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My friend you are not the first to make this comment regarding the total lack of any updates and/or improvements to the REY, and please don't get me wrong-I AM IN NO WAY SUPPORTING NOR RECOMENDING THE REY- BUT!!!!!! The Hotel del REY opened for the first time after the building underwent a total remodel to convert it into a hotel and opened as Hotel del REY in October 1993, 12 years AFTER Jimmy Carter left office!!! Not sure what they did wrong but 4 months after opening (the first time I entered the place) it looked old and wore out to me!!!

But you are right in one aspect!! They have done nothing to (Have not spent a penny) update nor improve the place since they opened it other than making changes in the Casino area and moving the kitchen out to put in the poker room. Oh and they put in the small bar next to the elevator!!

You are correct in that there are a LOT fewer Colombianas today mainly due to immigration and visa changes, but also due to there being a lot fewer tourist and thus less business for them. There are now a lot more Colombians (and with better attitudes) in the MPs than ever before. I have said this before but the first time a Colombiana steps into the REY with her bolt-ons, her padded butt, and her expensive (comparatively) and sexi Colombian cloths, and after the cost of getting here and money for her family to live on in Colombia till she makes some money to send home, she has borrowed (from loan sharks mostly) on average over $5000 that she has to pay back at very high interest rates. Not defending them, but guess why they are hardnosed and total business most of the time????? The first 5 years living here, I lived next to the apartment building where 12-15 (sometimes more) lived and I knew many of them and heard all of the above from them. One had even been a friend in Bogota and helped me find the place where I lived.

Oh, and one other point concerning your comment about going to the source: I have always found it humorous the way so many guys rave about the "BEAUTIFUL" Colombianas in the Rey, when in fact the vast majority were/are chicas who are considered "over the hill" and not that good looking in Colombia. They came here mainly because they could no longer make a living in Colombia (couldn't compete with the 18-20 year old hotties)!! I totally agree with your statement "If you want to see 'BEAUTIFUL' Colombianas, go to the source"!!!! Guys would also be shocked to learn the "true" ages of most of the REY Colombianas!! Hell, my ex wife (from Cali) at 58 was better looking and looked younger than many of the REY Colombianas!!!

I just saw where Estabanh just posted about what I said about the olders ones can not get work in Colombia. It is so true!! Way too many poor, hungry, and beautiful chica in Colombia desperate for "work", so one much over 20 or a little less attractive cannot compete!!

IMHO after living here 6 years...HDR is looking a LOT better than '12/end, '13/begin....
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EdB

I stayed in a penthouse @ the La a few weeks ago and you can't go wrong with that choice. I will defiantly stay there on my next trip . I have stayed at the Presidente for 2 years and than the Morazon( room 507) for the last 10 years but after my last stay it will be the LA. My friend who is disabled stayed at the DR and I visited him a few times and I didn't see anything wrong with the rooms. They actually were quite nice.

Look, I'm happy you have found a place that meets your needs, but the reason many of us <or speaking for a constituency of one, me) prefer other places has zero to do with the reasons you gave.

How 'bout the fact that the rooms were last redecorated when Jimmy Carter was president? Just for starters.

We all have different likes and dislikes; and yes, I have stayed at the HDR - once - and been there many times. I don't hate the place - I just think other locations suit me better, and while from your post I don't consider you uninformed or a newbi, some would say that staying there marks you as such.

Since I speak a little Spanish, I've had more than one chica tell me point blank that staying there marks you as a newbi, and someone who is ripe for the picking. I don't fully buy this - no more so than that trite "belly of the beat" comment - I love horses, but I don't wanna sleep on a manure pile, if you take my point I'm phucking w/ you a little Net

(Hell, one of the places I stay marks me as a cheap Phuck - the Morazon - and the folks who hate that place, and fat dopey "Rickey Ricardo" the dopey bellhop are almost as legion as those disliking the HDR But in many ways it meets my needs, as I'm sure the HDR meets yours - however - if you want that atmosphere, the Sportsmans is a better place IMO )

Bang wrote :

As for the "fresh un-jaded young ones" Where exactly are they??? . I know probably 90% of the chicas working in all of the above named places in PC and I can not think of more than maybe 2 that have been in the business less than 2-3 years; very few are under 25 (hell I can not think of but one at the moment (she is 24 and has been in the business since the week she turned 18) and the most popular chica working at the moment in PC is in her 40s As for Jaded, many are among (IMHO) the most jaded MP chicas in the entire city. But they are still over all, very good "providers"!!!! and less jaded than most REY and SL chicas!!

Well...you're more up to date than me, it's been over a year since I've visited, I compared less jaded to the downtown girls and less expensive than downtown MP's, and often found young less experienced ones at Oasis and some little place around the corner from them called "Pension'' something, did you ever encounter "Laidey" there? She was a wild one in the Christina of old Zona Blue days mold, I'm talking 2007 to 2009, that's the short period I lived here... I forgot it's name and if it's still around, I also found a little place In Sabana Park right by Officentro, in a house in a residential neighborhood, 15k colones for un hora! That place no longer exists, it was around in 2008, 2009. They often had new girls just venturing into the biz, 18, 19, 20 years old, A crazy Chinese guy ran that one. Perhaps things have changed but that was my experience years ago...

