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[QUOTE=SavePros321;1409094]LOL, the two of you should Private Message (PM) each other then. The rest of us here have been around long enough to pick up on bullshit.[/QUOTE]Lets see what happens.
I have my fair share of global mongering and for trust this will be a viable option.
[QUOTE=Princzz;1409112]Thanks again![/QUOTE]Woman from Venezuela supposedly with a TV showed based in Santo Domingo. She was in beauty contests in her youth, in Venezuela. She is a model and a presenter on TV. Hebrew tattooed into her torso.
[QUOTE=Princzz;1409112]Thanks again![/QUOTE]Revere posted not long ago that he met some Brasilera "models" in Foxys on the Malecon.
I recommended the Hotel Navarro to you previously as a place you could use, while you are staying at the Jaragua Hotel and Casino. Added bonus of the Hotel Navarro is that some of the "models" who work at Foxys live at the hotel navarro. The one time I stopped in at the navarro a few years ago, I saw a few woman lounging near the lobby in pajamas. I'll re-post a photo of the hotel navarro and the outside of foxys on the malecon. :D
[QUOTE=Princzz;1409112]Thanks again![/QUOTE]Photo of a Colombiana I met years ago in Bar Atarazana 9 in Zona Colonial. This photo was taken in the corner bar of the casino at the Jaragua Hotel and Casino. Nowadays there is no smoking in bars (there are cigar lounges and bars with open areas to the sky where sometimes smoking is permitted). This Colombiana was on TV or something, she was living in Santo Domingo, [size=2][color=blue][b]pleasant woman[/b][/color][/size].
[url]http://www.marriott.com/hotels/photo-tours.mi?marshacode=sdqgw&pageid=hwhom&imageid=0&roomtypecode=[/url] photos from marriott (about 43 photos, scroll through), photos of blue bar near the pool and champions sports bar and grill in the lobby (good burgers) and has a pool table in champions and multiple tvs showing sports.
photo of foxys i took while driving on the malecon during the daytime. foxys has strip shows and lap dances.
earlier versions of the jaragua hotel on the malecon.
some photos of the outside of the jaragua hotel and the lobby of the intercontinental hotel, both on the malecon; [url]http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=802680[/url] scroll down (some of the photos are from years ago). ;)
[QUOTE=Princzz;1408597]Are there any CLARO stores around Jaraqua Hotel? Thank you my friend![/QUOTE][url]http://www.claro.com.do/[/url] and [url]http://www.orange.com.do/web/guest;jsessionid=8D266F511491FED5EE2EB66F8D116224.node02[/url] (google chrome browser will translate web pages).
Orange headquarters in Santo Domingo is a green building with solar panels on the roof; [url]http://portal.bufeo.com/search/galleries/2750/[/url].
[QUOTE=Princzz; 1408977]Hello! And hello to everyone here at ISG.
I will be stating on the Malecon at Jaragua Hotel, and I want to go to Boca Chica for a Day Trip. My questions are:
1. What is the best and least expensive way to get there?
2. Is Boca Chica dangerous and will I be pestered constantly.
3. I look like Shemar Moore so will I be able to blend into the community?
4. How long will it take and is there a specific place for drop off and pickup?
5. What should I do or visit while there?
Thank you my friends![/QUOTE]1. Take taxi to the Boca Chica bus station, and then take the guagua. Cost is negligable. Buses about every half hour.
2. Not really. Probably. If you are approached by pimps tell them to fuck off.
3. Depends on your Spanish and how you dress and act, not whom you look like. You will blend in better if you don't walk around in a basketball uniform with a number on your back like some visitors do. If you want to try to pass as Dominican, you will probably wear slacks and shoes, not shorts and flip flops, but shorts tend to be more comfortable if you are outside in the hot sun.
4. Boca Chica is about 1/2 hour from Santo Domingo. Bus station in SD, and ask a motoconcho to take you to the parada de autobuses de Santo Domingo in Boca Chica, but I think some leave from the central park, so you might ask around.
5. Eat, drink, go to beach, have sex with prostitutes, play poker at the Casino. The only building of any interest is the Villa Florencia, and there is not much else in Boca Chica. However if you get there early, or buy your ticket the previous day, there are a number of all day excursions from Boca Chica, like to Saona Island in a catamaran. These are pretty reasonably priced and you get to meet an assortment of people. The boat crews have female entertainers, and you might get a date.
[QUOTE=Princzz;1409112]PS.should stay in the hotel[/QUOTE]When I travel to a city for the first time, I may sometimes want to stay in a well known major hotel (until I learn the City and am more comfortable in the surroundings there). Jaragua is nice on a few different levels. Its safe, all the taxi drivers know where it is, pros sometimes in and near the casino there. Casino gets a good number of people every night. The pool is nice at the Jaragua.
Close-by are numerous small chica friendly hotels with prices around $50US. Short term rental at the navarro will be less. Cabanas are ten minutes away by taxi. Some venues have rooms on site.
For people just passing through santo domingo, the Jaragua is not a bad place to stop, if you want to take a break from driving. Valet parking in front (so if you have a rental car loaded with luggage and your valuables, it will be safe with the valet guys, they park the car in front of the hotel, have the bulk of your stuff out of sight in the trunk is always advisable).
Jaragua is also a good meeting spot for any online chicas you may have met, easy to say Jaragua Hotel (Ha-Rog-Wa). Just about everyone knows the Jaragua Hotel. Cafe inside which serves coffee and cakes, as well as alcoholic beverages, Champions Sports Bar/Restaurant and Blue bar. More than likely you will have to wait for for amigas to arrive.
