Heres my stab at kind of a trip report:
I was in Sosua for the week of Thanksgiving and spent a couple of afternoons hanging out on the Malecon in Puerto Plata. There are a couple of english speaking restaurants and bars down by the fort end of the Malecon, one is called Tam Tam and the other is named Pizzeria Barco which is run by a guy named Hans. One day when I wanted to take a tour of POP Hans hooked me up with an official POP tour guide, these guys actually work for the city as tourist guides and helpers, they wear light blue shirts with name tags. I told Hans that I needed an english speaking guide and he called up Mannie to take me around. Mannie was the best! He took me into places in POP that I would have never gone on my own, and once I let him know that I might also be interested in some chica tail he took me to all the neighborhoods where the chicas live. Mannie took me all thru POP, Costambar, Cofressi, San Marcos, et al. Caught part of a baseball game towards the end of the day and he even offered to take me to a cock fight if I wanted. Mannie was the best tour guide I could have gotten for POP and since he's paid by the city his services would have been free but I gave him 500 pesos anyway for his time and advice.
And the advice he gave was that away from Sosua and in POP the Dominican men usually pay no more than 300 - 500 pesos for pussy and that I, a tourist, should not let a chica in POP charge me more than 1000 pesos. His advice was dead on too, I got away with 800 - 1000 pesos each for the 3 chicas I snatched up out of POP along with spending another 500 pesos for the 4 hour cabanas on the west side of town.
Hanging out in POP the couple of afternoons and evenings that I did was time well spent.
Mannie doesn't have a car so you'll need to have a rental or something but here is his cell number if you want to get in touch with him once you get there:
Mannie the tour guide
829-532-3597
That was my 10th trip or so to Sosua but my first time hanging out over in POP, I'd been to BBs and been thru POP several times but had never stopped on the Malecon to sit and people watch. It seems that quite a few expats hang out over at Tam Tam and Pizzeria Barcos.
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