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 ]

Thanks for sharing.  It is a good place for a civvie vacation.  Have heard that the mongering side of things is a shadow of how it used to be.  How much did you spend for the WG's, and how long?

Yes, indeed I was also told that mongering in Sosua is a shadow of what it used to be. Apparently, it is due to politics. They are building a port for cruise ships in neighboring Puerto Plata, and they assumed that the RLD would be a nuisance for business. So, they are closing some mongering venues.

My wingman told me that he liked a club called Samba, Brazil, but was shut down a year ago, and the German owner thrown in jail. So, many other clubs like it shut down soon after. Apparently, they have a decent German community there, which settled in Sosua around WW2 time frame. I noticed them too, as I had my afternoon coffee at a German owned coffee shop, serving German cakes and pastry. it was run by a husband and wife, very polite and friendly. Chatted with them in German a little bit, with my limited German.

As for pricing, I only did ST, and the range was 1,500 to 2,500 DR pesos, equivalent to around $34/$55 US dollars. Once I met a chick, I decided on the offer based on her looks and personality, either towards the low end or high end of the range. Since it was low season, most girls were happy just to get a customer and I did not have to do much negotiation.

My hotel, Terra Linda,  was girl friendly, as were all hotels on the RLD strip apparently. It was also no more than 50 meters from the strip. Most girls were OK to walk despite wearing high heels.

I should also add that we really enjoyed our time at the beach. Unlike many other beach rich countries, street vendors are not allowed to bother tourists. They have shops lined up throughout the beach, and you just raise your hand if you want anything. Everything was relatively inexpensive.

[ Last edited by  lefeu at 8-7-2016 01:10 ]