Impressions of San Salvador
Having just read Cpteasy's post, and having just returned from a Friday afternoon delight myself, albeit here in Los Angeles, California, perhaps it is time for me to post my impressions from a visit to El Salvador last December, 2002.
In general, El Salvador is pretty cool but I would not make a special trip there for mongering/vacationing purposes. There are "casas de cita" (literally "appointment houses", I think; correct me if I am wrong), a street scene, the club scene and of course the bump into a sweetie anywhere anytime type of scene.
Being there in December around Christmas time was not the best timing although I still managed to run into a sweet young thang in the internet cafe. I could have converted this meeting but I already had a previous engagement, it was near the end of the trip and I just wasn't going to be that big of a DICKHEAD (a total joke for those of you who get it). I do have her email address if I ever return there but I am not going to give it to any of you sick fucks.
San Salvador is a small but confusing city to navigate. Petty crime exists although I experienced no mugging or anything like that while I was there and I was out and about at all hours of the day and night. But, for instance, I left a map and a cheap us$1 compass/keychain which i use (used) for travelling on a coffee table in the lobby of the Novo Hotel (I think that is the name of the hotel; Hawk help me out if I am wrong). Well I mean this hotel and the lobby were deserted but when I went to retrieve them, the compass was gone but the map was still there and no one at the desk knew anything about it. Yeah right. The lobby is about as big as a good sized bathroom and no one knew a thing about this petty compass. No big and a real cheap wake-up call to be more careful. Hell, where I live, I haven't locked the door in 5 months.
I went to many many of the casas de citas and until you go you won't know which ones you like more or less. I agree with those here however that "Fresh Kiss" (Beso Fresca) is one of if not the best. There are casas all over town and that is what is really cool about San Salvador and it is all legal and totally accepted.
Now what got me writing this whole post is that I just got back from a 30 minute session in Inglewood and it was good but it also cost me us$110 which is cheap for here (most guys are popping us$150 or so) but in El Salvador, us$20 gets you everything and more and a smile, and that would be for an hour probably.
Hawk and I went out a couple of nights and had a great time. We picked up a street girl once; another time we went to some clubs. The street girl scene was not memorable but from what Hawk tells me it was because it was around Christmas time and most of the girls go to be with their families. Same held true for the casas; it seemed the selection was a little thin there as well.
I think if you live in San Salvador you would have an easy/great time with non-pro girls too. I found people to be fairly open and friendly.
I went there to see if I would want to live there. I am going to become an ex-pat in the next couple months but I don't want to live somewhere overrun with other gringos, like Costa Rica is. I decided for three different reasons, one dealing with the history of the end of their civil war (thanks for the story Hawk)and another having to do with the high costs of homes in San Salvador, not to live there. The third reason for the decision not to live there has to do with the lack of flights out of San Salvador -there are only like 5 flights out of there to other places. But if you did live there, you could have a great time with the more than friendly chicas who would be everywhere when university would be in session. Unfortunately, university was not in session when I was there and I met only one non-pro as I mentioned above and that was right at the end of my stay. I correct this, I did meet another one and if I had had more time no doubt we could have become more than just ... ahem ...friends.
Will I return to El Salvador? Sure, why not, someday. Will it be like when I first discovered Angeles City and went there like 10 times in 2 years? No.
Hawk, thanks for showing me around town and I hope all is well with you and your family. If I have ommitted anything or made any mistakes, help me out and correct them.
The weather was fantastic.
San Salvador Newspaper Ads
Riggo's post below reminded me that when I first arrived in San Salvador, I got on the phone and started calling the numerous ads they have in the newpaper classifieds. I speak passable Spanish and this calling resulted in only one girl coming to the hotel room and she came with a handler who wanted to be paid upfront. No gracias, adios, aqui es la puerta.
Also, I called this Carolina girl mentioned below and spoke with her at length, and perhaps if you were a local things would have been different, but with me she wanted big money like us$100 to come to the hotel. In the states I would have jumped on it but since I was in El Salvador, I passed.
My best times mongering in El Salvador were at the casas de citas.
Salvadoran Casas de Citas
Ok so everyone is wondering what a casa de cita is really like with no bullshit and from someone with no vested interest in the tourist industry. Yeah guys, sometimes I think some of the posts on WSG and other sites are from people with a vested interest in promoting tourism to their countries.
So what is a casa de cita? A casa de cita is the Salvadoran version of a bordello. Most, but not all, are located in regular houses in residential neighborhoods and have had some modest interior conversions to accomodate the business.
For instance, Beso Fresca, aka Fresh Kiss, is a modest 2 story house; upstairs the "work" rooms are created with partitions that would definitely not meet code in the states.
I hear there are usually more than the 2-3 girls working there than when I was there around Christmas time. The quality of the girls is in the 6-7 range but most make up for that with their friendliness and cooperativeness.
There is usually a modest cover charge (us$3-4) to get in a casa de cita and it usually includes a cool drink.
When I remember more I will post more.
