Oct 17. I would like to take a bus trip to Manta from Quito, but would like some more information about mongering and regular tourist stuff.

I read that there is a USAF base there now, so I would imagine that there must be some new casas around.

How is the area of Tarqui to stay at a hotel compared to Manta proper?

Any information would be helpful.[/QUOTE]
Well, as you can see, there really is no information here about Manta, not even a thread for the city! So when/if you go, you have to let us know how the action is there. The only info I have is what an Ecuadorian monger told me one day when I was in Guajira; he mentioned that there were a few places on the outskirts of Manta, he rattled off a few names, one of them was El Cielo or Cielito, didn't write it down though, sorry. He claimed you could get chicas for $5 there (that's right, five US dollars), this info is just hearsay though, since I've never been there. Doombringer also mentioned that a strip club opened up there earlier this year.

I'd like to go back to Ecuador next year, but to spend some time in the cities on the coast, so any info you could report on would be appreciated!

There are a couple of places in Manta. I made a visit to El Puente as I was told it was the best. It is about a $4 taxi ride out to it from center of Manta. It is out past the airport. There are several other clubs along the same strip. The ones I remember the names of are (but there are a couple of others):

El Puente
Night Club Amadeus
El Imperio

El Puente is open from 10 am to 11 pm. Chicas are $6. They have a strip show every hour. There were about 15 chicas there when I visited around 5:30 pm. About 70 guys. The chicas all stand in front of their doors while the guys all sit at tables in the middle. I was disappointed about this set up as I like to sit with a chica and talk to her a bit. But....I had a really nice and sexy chica there. Katrina from Quevido, 22 years old. Beautiful chica.

There are also a couple of places on the road out toward Montecristi - Strip Tease and Dreams.

So that is the update on Manta.

I was told by one taxi driver in Manta that there is a chongo (brothel) in Puerto Lopez. I thought the town too small to have one so I never asked when I was there. Lesson learned...never assume and always ask. So if anyone makes to Puerto Lopez it is worth asking a Mototaxi to take you there.

Yes, there is a place called Cielito, or at least there used to be. It was up on top of a hill in a poor neighborhood of Manta with dirt roads etc. Me and my friend used a taxi driver to take us and return a few hours later. I think I paid around 20 or 25 dollars, but I could have probably bargained down. But, I was a pretty inexperienced monger at the time.
Manta also had some decent looking streetwalkers that would cruise some of the outdoor cafes at night--toward the north end of town. It was a pretty mellow place and seemed like an easy place to get laid. This was about 8 years ago. Hope it is still good now.

In Cuenca there are about 6 places all next to each other along the same strip up on a small hill above the town. The names of the ones I remember are:

El Oasis
Los Tanques
El Candil
El Mirador

It is about a $2 to $3 taxi ride there from the center of Cuenca. I went to El Oasis as that was the one most recomended. $6 chicas and I was told by the bartender it is open from 9 am to 10 pm. There are only a few benches to sit on so most of the guys just stand in the middle of the room and the girls stand around the perimeter. The rooms have these green lights above the door that go off when you go in to the room, then when your time is up (15 minutes) they start blinking again and the the girl will tell you times up.

There were about 20 girls there when I went. I spent time with this beautiful blue eyed girl from the Manabi region.

Unfortunately I didn´t have enough time to check out the other places on this strip. I was also told that there is another place called Jorge´s in another part of Cuenca.

I am always choked that guys do not report their findings in a new city for it leaves subsequent travelers to have to find the same information again and again and again. So after delaying for a couple months during travel here is my report on Loja (southern Ecuador) for the three travelers that may get this far in the next decade.

During the trip from Quito to Loja I noticed a recurring pattern in each small town. As Civid's findings seem to confirm each town has a casa or two (or three ...) on the outskirts. In Loja it was no different.

