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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    What's the latest in Sosua? Anything open past 10pm?

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

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    What's the latest in Sosua? Anything open past 10pm?
    From Blackbeard's latest newsletter:

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    Beginning 19 April 2021 through 16 May 2021: As part of the continued state of emergency all Dominicans and tourists will be subject to a curfew from Monday – Friday: 10:00 PM – 5:00 AM and Saturday – Sunday: 9:00 PM – 5:00 AM.
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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by Gutter Meat View Post
    What's the latest in Sosua? Anything open past 10pm?
    Ahnvee, Coco Bar, Casino, Caribbean Diamond, Europa inside bar, CopaCabana, and Las Palmaras all open after hours.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Any action as the car wash? (El Flow - new location)

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

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    Any action as the car wash? (El Flow - new location)

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Just read on the DR1 news feed that the President got vaccinated and that 2 million more vaccines arrived from China and would be distributed to the population in the coming days and weeks. I believe it was Hunter who mentioned that of all the countries we primarily like to go, it really does appear that the DomRep has their act together and will be the best bet for going overseas and enjoying doing what we like to do. It wouldn't surprise me if the DR moved to eliminate the curfews after this current extended time period has passed, and certainly by the end of June.

    Seeing the number of bars that are already staying open late, as well as the recent youtube vids of Sosua and the beach I've been seeing from a variety of 'tubers, maybe the time has come to rediscover the place with a renewed spirited attitude and positive outlook, after being denied for so long in our desire to travel.

    Just maybe this Caribbean island country that so many either had moved on from, or had long ago put on the backburner for some shiny new spot, will be the lead dog that brings us back to where it all began for so many, and create a whole slew of new experiences and memories in the next phase of our travels.

    I can't wait to touch down again toward the end of next month. Haven't tasted a Presidente in a year and a half. I'm long overdue.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Hope they open the jabs to non-residents, and I mean Haitians, because likely they don't do it now, and the curfew has to go. I'm less optimistic with when everything normalizes, we can take a guessed poll.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Not sure how accurate it is but the DR is said to have contracted for 19.45 million doses for the DR which they claim is enough to cover almost 90% of the population


    https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-d...the-caribbean/

    If it actually happens they should be able to get pretty good coverage

    Jamaica only has contracted coverage for about 16% of the population
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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Smooth View Post
    Just read on the DR1 news feed that the President got vaccinated and that 2 million more vaccines arrived from China and would be distributed to the population in the coming days and weeks. I believe it was Hunter who mentioned that of all the countries we primarily like to go, it really does appear that the DomRep has their act together and will be the best bet for going overseas and enjoying doing what we like to do. It wouldn't surprise me if the DR moved to eliminate the curfews after this current extended time period has passed, and certainly by the end of June.

    Seeing the number of bars that are already staying open late, as well as the recent youtube vids of Sosua and the beach I've been seeing from a variety of 'tubers, maybe the time has come to rediscover the place with a renewed spirited attitude and positive outlook, after being denied for so long in our desire to travel.

    Just maybe this Caribbean island country that so many either had moved on from, or had long ago put on the backburner for some shiny new spot, will be the lead dog that brings us back to where it all began for so many, and create a whole slew of new experiences and memories in the next phase of our travels.

    I can't wait to touch down again toward the end of next month. Haven't tasted a Presidente in a year and a half. I'm long overdue.

    Among other things!
    My advice would be to definitely keep an open mind because Sosua will never be like what you remember.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by psriches View Post
    My advice would be to definitely keep an open mind because Sosua will never be like what you remember.

    I agree

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by psriches View Post
    My advice would be to definitely keep an open mind because Sosua will never be like what you remember.
    Yes, totally understand. But what place WILL be like we remember? Certainly not Pattaya. Or Angeles City. Jamaica? Most likely not, even SeaWeed has seen a difference. Can't speak to Columbia as I've never been, but I have to figure there as well to a certain extent.

