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The carnaval fever is begining to sink into dominicans in the cibao region. The routine is like this: the ones with cars and ride, head over to la vega. The rest stay here in santiago. The best spot to stay in santiago is las carrera av. with tolentino street. There is a bar on the corner where you can buy colmado rate beers and thats where everyone hangs out. The santiago carnaval is nothing compared to la vega. la vega is the place for real action. You must get there by 3pm on sundays. Park the car near a business where the watchman can watch your car. Just give him 20 pesos in the end of the day. Then go to the main street where the carnaval is and find a spot in someone's belcony. They charge from 50 pesos - 100 pesos / person but in return you get a high up view of the carnaval without getting beat up by the devils. You also have access to clean bathrooms. remember, if you drink beers, eventually you would have to find a bathroom. bathrooms are very scarce in that area. Keep your cell phones and wallet in front pockets. There will be plenty of pick pockets all over.
Be aware of the working girls all over bars in santiago. There are plenty of sexy hookers sitting around in ahi bar and discos (ex: ambis) looking to attract potential customers. Many girls will make it convenient for an outsider ex: dom york or tourist to pick them up. The poor soul thinks he is scoring with a sexy girl. In reality, she is there for guys like him. She will make an eye contact and then give him an inviting smile. The gringo sends over a drink and thinks he is getting hooked up. She will talk to him, order shrimps on his bill and eventually stamp her bill on his all together. They might end up going to disco or motel and then she may hit him with her request for money because she needs it to pay her university fees, rent or simply ask for money for her time. Notice the big differance, they are not like your sosua nasty hookers who put their hands all over guys. These girls in santiago are dressed up sexy cute hookers who are confused for decent girls. They will not approach you, you would have to approach them. So no need to worry about some UBH putting her hands all over your chest.
Now the professional girls are easy to spot from decent regular girls. The professional girls usually dress up too sexy, in bad taste. The hookers can't help it but look hookers because they are one. She will usually show her belly, her legs or low cut blouse to show her chest. They usually have long nails so you know they have not worked ever in a regular job. they usually drink wine or champagne in tall glasses. Notice, the regular customers / santiagueros will not talk to them or even look at them. We know who is who in santiago. Only dominican yorks and gringos will find them attractive and give them attention.
The decent girls come in groups and act and dress decent. You can tell they are decent because they don't have hookers written all over them. Ahi bar has been known to throw out women who come in to deal business with clients openly.
Sundays will become extremely good at ahibar, where people go to drink after the carnaval or simply go there to avoid carnaval. You will notice, no decent santiaguero will be seen in santiago's carnaval. It will run by chopos and tigres from barrios. I suggest DR1 folks stick to la vega.
There is a place called Bembe bar. Its located on av. Texas with almost corner to bartelome colon. This little bar features live dancers, hot girls who perform hot lap dance in skimpy clothes and bekini tops. They sure light up the place with their hot moves and booty shakes. Its on saturday nights and maybe wednesdays too. I am not sure of exact nights but saturday at 12:30am, the action is always there.
AZB