[QUOTE=Frannie; 1409179]1. Take taxi to the Boca Chica bus station, and then take the guagua. Cost is negligable. Buses about every half hour.
2. Not really. Probably. If you are approached by pimps tell them to fuck off.
3. Depends on your Spanish and how you dress and act, not whom you look like. You will blend in better if you don't walk around in a basketball uniform with a number on your back like some visitors do. If you want to try to pass as Dominican, you will probably wear slacks and shoes, not shorts and flip flops, but shorts tend to be more comfortable if you are outside in the hot sun.
4. Boca Chica is about 1/2 hour from Santo Domingo. Bus station in SD, and ask a motoconcho to take you to the parada de autobuses de Santo Domingo in Boca Chica, but I think some leave from the central park, so you might ask around.
5. Eat, drink, go to beach, have sex with prostitutes, play poker at the Casino. The only building of any interest is the Villa Florencia, and there is not much else in Boca Chica. However if you get there early, or buy your ticket the previous day, there are a number of all day excursions from Boca Chica, like to Saona Island in a catamaran. These are pretty reasonably priced and you get to meet an assortment of people. The boat crews have female entertainers, and you might get a date.[/QUOTE]Telemicro has a TV Station in front of the park Independencia (good size park) which is adjacent to Zona Colonial and about a 10 minute walk from most Gazcue hotels including the Jaragua. Gua-Guas stop near the telemicro building, which looks like a former hotel. Lots of people walking around there ([url]www.telemicro.com.do[/url]).
Other groups of guas guas (minibus or vans) are stationed off Avenida Mexico and Calle Duarte (just north of Chinatown, just north of Zona Colonial). Would probably be at least a 20 minute walk from the Jaragua Hotel. A taxi would cost probably 150 pesos (about $3.60US) from the Jaragua.
Gua Guas probably run at least every hour from santo domingo to boca chica, for a quicker ride ask for an express. Price is probably around 100 pesos ($2.41US).
Guagua de bocachica a santo domingo; [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqsheIAZ7SI[/url].
From El Conde to Boca is 70 pesos. People are misleading the newbies again. If its your first time in SD and you don't speak any Spanish, don't DO IT. Catch a taxi. Horror stories will be coming if this keeps up, remember Gogo warned you. Newbies, please team up with a vet and let him show you the ropes. All this rhetoric about SD being perfect for non Spanish speaking guys is crazy.
[QUOTE=Princzz;1409104]Really? How precious?[/QUOTE]About 4 years ago now, I've seen a tourist policeman shoot a subdued chain snatcher in the back. They cops apprehended 2 chain snatchers (they had just stolen the jewelry of off 2 female tourists).1 robber was handcuffed and the other was on the ground with the policeman's foot on his back. There were 2 cops as well. They took the girls jewelry out of the pockets of one of the robbers and they victims left with the other cop, probably to fill out some paperwork or something. One cop was left with 2 criminals and the one without the handcuffs, was complaining about the cop stepping on him, after a short while the policeman put 2 rounds into him. Apparently he was dead.
I have some cop friends down in DR and I was told that certain tourist areas a free fire zones, where the police will not be questioned if they open fire on robbers. I've also seen armed security on resorts and have been told they have permission to open fire on criminals.
Don't know if it's true but I saw the incident near el conde, and have been told this by some police as well.
2 lines are open, webpage with photos of the construction, trains and a station; [url]http://www.santo-domingo-live.com/santo-domingo/metro-santo-domingo.html[/url].
I got a haircut and a manicure was charged 50 bucks. I reported to the tourist police 15 minutes later the guy is in hand cuffs on his way to jail.
[QUOTE=Cagep1967; 1409203]About 4 years ago now, I've seen a tourist policeman shoot a subdued chain snatcher in the back. They cops apprehended 2 chain snatchers (they had just stolen the jewelry of off 2 female tourists).1 robber was handcuffed and the other was on the ground with the policeman's foot on his back. There were 2 cops as well. They took the girls jewelry out of the pockets of one of the robbers and they victims left with the other cop, probably to fill out some paperwork or something. One cop was left with 2 criminals and the one without the handcuffs, was complaining about the cop stepping on him, after a short while the policeman put 2 rounds into him. Apparently he was dead.
I have some cop friends down in DR and I was told that certain tourist areas a free fire zones, where the police will not be questioned if they open fire on robbers. I've also seen armed security on resorts and have been told they have permission to open fire on criminals.
Don't know if it's true but I saw the incident near el conde, and have been told this by some police as well.[/QUOTE]
I want to rent a rental car on my next trip and I was going to use Kayak or Orbitz. My question is if I prepay this way will they try to make me pay again at the airport? I know that sounds crazy but I just don't trust things in the DR based on my experience. Will I just be able to show my cc and just go?
[QUOTE=Showdown;1409260]I want to rent a rental car on my next trip and I was going to use Kayak or Orbitz. My question is if I prepay this way will they try to make me pay again at the airport? I know that sounds crazy but I just don't trust things in the DR based on my experience. Will I just be able to show my cc and just go?[/QUOTE]I've seen them decline the prepay from the online services, and they always refuse to accept the prepaid insurance.
When are you going, I have a friend that works at AVIS and I will ask him if they accept those prepaid services. Some of the car companies themselves offer that service.