Lot's of people comment on the rooms in the Rey, but they're clean, large, a/c works, got king size beds, (I once got a room with 2 queen size beds, shoved them together and had some wild threesomes) the cleaning ladies do an excellent job, TV is nice, bathroom has hot showers, so it's good enough for me, I stayed at the Presidente once against my will but my boss was paying, and the rooms were quite elegant but the place gave me a hassle about bringing a chica to my room after they promised they wouldn't.
Let me be even more clear, with something we both can agree.....the HDR certainly cannot be acused of "overspending" on redecoration - and while I have not looked at their financials, and I'm a commited capitalist, I'm guessing that the income - hell of the whole place - their food and drink prices are US prices - has not been put back into improving the place - maintaining, sure - improving, not so much - I know some love the place, but again - not EVERYONE - it marks you as a newbi, and someone who has really never explored past the HDR. Again, not wanting to give offense, and perhaps the shoe does not fit in your case - but my opinions are based on my own experiences - the place is not a value for the money, the rooms could use updating, and <many> working girls tend to mark you as a newbi if you stay there = plus, you have to do the what I call "Cien Shuffel" where even the most non worthy will start at $100; you know the drill - I was not being a jerk before - if you like the place, great - your money, and your decision.

As far as the Presidente, don't get me started - they lied about their policy for MONTHS - it was my place in SJ - stayed there many times - not the policy change, but the not being up front about it really pissed me off

I always ask for a room with a window on the third floor or higher, I've learned the no window rooms are claustrophobic and 2nd floor rooms can be noisy. Everyone is different, I can see why some guys like the smaller more boutique hotels that are quieter and guys can enjoy an Animal house ''frat" atmosphere, me, I'm a heat seeking guided missile searching for poontang when I get here so I like being where there's the largest choices. Since I've been at this game awhile, I've honed my interview skills and when I encounter a pro who thinks she's going to milk me, I'm usually smart enough to blow her off and keep looking until I get what I want. I easily blow off 3 or 4 a night before finally zeroing in on a sweet cooperative GFE providing honey, that's part of the fun, too, flipping off the bitches! Still, I think you gotta get out more - try different venues - he does not need the business, but if you spent an afternoon with Babgbang57, or Pops (if he is doing tours currently) or hit some of the Nightclubs (avoiding the rip off's) with Bilko, your whole world would open up - you may still stay at the HDR, but your options for you know what will be far greater - you are on the brink - I think - of really knowing your stuff - all you need is someone like BangBang or Pops to get you over the top.

One of my buddies swears by the Morazon, of course his fingerprints are embedded in every coin he ever handled, but he likes the low price and he can walk to the Rey, pick out one (he finds the cheap ones, not always the prettiest or youngest ones if you get my drift) and walks her back there. If you're looking for a bargain, it can't be beat...
Candidly, the difference in price - HDR vs Morazon - is little - 2 months ago I paid like $53/night - with safe key and breakfast at Morazon - and again you reference the HDR for your friend - he is likely overpaying, even for fuglies, and probably has no clue how much better his experience would be at one of the MP's; for +/- $60, he could even get her to meet him at his room before or after her shift.

SL seems like a fun place for guys who like to hang out and enjoy a frat atmosphere, it's a quieter nicer neighborhood, NF is just around the corner, but the selection is too small for my tastes and the place is so damn popular, me and my crew can't get a room there (we tried once because my buddy is a musician and had a gig there) but we're so disorganized we finally get our plans together about a week before we come at best and that place usually needs a couple weeks notice unless you're willing to stay in the loud rooms in the front.
Not to mention ZonaII and Scores, and a couple of others - I am not looking for a frat house atmosphere - I was in one from 1972 - 1976 I would not stay in the front rooms either, but Sportmans is an excellent example of a well maintained place with nice rooms

If you're looking for elegant quiet rooms in a nice neighborhood close to everything, the Dunn Inn fits the bill, good food, too.

Don't get me started on Jimmy Carter !!! The 2nd worst president ever...ooops...I know, no political discussion here...I'll shut up and sign off now....

...Some of the writers here have been burned by the pros at the Rey ...

Scuba1 with all due respect your response to Netgems comes across to me as "Teaching your grandmother to suck eggs".
It is obvious to any one reading his posts that he knows what he is doing and knows what he likes in SJ.
IMHO there is no need to keep on pushing your POV on everyone.

Scuba1 with all due respect your response to Netgems comes across to me as "Teaching your grandmother to suck eggs".
It is obvious to any one reading his posts that he knows what he is doing and knows what he likes in SJ.
IMHO there is no need to keep on pushing your POV on everyone.