Bug Boy
02-08-2005, 08:10 PM
I don't how many guys have been following this thread on DR1, but RickToronto (Grande Pollo) posted an update on the Boca Chica scene.
If you are "looking to go to clubs and get blasted" you may be shit out of luck, but if you only want cheap "whorehouse" sex and you have some phone numbers, I am sure there bargains to be had [Half-off Sale: Zanzibar (former) waitresses for under RD$1,000!] :D
-Helpmann
Boca Update
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Here is a report from my friend - I am posting it so you have no idea who he is. I would hate to own a hotel or restaurant other than an AI right now.
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I've just returned (February 7) from the worst trip ever to Boca Chica. I've probably gone over 100 times in the last 14 years and all the reasons I originally went, no longer exist. In no particular order:
Drinking (one of my favorite pastimes) : Before going on this trip I knew all but one of the bars would be closed. So I knew I would drinking from sundown to sunup would probably not be an option. Although I knew the prices have more than tripled from yesteryear, I hoped that there would be some action at my last remaining bar. Sadly, there was none. Only a few of the local Germans. No chicas, no hard drinking tourists, nobody!!
Women (another one of my favorite pastimes): In the past I appreciated and enjoyed spending time with all the different women in the area. From the professionals (Doctors, Lawyers) to the perpetual college students (some in their early thirties) to the part-timers to the professionals (ladies of the night, although many times it was during the day). I tried to stay away from the massage parlors and whore houses, which they seem to have added at least a dozen more of in the last two years.
On this trip most of the out-of-town chicas were truly out of town. There were few around during the day and fewer at night. Most of the locals that I knew and had asked to come to the hotel were afraid to come out at night. They were afraid they would be arrested. They would only come during the day-time.
One evening I was walking arm-in-arm with a young women and we were accosted by the police (the National Police, not the Politur) in a shiny new police car. When they asked for her cedula and she said that it was back at the hotel (where they require it for her to enter the hotel) they proceeded to grab her from my arms. When I resisted (It breaks my heart to see any girl dragged away, let alone one whom was on the street at my request), they became very agitated. If it was for the help of a few local men and my persistence, I don't know what would have happened.
Beaches: While Boca Chica never boasted pristine white beaches, the beaches have eroded to the point where it is difficult to take a long stroll. On every trip there seems to add more and more local vendors and Hatians offering you a massage. It seems like you can spend much of you day saying "Gracias, No".
Dining: There were a few restaurants that had good food at reasonable prices. Unfortunately everyone raised their prices when the peso hit RD50 to US1. When the peso recovered they never lowered their prices. They don't even try to hide that fact. If you look at the menus at Italy-Italy and the Swiss fondue place, you will see a second column of numbers that has been covered up. If you lift up the paper, you will see the prices in US dollars. For example, an item with a price of RD500 will have a price of US10. Since you have to pay in pesos (remember they covered up the price in USD) you will no pay the equivalent of about US18. That's 80% higher than when they raised the prices last year.
I think it's time to say good-bye to Boca Chica. I hear Sosua is similar to what Boca Chica used to be.
If you are "looking to go to clubs and get blasted" you may be shit out of luck, but if you only want cheap "whorehouse" sex and you have some phone numbers, I am sure there bargains to be had [Half-off Sale: Zanzibar (former) waitresses for under RD$1,000!] :D
-Helpmann
Boca Update
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Here is a report from my friend - I am posting it so you have no idea who he is. I would hate to own a hotel or restaurant other than an AI right now.
------------------------------------------------
I've just returned (February 7) from the worst trip ever to Boca Chica. I've probably gone over 100 times in the last 14 years and all the reasons I originally went, no longer exist. In no particular order:
Drinking (one of my favorite pastimes) : Before going on this trip I knew all but one of the bars would be closed. So I knew I would drinking from sundown to sunup would probably not be an option. Although I knew the prices have more than tripled from yesteryear, I hoped that there would be some action at my last remaining bar. Sadly, there was none. Only a few of the local Germans. No chicas, no hard drinking tourists, nobody!!
Women (another one of my favorite pastimes): In the past I appreciated and enjoyed spending time with all the different women in the area. From the professionals (Doctors, Lawyers) to the perpetual college students (some in their early thirties) to the part-timers to the professionals (ladies of the night, although many times it was during the day). I tried to stay away from the massage parlors and whore houses, which they seem to have added at least a dozen more of in the last two years.
On this trip most of the out-of-town chicas were truly out of town. There were few around during the day and fewer at night. Most of the locals that I knew and had asked to come to the hotel were afraid to come out at night. They were afraid they would be arrested. They would only come during the day-time.
One evening I was walking arm-in-arm with a young women and we were accosted by the police (the National Police, not the Politur) in a shiny new police car. When they asked for her cedula and she said that it was back at the hotel (where they require it for her to enter the hotel) they proceeded to grab her from my arms. When I resisted (It breaks my heart to see any girl dragged away, let alone one whom was on the street at my request), they became very agitated. If it was for the help of a few local men and my persistence, I don't know what would have happened.
Beaches: While Boca Chica never boasted pristine white beaches, the beaches have eroded to the point where it is difficult to take a long stroll. On every trip there seems to add more and more local vendors and Hatians offering you a massage. It seems like you can spend much of you day saying "Gracias, No".
Dining: There were a few restaurants that had good food at reasonable prices. Unfortunately everyone raised their prices when the peso hit RD50 to US1. When the peso recovered they never lowered their prices. They don't even try to hide that fact. If you look at the menus at Italy-Italy and the Swiss fondue place, you will see a second column of numbers that has been covered up. If you lift up the paper, you will see the prices in US dollars. For example, an item with a price of RD500 will have a price of US10. Since you have to pay in pesos (remember they covered up the price in USD) you will no pay the equivalent of about US18. That's 80% higher than when they raised the prices last year.
I think it's time to say good-bye to Boca Chica. I hear Sosua is similar to what Boca Chica used to be.