country roads
07-15-2007, 02:51 PM
In order to save money on airfare, I took a $350 flight into Santo Domingo from Dulles (that being the closest airport to West Virginia) with a final destination of Sosua.
This saved me about $200 off of the airfare into POP. My plan seemed like a good idea at the time, to save a little money and see some other parts of the DR, but in the end I essentially wasted 2 nights and 1 day, and much of the money that I saved was frittered away on expensive lodging, taxis, and casas.
I arrived in SDQ around 8 pm on July 3. It was an expensive ride ($35 US) from the airport to the Zona Colonial. No doubt I could have gotten it for less had I known the true price. I checked into my hotel, the Mercure, had a mediocre pizza with my very first Presidente, and went to La Base. The taxi fare from Mercure to La Base was 200 pesos.
La Base is a little like Hooters in the U.S.: many buxom waitresses in revealing attire. There was also a live band. I had heard that there were semi-professionals to be had, but, while I did see many beautiful women, both staff and customers, it was all business with the staff and all of the female customers were accompanied by men.
After that I caught a cab to the Hotel Jaragua. It was 300 pesos. I'm sure that is 150 too much. I walked to the rear of the hotel, and was immediately set upon by a vicious gang of ugly prostitutes who no doubt wanted to rape me. I disentangled myself, protecting my nuts with one hand and my money with the other, and hurried away. A tout then accosted me and wanted to take me to a casa. He took me to Lapsus, but it looked small, and I wasn't interested in going in with him since I didn't want to get charged extra. I told him no, maybe later. Then he said he would take me to Girls House. That is where I was interested in going, and I heard they had a flat 2,500 pesos fee, so I said ok.
Girls house has an iron gate that was still open (it was about 11:30) when I got there. I went inside and once again had several hookers latch onto me and try to drag me away, but they smelled nicer and looked better than the ones in the street. One spoke English, but I wanted to look around a little more so I asked for a line up.
They asked where I wanted to do it. I went over and sat on a couch and about a dozen girls came over. It was a little dark in the casa and their clothes definitely made them look much better than they ever would naked, plus they were very forward, pawing at me and pulling on me, so it was very difficult to choose. In my limited Spanish, I said that I liked a girl who kisses and allowed photos. They all started to make kissing sounds and pose for imaginary photos.
The price for everyone was 2,500 short time.
Finally, I settled on Rosy. I thought that she was the girl who had first accosted me when I came in, but I ran into that girl again while I was waiting for Rosy to get ready. Oh, well, maybe next time.
As soon as Rosy was ready we went outside for a cab. It was after 12:00 and they had closed the gate, but there were still people trying to choose a hooker through the gate. Good luck. It was hard enough to choose them inside. The tout who had led me to the casa was still waiting and wanted 1,000 pesos for his services. I told him to fuck off. He said a few hundred for his kids. I said fuck them to. Finally I handed him 50 pesos as we were driving off.
Rosy couldn't wait. We started to fondle and kiss in the cab. But the cab driver was an idiot and could not find my hotel. I had to give him directions. I guess I was doing pretty well to give directions in Spanish after midnight in a city I had never visited before. But, the Zona Colonial is really not that large and we soon arrived at Mercure. Incidentally, the Hard Rock Café is only a block or two from the Mercure, no doubt there are chicas who can be picked up there, maybe if I am ever stuck in Santo Domingo again I will give it a shot.
When it came time to disembark at my hotel, the cab driver asked for 25. So I gave him 50 pesos and asked for change. He got all pissed off and said it is $25 US. I told him to get fucked. Rosy took another hundred from my hand and gave it to him and we hopped out. The guy at the desk went to charge me for a guest (it is $6 US for a guest) but I reminded him that I had reserved a room for two and he said ok. Then it was off to the races.
Rosy was a great kisser, and we continued to kiss in the elevator, hall, etc. Foreplay was very long and very nice. However, when I had her roll over for a little doggy, it seemed she may not have washed too good, so I had her roll over again and we did it missionary. Afterwards, she was very photogenic, and allowed me several shots in the shower and on the bed. Then she got dressed, gave me her phone number, asked me to call her again, and I walked her to the lobby. For some reason there was someone else waiting for the elevator at 2 in the morning, but she continued to giggle and fuck around in the elevator.
The next day I had a mediocre breakfast buffet (free with the room) but with free refills on coffee which is all I really care about. Total damage for the Mercure was 150 pesos for a big water bottle from the minibar, 320 for dinner, and 2,660 for the room.
It was a 250 pesos taxi ride to Caribe Tours. The cab driver was very helpful, just about talked my ears off in the cab, walked with me to the window to get my ticket, and made sure I got on the right bus.
Santo Domingo was expensive and a waste of time compared to Sosua, so I don't think I'll fly into SDQ again if I can help it.
