Jadcujo wrote:
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Just wanted to mention what a difference just a year makes at the DR. Obviously I'm not saying anything new here at all, but I feel I need to say that it isn't the candy store it once was.
I will get around to a trip report soon enough (a short version anyway)
Now more than ever (as if it were possible) guys, learn as much Spanish as you can, keep yourself in decent shape, and carry yourself well. Pickins can be pretty slim, get all your squares filled so it doesn't matter what the action is like so long as you get your beauty for the night.
But for the newbie gringo out there hitting the DR for the first time , who's vocab consist of "Hola"
Good luck my man....Cujo
My first trip to CR in May 2006 I was a fat Phuck, I knew 5 words of Spanish and paid CIEN. And guess what? It was a live-altering experience that got me back on a plane within 2 weeks. And booking the Rey itself for the second trip, I reproduced the results... Of course the reason for my enjoyment had more to do with the existential "me" and where I was in my own journey in life, and little to do with the objective "state of the Del Rey" itself. Yeah like most fellas who turned a trip into an obsession, I learned the language and enjoyed a little bit more banter with the chicas. For me it was part of the discovery process. It was needed to learn about their lives, their country, and the Latin world culture in general and I was curious about these things where most are not. BUT!

For the immediate business transaction itself, knowing espanol meant very little...

You can speak Spanish all you like, you can make them laugh at your spanish jokes,,,you can crack up to their bromas...very good...Disfruta! That's something your non-spanish speaking buddies won't be able to experience...but remember, if you are chatting up a chica in the HDR, KL or SL or any other mongering locale...and start believing you are a stud and schmoozing them for real

...guess what? You are not!

You're still a mark, a chump, and a mae in their eyes... While they may appear to be enjoying your latin charisma more now that you can say "que bonita", they are STILL wondering how much they are going to extract from your spanish-speaking wallet and how quickly they can do it. Ultimately don't really care one way or the other, The girls have close to ZERO respect for us. ZERO. Spanish or not. Flaco o gordo.
I doubt you will get a much better session whether your C*ck speaks English or Spanish, and even if you speak Spanish you are still a RICH GRINGO in their eyes and you will not be offered the tico price.
The only thing I find legitimately beneficial about knowing Spanish is that you probably reduce your risk of being set-up or ripped off a little bit. Bad chicas use the fact you don't understand their language and can play you right underneath your nose,,,like the French waiter in National Lampoon's European Vacation. So as a matter of safety, knowing espanol can be beneficial.
As to the advice offered that being fit will be result in a better sex life, and being smartly dressed and groomed will be pleasing to the opposite sex all i can say is........DUH!!!
PHX