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The future of Sosua
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High Caribbean is being painted up and looks like it will open soon.According to a worker there the new boss is a gringo.
He says Aleman but all gringos are much the same.
Anybody have any more info?
He says Aleman but all gringos are much the same.
Anybody have any more info?
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chico bill
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I often can not tell the difference between Western Canadians and Americans (except those from Naw Yoawk stand out like a sore thumb), but I can sit across a bar and usually tell who isn't a North American, if they are either from Holland, Belgium or Germany or a Scandinavia, by clothes, hair styles, expression on their faces or cigarettes constantly dangling from their lips. Sometime I confuse Russians for Americans but typically not, ost Russians are also chain smokers.
I know we all look alike but there are subtle differences - Where is Gorgon when you need a turgid response...Oh yeah on vacation.
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ctrob
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Ad is kinda Aleman - Dutch I think. Maybe he's having another go at it.
He's like a mean Energizer Bunny.
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lifeisgreat
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Uzin
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Same as most Chinese businesses, all subsidized by Chinese government and grants. Just sit and watch that junk shop in the main strip, I doubt they sell more than 10 items of 200 pesos each every day... ! It doesn't even pay for the electric let alone the rent for that place... !?
It's just a strategy for China to get their people move into other countries and basically expand their commercial empire. The next step is of course the Chinese tourists, I saw some Chinese people on the beach the other day, maybe 5 or 10, a bit of a shock as I had not noticed them before, but these are just the guys working in the shops. Once the flights coming from China and bringing hundreds of thousands (even millions) of them tourist every year you will see what happens to this place and how it changes. Over the years I have seen it with my own eyes how they move in after a while in Far East Asian countries, and I tell you, it is not pretty....! (thankfully DR is a bit far away for all this.)
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Timotero
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Lol, more than “a bit far away”. I’ve flown to China several times. Fifteen (15) hours non stop from New York to Hong Kong. Then onward connections to the mainland. I don’t see Chinese tourists making that long flight to visit here when there are literally thousands of tropical islands that are nicer than the DR so much closer to the PRC. And there are several low cost carriers (Air Asia, etc.) that make visits to those islands affordable for the expanding chinese middle class.
But then again, I’m consistently surprised that so many Europeans make the 8 hour or so flight to visit here. So I may be wrong. More chinese businesses - yes. Large influx of Chinese tourists - I doubt it?
But time will tell.
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Timotero
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And speaking of businesses, I took a walk along the length of Pedro Clisante in Sosua the other day. From High Caribbean all the way to the beach. I counted the number of businesses that are still open that were there when I first visited in 2004.
Anyone want to guess how many there are? (Same business with the same name.)
Anyone want to guess how many there are? (Same business with the same name.)
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ramesses
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chico bill
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Besides Chinese are not great sun worshipers on the beach, nor are they known as good swimmers. They do love eating fish and rice so they might improve ways to prepare parrot fish, as they have shown no regard for conservation of the ocean environment nor respecting nation's fisheries.
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windeguy
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https://www.sosuanews.com/index.php?id=5698&article=1
15 October 2019
Large scale meeting on the future of Pedro Clisante
This Wednesday afternoon, 16 October, a large scale meeting will take place at 4 PM in the amphitheater of hotel Casa Marina. Everyone who feels involved in the development of the Pedro Clisante i.e. Sosúa, is invited to attend this meeting. It is expected the closure of the bars and discos in the Pedro Clisante and the relocation and construction of a new entertainment center at the end of this street will be discussed.
15 October 2019
Large scale meeting on the future of Pedro Clisante
This Wednesday afternoon, 16 October, a large scale meeting will take place at 4 PM in the amphitheater of hotel Casa Marina. Everyone who feels involved in the development of the Pedro Clisante i.e. Sosúa, is invited to attend this meeting. It is expected the closure of the bars and discos in the Pedro Clisante and the relocation and construction of a new entertainment center at the end of this street will be discussed.
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Big
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I observed the future of Sosua last night. A delicious dinner @ Margot and then an after dinner drink on Pedro C which had more chicas in the bars and on the street than one could count.
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ctrob
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You should have went to the meeting. I think you would have gotten a better understanding for how middle class doms think. Not to mention some water front land owners.
You're misinterpreting their inconsistent efforts (boarding up windows, chasing chicas, closing bars, etc) and lackadaisical planning as failure to change Pedro Clisante. There has been no huge rush to change PC. But the day is coming. It will be dictated by tourism numbers and construction schedules. Then things will happen fairly fast.
Meanwhile, enjoy the spandex.
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