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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

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    Maybe, but walking along the semi-lighted streets in that area of town feels a bit dicey/dodgy for a tourist, I would imagine.

    Why not take a moto?



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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmydr View Post
    Why not take a moto?
    I for one don't do Motos.... one wreck & it could be all over.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by Gutter Meat View Post
    I for one don't do Motos.... one wreck & it could be all over.

    Better than getting mugged on a dark street.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    I think someone here advanced the notion that married or otherwise committed guys avoid motos because they can’ run the risk of being injured in a place they shouldn’t be.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by The Sage View Post
    I think someone here advanced the notion that married or otherwise committed guys avoid motos because they can’ run the risk of being injured in a place they shouldn’t be.

    You get a guy you know and trust and you will be fine.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    You think like a vet. What we’re talking about here are amateurs doing something they shouldn’t be doing. They tend not to think with a clear head.


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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Moto’s would work. Taking motos for going several blocks from restaurant to bar and to apartment or hotel... works...some think it fun, some think it dangerous and some think it a burden... unless that part of town develops it will still seem a bit dicy at night for the average guy...

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by jose1234 View Post
    Moto’s would work. Taking motos for going several blocks from restaurant to bar and to apartment or hotel... works...some think it fun, some think it dangerous and some think it a burden... unless that part of town develops it will still seem a bit dicy at night for the average guy...

    I took them to the airport and Caberete.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by jose1234 View Post
    Moto’s would work. Taking motos for going several blocks from restaurant to bar and to apartment or hotel... works...some think it fun, some think it dangerous and some think it a burden... unless that part of town develops it will still seem a bit dicy at night for the average guy...
    Speaking as a guy who once rode a moto from the Malecon in PP to the Texaco in Sosua, hey...it was a bigger bike, a quiet ride and a comfy seat.........for 400 pesos, I just tell the guy ,"Amigo, despacio por favor, no accidente", and he always says, "No problemo"!

    But I don't mind walking either and if the nightlife in general was to migrate to that end of town, then those streets won't be dark and empty at all and walking back to your room, particularly if staying on that end, I would think wouldn't be much of a problem.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Smooth View Post
    Speaking as a guy who once rode a moto from the Malecon in PP to the Texaco in Sosua, hey...it was a bigger bike, a quiet ride and a comfy seat.........for 400 pesos, I just tell the guy ,"Amigo, despacio por favor, no accidente", and he always says, "No problemo"!

    I may have done that once as well.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Practically it's no fun, not only because it adds 500 pesos to the evening (me there, me and chica from there, plus she wants to get there back on ST), but also because the strip offers the opportunity to loiter, walk around, meet friends, munch, go back to your hotel or condo and come back fast, etc. I don't want to be driven to some destination in the boondocks like Casino Playa Chicita and stay there all the evening. Give me my best 100 yards the Caribbean back!
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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

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    Yes but i hear part of the mayors grand plan is the installation of brand new street lights with Red bulbs that way we will know exactly where the Red Light District is.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by questner View Post
    Practically it's no fun, not only because it adds 500 pesos to the evening (me there, me and chica from there, plus she wants to get there back on ST), but also because the strip offers the opportunity to loiter, walk around, meet friends, munch, go back to your hotel or condo and come back fast, etc. I don't want to be driven to some destination in the boondocks like Casino Playa Chicita and stay there all the evening. Give me my best 100 yards the Caribbean back!

    Like everything, new mongers will arrive and it will be their new normal.


    Since I started going in 1997 and stopped in 2006, nothing now, looks like my Sosua looked like.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmydr View Post
    Like everything, new mongers will arrive and it will be their new normal.

    Since I started going in 1997 and stopped in 2006, nothing now, looks like my Sosua looked like.
    My "history" in Sosua started in 2010, and ended in 2015, IIRC, when I left the North Coast in favor of Boca Chica.

    I'm getting ready for a return, with a Blackbeard's booking for Dec 16-21 ... and I might bail out of "The Petting Zoo," Dec 18-21.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmydr View Post
    Like everything, new mongers will arrive and it will be their new normal.


    Since I started going in 1997 and stopped in 2006, nothing now, looks like my Sosua looked like.

    What caused you to stop going to Sosua and how come you never returned in 13 years?

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmydr View Post
    Better than getting mugged on a dark street.
    If I had to pick between getting mugged on a dark street or a moto concho wreck I'll take getting mugged.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua



    There are other options.

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by questner View Post
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    There are other options.


    Yep and its as cheap or cheaper to fly to Thailand right now as it is to fly to POP

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by j_d66 View Post
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    Yep and its as cheap or cheaper to fly to Thailand right now as it is to fly to POP
    Exactly!

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    Re: 07/2019 - Current situation in Sosua

    Quote Originally Posted by Westy View Post
    My "history" in Sosua started in 2010, and ended in 2015, IIRC, when I left the North Coast in favor of Boca Chica.

    I'm getting ready for a return, with a Blackbeard's booking for Dec 16-21 ... and I might bail out of "The Petting Zoo," Dec 18-21.

    I spent two hours there once. It was 90 minutes too much.

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