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Confessions of a Sanky Panky
Where we live in DR, I've never seen anyone with dreads. Never equated them with Dominicans at all. Last trip down to DR, I'm sitting next to this big guy in first class, long dreads, I'm thinking maybe he's Jamaican [I know, don't laugh at me] going on vacation. We didn't speak, he was listening to music. Towards the end of the flight, I see him coming out of the bathroom and the steward and stewardess take some selfies with him. I'm clueless. Flight lands. He pulls a bag out of overhead bins and hands out some baseball caps to a few male passengers. Apparently I was the only one on the flight that didn't know it was Maikel Franco, 3rd baseman of the Phillies. Dominican. Duh.
Don't tell me you thought he was Jamaican as well ???????????
Haha, no, I know who Manny is, followed his career beginning in high school when he used to train by running the streets with tires around his neck.
Funny thing is that I live in Phillies territory, and my son's name is Franco, and I remember he was happy to be able to buy a Phillies Jersey with FRANCO on the back - especially since he's a Dominican player.
They are not trying to make you enjoy their stay, at best they are trying to enjoy themselves through you (by having access to places they wouldn't otherwise have access to) and/or thinking of way to part you of your money, I don't see them caring them so much about the gringo/a, all they care is themselves and what they can get out of a naive gringo/a. no ?
At least with a motoconcho, you know from the beginning the service is offering, that is take you from point A to B hopefully in one piece for 50 pesos. No pretense.
I could stab someone if I hear despacito (the annoying reggaeton bangwagon, when they were sh*tting on the genre the day before yesterday) one more time.
Pretty much!
Thank you for writing that.....
I couldn't have.....
I tend to agree.....
Bery lazy day....
If only I had chosen a different path in life.....
Could have retired earlier with a bigger smile
Could have retired earlier with a bigger smile
Reading this, I had a flashback to 1973 when I spent 2 weeks on the island of Majorca in Spain with 3 girlfriends. Stayed at a lovely first class hotel [Victoria], and we came to find out that the hotel actually employed young men to dance with any unattached females so they would have a good time. I thought it was very weird at the time, and even offensive, but now I'm wondering if this was common in Spain and Spanish countries at the time. Precursors to todays animation team and sankies??? Back then they were called gigolos.
Sure, of course. But the benefits go both ways, don't they? Let's face it, when they're back home, there's no way most tourists past a certain age (and a certain weight) will have any chance of getting with a heart-stoppingly attractive person. The level truth is, most people couldn't have pulled that off in their 20s, and later in life they realize their options are rapidly turning to anti-depressant-and-anxiety-drug-fueled ish.
So they come to DR, step off the plane, and turn into a rock star, which I've mentioned before. The problem is when they get back into the plane, and turn back into Marty Schlumpster from Toledo, complete with the bad back and the eczema that really acts up in the wintertime.
The sankies/sankiettes get that, and realize it's easier to make Marty think he's Brad Pitt, than to do a volume business.
All of which is fine, until Marty (or Mary) forgets they're in Disneyland. The actors playing Aladdin and Mu Lan don't really care about you, either. It's just a job.
Respectfully disagree. As mentioned above, I think the tourists know what they're buying, they just ask the Worst Possible Question: "what if it could always be like this?" That's when it becomes personal, and when we see a new entry in this forum.
Lol, wait until they discover Fela...."oh God, the beats and rhythm are so amazing, but these Nigerians have stolen Reggaeton! Can't they ever come up with anything original"...rofl.
[video=youtube;Tb4X1BWNO5k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb4X1BWNO5k[/video]
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AE
gigolos
A widower friend of parents used to get discounted fares on cruises by promising to dance with the unescorted women..
Of which there were plenty.
Not that long ago.... it persists... helping people feel less lonely
Or allowing the helpless/hopeless to feel less so
gigolos
A widower friend of parents used to get discounted fares on cruises by promising to dance with the unescorted women..
Of which there were plenty.
Not that long ago.... it persists... helping people feel less lonely
Or allowing the helpless/hopeless to feel less so
Don't misinterpret braids with dreadlocks. Two separate art forms. More to follow. Please allow me to catch up with the thread, and I will respond further.
