Coming back for the first time since 2016, has it changed much?
Hey fellow mongers! Haven't been to the DR or Sosua since March 2016, but feeling the onset of winter here and there are some good flight deals around at the moment, so why not? I was wondering though, has it changed a lot since then? I tried to read back many pages on the forum, but maybe there have been some big changes since then that I'm not aware of, either obvious to the eye or more hidden changes? I'm a bit worried by a lot of the negative posts here, especially the recent killing of a girl. Has the place honestly gone downhill, would I notice less women around than in 2016, are there less bars open where the chicks hang out at night, is it more dangerous? How is November as a month to go there, low season or picking up? When I was last there chicas charged 2000 - 2500 pesos for a short time visit (an hour +/-), has this gone up ?
There was a large bar almost opposite Classico's (sorry, forgot the name) which was alive and kicking from 2011 - 2015 with a great lineup of chica's, but in 2016 they were doing construction on it, has this re-opened? Anyone stayed at Club Residencial recently, is still a good place to stay? That's where I stayed the last couple of times I was there. Would appreciate your advice guys.
Trip Report 11/2 to 11/11.
Just got back from my trip of 10 days. First time in Sosua. Had a great time, exceeded my expectations. I saw 10 different women, some with whom I sessioned multiple times. I negotiated 2,000 pesos with all girls except 2. One I agreed to 2,500 and one I thought we had an understanding at 2,000 but when she made a stink about it being 3,000 I just agreed. Out of my 17 sessions, only 3 were mildly disappointing. Mostly the girls all performed very nicely. I was able to make pretty good connections with all of them, which also helps. Really had a fun time. I would say of the 10 women, (2) were 8's, (2) were 6'es, and the other (6) were 7's. Works for me-- I'm not sure I would have gotten as good of service and price from 10's. I thought Sosua was a charming beach town. I stayed at Casa Valeria and recommend it very highly. The restaurant there is amazing. All of my breakfasts were included and so good. I ate dinner there 4 times. Great food! What is also nice about Casa Valeria is that it is right next door to New Garden, which was my second favorite restaurant. Great Italian food. I ate there 3 nights. I also tried the Jamaican place right down the street, and one other night I ate at another Italian restaurant called Ottimo's. They were also both good. I hung out at Sosua Beach instead of Alicia Beach. I've got to say, I thought it was a beautiful beach. One of the most beautiful I've ever been to. Every day I would get a beach chair with my guy Vasillio at Emilio's restaurant not too far from the Sosua side entrance. Would eat lobster or fried fish or shrimp for lunch. There is a little bit of a premium on food at the beach. Costs more than in town. But I came in under budget for the week, so I didn't mind paying for the expensive lunches. For anybody who's never been, Sosua is not just one big brothel and nothing else. I would say the mongering struck me as about 25% of what is going on in town. There were a lot of German tourists on the beach, and I noticed a lot of Italian expatriates in town. I found the town to be very safe. At least in the central area where I spent all my time. I even took a walk around some of the secondary streets at night. And while that made me slightly nervous, it was still safe. I was not walking in the barrio, just off the main street is all. On my first day at the beach, I asked if my stuff would be safe while I went swimming in the ocean. I was concerned about that, but my stuff was always safe when I left it at my beach chair for all 5 days I hit the beach. I never had a chica take anything from my room, which I was a little concerned about after reading some of the posts on this board. But I never had any problems. One thing I was disappointed about was golf. I was hoping to play golf at Playa Dorado about every other day. I only went there once. The course was nice, but the greens were horrible. So much so that I decided not not go back. That's OK, I just spent more days at the beach. I had good luck with the weather for the 10 days I was there. Really only 1 complete rain out day. If you can believe it, I never hit the world famous Classico's! I went to City Lights a few times, and hung out at Bourbon Street a couple of times, and also King's. Just goes to show that you can only pack in so much during the course of the vacation. I had full days every day, and just couldn't stay out late every night as well. Thanks to everyone who posted helpful posts on this board that I read leading up to my trip. It helped me have such a good trip.