I'll follow up with a Sosua report later.
This saved me about $200 off of the airfare into POP. My plan seemed like a good idea at the time, to save a little money and see some other parts of the DR, but in the end I essentially wasted 2 nights and 1 day, and much of the money that I saved was frittered away on expensive lodging, taxis, and casas.
I arrived in SDQ around 8 pm on July 3. It was an expensive ride ($35 US) from the airport to the Zona Colonial. No doubt I could have gotten it for less had I known the true price. I checked into my hotel, the Mercure, had a mediocre pizza with my very first Presidente, and went to La Base. The taxi fare from Mercure to La Base was 200 pesos.
La Base is a little like Hooters in the U.S.: many buxom waitresses in revealing attire. There was also a live band. I had heard that there were semi-professionals to be had, but, while I did see many beautiful women, both staff and customers, it was all business with the staff and all of the female customers were accompanied by men.
After that I caught a cab to the Hotel Jaragua. It was 300 pesos. I'm sure that is 150 too much. I walked to the rear of the hotel, and was immediately set upon by a vicious gang of ugly prostitutes who no doubt wanted to rape me. I disentangled myself, protecting my nuts with one hand and my money with the other, and hurried away. A tout then accosted me and wanted to take me to a casa. He took me to Lapsus, but it looked small, and I wasn't interested in going in with him since I didn't want to get charged extra. I told him no, maybe later. Then he said he would take me to Girls House. That is where I was interested in going, and I heard they had a flat 2,500 pesos fee, so I said ok.
Girls house has an iron gate that was still open (it was about 11:30) when I got there. I went inside and once again had several hookers latch onto me and try to drag me away, but they smelled nicer and looked better than the ones in the street. One spoke English, but I wanted to look around a little more so I asked for a line up.
They asked where I wanted to do it. I went over and sat on a couch and about a dozen girls came over. It was a little dark in the casa and their clothes definitely made them look much better than they ever would naked, plus they were very forward, pawing at me and pulling on me, so it was very difficult to choose. In my limited Spanish, I said that I liked a girl who kisses and allowed photos. They all started to make kissing sounds and pose for imaginary photos.
The price for everyone was 2,500 short time.
Finally, I settled on Rosy. I thought that she was the girl who had first accosted me when I came in, but I ran into that girl again while I was waiting for Rosy to get ready. Oh, well, maybe next time.
As soon as Rosy was ready we went outside for a cab. It was after 12:00 and they had closed the gate, but there were still people trying to choose a hooker through the gate. Good luck. It was hard enough to choose them inside. The tout who had led me to the casa was still waiting and wanted 1,000 pesos for his services. I told him to fuck off. He said a few hundred for his kids. I said fuck them to. Finally I handed him 50 pesos as we were driving off.
Rosy couldn't wait. We started to fondle and kiss in the cab. But the cab driver was an idiot and could not find my hotel. I had to give him directions. I guess I was doing pretty well to give directions in Spanish after midnight in a city I had never visited before. But, the Zona Colonial is really not that large and we soon arrived at Mercure. Incidentally, the Hard Rock Café is only a block or two from the Mercure, no doubt there are chicas who can be picked up there, maybe if I am ever stuck in Santo Domingo again I will give it a shot.
When it came time to disembark at my hotel, the cab driver asked for 25. So I gave him 50 pesos and asked for change. He got all pissed off and said it is $25 US. I told him to get fucked. Rosy took another hundred from my hand and gave it to him and we hopped out. The guy at the desk went to charge me for a guest (it is $6 US for a guest) but I reminded him that I had reserved a room for two and he said ok. Then it was off to the races.
Rosy was a great kisser, and we continued to kiss in the elevator, hall, etc. Foreplay was very long and very nice. However, when I had her roll over for a little doggy, it seemed she may not have washed too good, so I had her roll over again and we did it missionary. Afterwards, she was very photogenic, and allowed me several shots in the shower and on the bed. Then she got dressed, gave me her phone number, asked me to call her again, and I walked her to the lobby. For some reason there was someone else waiting for the elevator at 2 in the morning, but she continued to giggle and fuck around in the elevator.
The next day I had a mediocre breakfast buffet (free with the room) but with free refills on coffee which is all I really care about. Total damage for the Mercure was 150 pesos for a big water bottle from the minibar, 320 for dinner, and 2,660 for the room.
It was a 250 pesos taxi ride to Caribe Tours. The cab driver was very helpful, just about talked my ears off in the cab, walked with me to the window to get my ticket, and made sure I got on the right bus.
Santo Domingo was expensive and a waste of time compared to Sosua, so I don't think I'll fly into SDQ again if I can help it.
I'll follow up with a Sosua report later.