Lol, wait until they discover Fela...."oh God, the beats and rhythm are so amazing, but these Nigerians have stolen Reggaeton! Can't they ever come up with anything original"...rofl.
Reggaeton is for knuckleheads who have no true talent, and try to pass that crap off as music! I put rap in the same category.
Reggaeton is for knuckleheads who have no true talent, and try to pass that crap off as music! I put rap in the same category.
Although Boca Chica is 37 kilometers in distance from Santo Domingo, the rest of the narrative within this paragraph is false. Boca Chica and Juan Dolio combined, as stated together, do not come close to the numbers in average annual occupance rate of tourist establishments in La Romana-Bayahibe or Bavaro-Punta Cana. Even if you added in Guayacanes, which is in between, the numbers can't compete. Not in high season, not in low season, not in any season.....as currently exist in the year 2017, and it has been as such for a while now. Reports can report all they want, that does not make them reality. All you have to do is read some of the threads here on DR1 in regards to the towns along the south coast, ask those who live here, or come for a visit yourself to obtain the true facts. If you'd like, come for a visit, PM me, and I'll show you around. You can make up your own decision.
Unfortunately DRob, you're wrong. And this comes from a person who lives in the DR for ten years now. I'm not a weekend warrior, 2 week wonder, or 3-6 month snow bird. I LIVE here in the Dominican Republic. True, I don't frequent Boca Chica beach, but I do know Boca Chica well, due to the baseball training academies and restaurants located there, where I spend much time. I also haven't been up to the north coast for a prolonged stay in several years, although I was in Cabarete for a few hours one afternoon a few months back, when I actually stopped by Frank12's place with a client. I have visited Las Terrenas several times, but for me that is a weekend get away when the opportunity arises, not a long stay event. So if the "game" exists, it's probably within those towns I choose not to frequent. Again, the statement I made within my posting was in regards to my observations here along the south coast towns. If it differs from others, so be it. More to follow on my part, but feel free to comment further on this "service" that sankies provide to tourists. I never considered scamming people, leading them on, and taking them for all they got to be a service. Maybe I'm wrong, and you know better.
My comments were based on the sankies, as mentioned previously within this thread. Nothing to do with people (men or women), who wear braids or dreadlocks due to religious, cultural, or just for the hell of it reasons. I personally, being from New York, have dated many women who wore braids and dreads, all who were very hygienic. It is much different in regards
to the creepy,crawly beach combing sankies who do not have the resources to properly maintain their braids, dreads, or flow. Stop trying to bark up tree, or stir a pot of sancocho that doesn't exist. Nice try though.
Maikel Franco is a good young player. I had the opportunity to work directly with him at the camps in Boca Chica, and watched him play in both the Dominican Summer and Winter Leagues. His family is from Azua, and are very nice people. I knew him before the braids.
Again, my statements were in regards to the original article in regards to sankies. Some people chose to move the conversation in another direction, which is just silly. My next door neighbors happen to be the parents, and family of Johnny Cueto, currently pitching with the San Francisco Giants. Johnny is here in San Pedro every offseason, and puts on a nice fireworks display for New Year's Eve, rivaling if not now surpassing, the display put up by Robinson Cano every year. I get the opportunity to sit and play dominos with him while he is in town. Guess what? He has extensions, that resemble braids that morphed into dreads, and everybody in his household breaks his chops about it. That is one person, who is a superstar baseball player. Not the average guy walking down the street, or slinking up and down the beach. It is a Dominican thing. Not a SanPedroGringo thing. As stated by AE, dreads are not common in the Dominican Republic, at least not on the south shore. Braids are different, and the younger generation tends to go with them, up until the point they figure they need to get a job, and need to clean up their look. My thoughts on it? There are none. I could really care less. It's really funny that the only people that have an issue with this, are those that reside abroad and only visit the DR for vacation. Ask a Dominican, man or woman, what they think about dreads and braids. It is THEM who consider it to be unsanitary, and from the ones I have seen in beach areas, I would tend to believe them. Your argument may be with them, not me. I just sit back and take it all in. As stated on other threads, I have no reason, desire, or spare time to mislead people with my words. I am here in the Dominican Republic with feet on the ground. If you'd like to know anything else, feel free to PM me. Have a good night.