Friends
I was in Boca Chica between 18-22 Dec 2006. Here is a quick update on our ISOC favourite El Caucho.
Prior to my trip, based on advice from one of my friends on WSG, I reserved a room at Costa Lunga, a full 15 days before. Their email on bocachicabeach.net did not work, so I called and made a reservation. I was not sure how much they understood and all that... So I called few days later and I was told that the room is in my name etc.. I was impressed.
Then I got to reading all articles about El Caucho and about Abbey and Frank. I was impressed by how they treat ISOC members and their trouble with Italian land lady etc.. Having learned that they are back in business...I really wanted to help them out by choosing to stay at El Caucho than at Costa Lunga! ..Welll that proved to be a big mistake!
When I decided to stay at El Caucho, I called and left a voicemail for Franceso..He never called back.. I also sent them a email using the latest address on their website.. I got a response from Francesco..( See below)
Hello, hope you are well, sorry I missed your call.....my phone doesn't ring when charging battery. However, I confirm all your requests (room + airport pickup)..... I hope I will be able to come to the airport as well to welcoming you.
In the mean time...take care of yourself and see you on the 18th.
Best regards,
Francesco
When I saw the email, I was flattered to learn that Francesco was going to come and recieve me personally!..
So I was on Delta to DR on 12/18/2006. Delta serves the crappiest food I have ever eaten on a plane on that route. I arrived at SDQ and kept looking for a driver with my name on a card!.. After spending 1 hour I got tired and rented a local cab and went to El Caucho.
There was a skinny receptionist and weird buzzboy in the office. When I mentioned about my reservation, the skinny one acted like a dope and said there were no rooms for me. I insisted that Francesco made a reservation and she tried calling Frank and got no response. She finally said she will give me a room and told that weirdo buzzboy to take me to a room. He showed me a room and it looked like a dump. I did not like it... The skinny one kept looking at computer..I was thinking that the hotel was totally filled up with guests and they are finding it very hard to accomodate me and the reality was that there were no guest ready rooms to allocate. There were 4 guests at the hotel including me. I was thinking of taking a cab back to Cost Lunga but was not willing to do so as it might hurt Frank and Abbey.(I did not know at this point that Frank and Abbey were no longer associated with El Caucho). The skinny one talks with weirdo in Spanish and he takes me to two other rooms and I did not like them. By the time I came back I see a change in skinny's attitude. Looks like Frank had talked with this one and she told the weirdo to take me to another room..The room looked ok with AC, and two refrigerators and no safe deposit box. So I asked skinny about safe deposit box and she said she will get it by tomorrow. (I kind of had a Plan B for a situation like this and had brougt a suitcase with built in lock.) I said ok and checked into the room. The weirdo would not even get my suitcase. I have to mention one bizzare incident here. While I was going through this hassle with skinny one at the office room, the weirdo got a hammer from somewhere and kept banging at a locked room leading from office to the back of the office. It was so noisy and he kept on doing it while I was trying hard to negotiate with the skinny one.
After I checked into room, I realized that both the refrigerators dont work. There was a big crack in front wooden door and anybody could see into bedroom action. The time was almost 4pm and I really wanted to go out and get a chica and fuck.
The safe deposit box never came .. I went to office again and I saw a lady called Josefina (current manager of El Caucho). She is a nice lady and she explained that hotel was shut down for 3 months and she is trying very hard to get it back to running again. I was impressed with her openness and decided that I would put up with that room without safedeposit box, without hot water.
I went to an internet place in WU premises and shot off a strong email to Frank.. See his reply below
XXXXX,
I am terribly sorry for what has happend to you, I had very bad personal issues (family) and I was unable to be present. However I gave instructions to the administration at the hotel about your airport pickup (flight details) and I am now shocked to have read your bad experience.
As per this accident you are the first one to know that I am not involved with the hotel and make sure that both I.S.O.C and W.S.G will know about it.
Tomorrow I will talk to you personally and again...I am very sorry!
Regards,
Francesco
When I read about it, I did not know what to make of it as I have decided to stay at El Caucho only for the sake of Frank and Abbey. Meanwhile, Josefina showed me another room, where the tV was not in the frame but on side table... I was not even sure whether any of the stuff works..so I told her I would prefer to stay where I am...The refrigerator and the AC would make strange noises in the night and I could not sleep all the 4 nights.
Josefina turned out to be one nice person... She is very affectionate and would hug me at the drop of a hat...She has a nice set of rack and I did mind she hugging me. I stayed in El Caucho all 4 nights. Here are the final comments on the hotel...
Pro:
- No problem with getting chicas into hotel
- gate keeper would check Cedula and keep it with him
- Josefina is one hell of a nice person
- Has inhouse chicas who start at a minimum of 2000 pesos for ST and they
all live in the premises
- a good liquor store nearby and a farmacy right infront of hotel
-Beach is very near.
Cons:
- Add an additonal 1000 pesos to your budget for Motoconchos as this is very far from Duarte.
- Some of the chicas inhouse dont honor the commitment. One girl decieved me and never showed up at my room at 12am...I had to settle for not so good looking chica with nice tits and butt
- The hotel needs lot of maintainace and one needs to be understanding and put up with any shortcomings.
I had to give this information to our members so that they can expect what they get when they make an option . Also Frank has advised me to let ISOC know about his involvement in El Caucho. Not sure about Abbey at this point.
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