    But as long as there are venues where alcohol is served and where men and women can mingle, dance, flirt, negotiate......then things in the end will work out. There is always more than one path to take to reach your destination.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    All the countries decline usually to wars, demographics and moral degradation.

    Dom Rep is borrowing beyond the means, has not yet seriously changed abortion laws but on the path to change them. As long as poverty, greed and population growth exist, things should remain as they were in the past.

    As long as Sosua's main public beach remains unspoiled by construction, there will be enough space to have good time.

    Waiting until they drop the curfew and at least a couple of hooker night time venues are opened, doesn't matter which part of the city.

    As for next 6 months there isn't much visibility: Colombia has a very rough time now, Thailand has unrealistic entry requirements, Brazil is very uneven because of the malady.

    So, overall I'm in the camp of things will normalize, return to the mean , and nothing will change. The more things change the more they remain the same. And sometimes, for things to remains the same, something have to change.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Smooth View Post
    Can't speak to Columbia as I've never been, but I have to figure there as well to a certain extent.

    But as long as there are venues where alcohol is served and where men and women can mingle, dance, flirt, negotiate......then things in the end will work out.
    My biggest concern post-pandemic when it comes to Medellin is the closure of casa's and strip clubs. We already lost Fase Dos and New Life, 2 of the most well-known, and what I assume to be most lucrative spots in that city. The pandemic has accelerated the strip club decline, especially up here in Canada.

    More and more stuff is moving to online such as IG, Tinder, and SA. I'm personally a fan of the 'ground game', but I also realize that may be significantly reduced when I return to Colombia.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by madvillian View Post
    My biggest concern post-pandemic when it comes to Medellin is the closure of casa's and strip clubs. We already lost Fase Dos and New Life, 2 of the most well-known, and what I assume to be most lucrative spots in that city. The pandemic has accelerated the strip club decline, especially up here in Canada.
    Two places I stopped going to long ago

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Do you have to be in a vehicle during the free transit time from 10pm to midnight or it's fine to be on foot walking through town?

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by Gutter Meat View Post
    Do you have to be in a vehicle during the free transit time from 10pm to midnight or it's fine to be on foot walking through town?

    You can be on foot.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by daddyooo View Post
    You can be on foot.
    Plus if you are at Ahvee and past curfew transit time and didnt want to pull a hardcore there are bandit motos outside. Can save yourself money over the 500 peso taxi mafia...I dont get the feeling cops are stopping motos at night but you are taking risk vs taxis...

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by psriches View Post
    Ahnvee, Coco Bar, Casino, Caribbean Diamond, Europa inside bar, CopaCabana, and Las Palmaras all open after hours.
    Quote Originally Posted by Hunter View Post
    Plus if you are at Ahvee and past curfew transit time and didnt want to pull a hardcore there are bandit motos outside. Can save yourself money over the 500 peso taxi mafia...I dont get the feeling cops are stopping motos at night but you are taking risk vs taxis...
    If ALL these bars are open past the curfew closing times, then I would think the cops weren't all that concerned about enforcing it. And those motos know these places are open too. You think they would leave all that potential income for the taxi guys? There couldn't possibly be enough taxis available to handle all the customers out and about in all these venues, are there?

    Plus all the chicas that need to get home to PP, Montellano, etc....emptyhanded!

    Just wondering.

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    Re: 07/2020 - Current situation in Sosua - with Covid

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Smooth View Post
    If ALL these bars are open past the curfew closing times, then I would think the cops weren't all that concerned about enforcing it. And those motos know these places are open too. You think they would leave all that potential income for the taxi guys? There couldn't possibly be enough taxis available to handle all the customers out and about in all these venues, are there?

    Plus all the chicas that need to get home to PP, Montellano, etc....emptyhanded!

    Just wondering.

    Most of those places are a non issue

    Europa inside bar. Coco, Las Palmaras aren't getting more than 10 total customers after hours.
    Copa maybe a few more but that's really more of a local bar
    Only the Casino and Ahnvee can handle lots of people and you have to be at Ahnvee prior to curfew to get in anyway unless you chose to stay there

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