[Dominican Republic][Sosua]
I spent 5 days in Sosua, Dominican Republic (DR) this past June, it has been on my todo list for a while.
The DR ended up being more of a vacation than a mongering trip for me. The vast majority of the working girls I came across were overweight and darker skin, not my cup of tea. Finding a slim girl was like looking for a needle in a haystack. I managed to find 4 over the course of 5 days. Yet, when I went to Buenos Aires (BA), Argentina back in 2011, I was more impressed with DR girls working there. This time, the few attractive girls I saw were civies at the beach. I struck up a conversation with one of them but she was with her family and nothing came out of it. There were also quite a few working girls from Haiti, a neighboring country. They were very aggressive in asking for drinks and tips. The main language is Spanish, which I can converse in, but most working girls speak some English, as their main customers from the east coast of the USA.
June was low season for the DR. The Red Light District (RLD) consisted of a corner with quite a few bars and discos. Sosua is a small town and everything is within walking distance, think Pattaya. They do have taxis with motorcycles. Their money is the DR pesos, and just like with every new country I go to, I had one hell of a time managing my change. Any small bills I had tended to disappear first and rather quickly, then the challenge of getting some change. Typical 3rd world problem. I tried going inside banks to get change but the line was just too long. I tend to use mostly ATMs and they give mostly large bills.
However, it was a nice relaxing vacation. DR is at the southern tip of Cuba, next door to Haiti and fairly close to Puerto Rico. Hence, this felt like a Caribbean vacation. The people were very friendly and nice, smiling the whole time. The food was excellent and they have 2 nice beaches. We spent 3 or 4 hours at the beach every day. But boy, folks are noisy there. They do everything in a loud way, talk loud, play music loud, but still friendly. I did not see beggars on the street, only kids selling fruits.
I included some pics that I took.
[ Last edited by yazoo at 5-7-2016 00:21 ] | |