The word "chongos" is the magic word; if you are only going to learn one word in the Spanish language before coming to Ecuador this is it. At the bus station I simply asked a cabbie "Where are the chongos?" He said about five kilometers out of town, quoting me $3 US for the ride. Pavement quickly turns into dirt road, streetlamps disappear, past two police guards and a gate, then a sign that reads "Zona Tolerencia," down a hill and you spot five neon-lit buildings. Welcome to the Red Light Zone of Loja.

The five clubs here are named Las Vegas, Manhattan, Escorpion, California, and Imperio.

Las Vegas is the busiest. Some fifteen rooms around a square seating area. It's a smelly shithole but oh well, you're in the sticks. $1.25 large beers. 600 penny chicas. "Hmmm, which one has the cutest face and biggest breasts?" I asked myself, as they all had big asses.

I picked Kathy of Manabi province, 22 years old, been in town for a month. Started with a BJ, to missionary, she stood up on the bed for some entry here, doggie, flatdog, side of the bed with me standing. She was good at pulling her legs back for pussy exposure. Back to standing on the bed, one hand on a tittie, the other on her ass, as she did all the work and fucked me. She bent over and I plowed her from behind to cum. For fuck all nowhere it was a decent session. Tipped her $2.

There is a midget bar girl here that waddles around the club serving drinks. One day I was amused to see some teen guys bringing in one of their buddies to initiate him. It is a $4 taxi back into central Loja.

Next afternoon returned. In bar California I met slender Erika, 19, rating a 7/7.5 on the richter scale, just the way I like 'em. But she was so hammered by 7:30pm that she went to her room and passed out. Curses! I could have easily plugged 600 pennies worth of love into her wallet.

Continued on into bar Manhattan. Found Mariuxi, 28 years, from Santo Domingo, who has a single child of eight years in Lago Agrio. 600 pennies. She lit a candle for room lighting. Need I say more?

Next afternoon returned. Found and screwed 18 year young Vanessa of Loja. Cute face but otherwise a typical chunky squarish Ecua-girl. 600 pennies. Loud and obnoxious in the bar she shied right up in the sack. I figured she would. I remember thinking it was a little weird to be fucking in the mountains in daylight as I am used to the big city at night (or in dark places).

In the early evening, while parked in bar Escorpion for a beer, a girl walked in that had me interested. Jenny of Loja, 18 years old. What luck -- two 18ers in a day! Very pretty face, slender. 600 pennies. I had expectations for this one. However, stripped down her tummy was wrecked from a recent pregnancy. Rats.

Didn't realize until the end there was sixth bar just up the hill called Enigma. It is the 'high class' establishment of Loja -- $10 a chica here. A slender 8 -- the prettiest chica to be found in all six clubs -- was present but by this time I didn't have anything further to give. Headed back to Loja for a morning departure to the border.

On the bus saw yet more fuckclubs on the outskirts of passing towns, including the border town.


[b]Leaving Ecuador[/b]

Unfortunately I don't know if I will be allowed back in to Ecuador. When I hit the border (September) the guard made it apparent to me I had overstayed my visa by some 5 days. Figures, I can calculate a five month Capital Investment Report to the penny but I can't calculate the number of days on a visa. Fuck.

The customs guard, with passports and visas operating on a computer program, said there was nothing he could do to override the system. I needed to pay $200 US to exit the country. He showed me the government pamphlets for late exits so the one-fine-price was legit, be it you are five minutes or five days or five weeks late in leaving. No way around it.

Well, turns out there was a way around it. He told me to go get the Peruvian customs guard. They talked. As I did not have $200 US cash on me at the time I just walked out of Ecuador without an exit stamp. Paid $20 to the Peruvian officer to 'look the other way' (they operate on paper, not computer), voila, into Peru I go. Which means technically I am still in Ecuador and over my visa by some 3.5 months now ... and counting.

I asked the Ecuadorian consulate here in La Paz to see if I could clear the outstanding charge up. Nope, as they don't have the frontier/customs computer program here I can only clear it up at the border. Sooo, if I ever want to return to Ecuador it could be hit and miss as to re-entry ... bring a mittfull of cash with me and see what happens.

As usual let the dice fly ...