Well my 2 week vacation has come to an end. It was nice to get back to Margarita and catch up with everyone. Same faces, same great people, just a bit more expensive and a few more Russians around. The politics there are crazy at the moment and if the man in red gets his way I can see it going the way of Cuba. I am hoping that’s not the case as we have some more premises there that we want to get up and running. I had a few good meetings over the last 2 weeks and if the politics quieten down and they can get some tourist confidence back then we will maybe open up again on the Island. Otherwise it will be just the 2 locations in the Dominican republic for 2009. No, before you ask the second location will not be in Boca Chica. In fact I read the following amazing shit on a forum whilst in Venezuela. No wonder no fucker wants to go there..
Question.
I just got off the phone with my friend who lives in san pedro de macoris and he tells me that its open season of foreigners in boca chica. says they’re shooting at least one a week. says an italian was shot a killed just a few days ago. i’m going down there wednesday and would like to know. anybody else heard anything like this?
Replies
1. Boca Chica has always been one of the more violent places in the country. But many of the shootings are related to drugs, prostitution or other types of crime. I would not go so far to say one foreigner a week.
2. Boca Chica has deteriorated over the past 25 years, transforming itself into a depressed center for drugs, prostitution and what usually comes with that territory. The local street walkers are well aware of the allure that brings intl tourists to the local sex trade, and many of these tourists fall prey to what appears to be a very loose and liberal environment, unaware of the traps they will encounter and the risk they run in the process.
Duped into “friendships” with locals that can set them up, they are unaware of the depths of desperation in the DR, and how this transfers into violence and eventually at times the ultimate price. It is a dangerous place- that is a fact. Tourism is better served on the east coast, in well guarded and protected resorts and other more quiet towns. This said, the risks are everywhere, and tourists must understand that while the Dominican people are wonderful and friendly, there is an element that is the bottom of the ladder that tends to flock to Boca Chica.
3. Boca Chica is renown for it’s hookers. So if you go there it’s usually only for one thing because the beach sucks and there’s nothing else worth mentioning. No clubs, no golf, no great shopping, nothing but hookers nad drugs. So you make the call. It all depends what you are looking for. Me personally, I went once and NEVER again, it’s pretty much garbage.
4. From the top of my head. Five Europeans shot or stabbed to death the last couple of years. Four Italians and one German. Two of them were regular tourists, the other three residents. I’m not speculating in the reason behind I’m just adding these facts to the bigger picture. Over and out.
5. Maybe Todobien’s friend is talking about the area of boca chica La Duarte near the pista and burger king area.
I’ve been going to BC for many years and never felt any dangers on duarte but recently I was takent to the “esqina caliente” which is were everyone goes after the bars close.
To my suprise, within minutes of my arrival I say a guy get into a fist fight with his girlfriend and her sister in the middle of the street. After punching her 5-6 in the face he casually got on this bike and took off.
Absolutely no police presence at this spot, lots of drugs, and completly out of control. As I was leaving I saw a drugged out girl standing in the middle of the street blocking traffic and threating to throw bottles at oncoming cars until she was dragged off.
So after all our research we had a choice, Boca Chica or The Gaza Strip….
Boca Chica lost the vote……..