Curfew Extended until June 16th?

[murano2010]

It's simple to me ....just go to your hotel and drink then come back out and chill. It could be alot worse.....think 3PM CURFEW! How would that make you feel?? Is it retarded.........YES, but that's the backwards ass thinking you can expect in society these days.

It actually may help the fun. You know them chicas love to drink so now they got to go to your room to indulge. Plus your sexual perfomance will be better since you not out in that hot sun and humidity drinking all evening. I'm telling you It's not that bad...

Bro it's ok.  Some guys are entitled and welcome to cancel themselves out.   Meanwhile I witnessed a dozen or more guys with boots on the ground yesterday , getting their drink on after 3pm from a few venues serving alcohol, including some on the beach.    I got mine on last night from one of my spots.  So is there an alcohol ban?   For sure.  But mostly for the uninformed, unseasoned , no boots on the ground, out of the loop traveler.   

This especially goes for guys making decisions about whats happening in Sosua mainly from their computers back home.   When you live here, frequent here, or have boots on the ground you know more about the scene and whats happening, what you can do, and what you cant do in the moment. 

Cant help those who are afraid to travel during tough times or need the ideal setup in order to function.   

Disclaimer!  The contents in this message is not intended for those to come here thinking they can circumvent the law/policy.  This is/was only for the esoteric few that can relate.     

[The Traveler]

Nah decisions are made not from a computer. Information being sent from boots on the ground by real travelers there flesh and blood known. Their information is what is really trusted and solid, not from a guy who says he has boots on the ground yet is only behind a computer un known.

Now, no one travels to navigate and sneaking. Can you walk the streets with a drink in your hand, reported back from reliable sources plural, no. Can you sit at the beach with your bottles out, reported sources plural says no. That is not part of traveling whether you withdraw your trip or not which is a choice. It is not fear lol, that is made up lol.

There is a lot of draw back these days. When someone states it maybe a good thing, then he is not doing the traveling. He is not paying the money to enjoy without several restrictions and laws laid down at the drop of a dime. They could at least said until 6pm. That is when beach time is getting close to closing, smh.

If anyone was traveling to Santo Domingo for example it is worse. Curfew way earlier and that is not how you travel to spend vacation. That is for the expats who live there to deal with that mess. .

[murano2010]

I think it's best an individual does what is best for himself.   Do you, based on whatever your sources tell you.   Has no effect on guys here.    The guys here are still enjoying themselves.    Others should stay home or go elsewhere.   Wont nobody miss guys that have specific needs.   The guys here,  obviously dont need to walk around with alcohol in hand like some thug.     

They are sitting comfortably at a venue, drinking what the venue provides.  Therefore bottles out on a table isnt necessary.   We exercise discretion,  a lost art for some cats.  We accept that we have an alcohol ban.   But we adapt, and have connections/resources.   

Apparently some cant adapt ( especially from assessing from a computer screen ) , and their sources may not have connections.   Or maybe they do?     What I find amusing,  the sources some dude uses here in the DR is probably enjoying getting their own drink on after 3pm.   Meanwhile the dude they are keeping informed back in the states,  has his lip poked out.     Aside from that, the suggestions guys gave about making their own spot an entertainment center with their company,  they have the right idea.       

[stinqu]

It looks to me that the Goverment lock down is at the low season for the BIG HOTEL CHAINS.

[tugboaboat5393]

Shit, I need that alcohol ban to keep my ass more sober! Haha

Funny my Booze ship Sailed long time ago haha,  the old days i  could drink  a battle ship dry haha,,,,, you still can have fun with or with out booze,, just make sure your casa or hotel is stocked for your chicas !

[Jazzy2019]

Word is they lifted the alcohol ban yesterday. Probably explains why Ahnvee was accepting outside guests last night. Can anyone one the ground there confirm this?

[Jazzy2019]

Word is they lifted the alcohol ban yesterday. Probably explains why Ahnvee was accepting outside guests last night. Can anyone one the ground there confirm this?

From what I'm hearing for now this only applies to Sosua/Caberete. The party was on big time last night. My amiga sent me a video of a packed club with folks drinking and smoking hooka.

[WT3]

Word is they lifted the alcohol ban yesterday. Probably explains why Ahnvee was accepting outside guests last night. Can anyone one the ground there confirm this?

I'm on ground and now live in Sosua and from what I know this isn't true Ahnvee is closed and the ban continues.

[Jazzy2019]

Word is they lifted the alcohol ban yesterday. Probably explains why Ahnvee was accepting outside guests last night. Can anyone one the ground there confirm this?

I'm on ground and now live in Sosua and from what I know this isn't true Ahnvee is closed and the ban continues.

They might be closed tonight. Last night they were open and selling alcohol at least up to when my buddy left at 10pm.

[tugboaboat5393]

Not that hard to stock up the fridge  with cold presidente coronas and set out some brugal dont forget the Hennessy  for you favorite  chica.  Even beter if your hotel has a pool or on site common area  booze be freely flowing no worries

[hughgrection4u]

Quick update on the curfew and alcohol sales.

Curfew: Sosua's curfew remains as is. Santo Domingo has eased weekend curfew restrictions. Now it's 6pm EVERYDAY.

Alcohol sales: Ban remains in place, except retail locations are allowed to sell alcohol to go in unopened/seal containers until the daily curfew. But for on-site consumption (restaurants, bars, etc), still 3pm.

Source link & article below:

https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2021/06/15/government-eases-curfew-on-weekends-in-25-provinces/

Santo Domingo, DR.

President Luis Abinader ordered that the curfew on weekends begin at 6:00 in the afternoon for 24 provinces and the National District.

Decree 378-21 establishes that from this Wednesday the 16th to Wednesday the 23rd of June, both inclusive, the curfew will be every day, from 6:00 in the afternoon to 5:00 in the morning.

The measure includes a grace of free movement until 9:00 at night, with the sole purpose of going to their respective residences.

In addition to the National District, the provinces included in the presidential order are Azua, Bahoruco, Barahona, Dajabón, Elías Piña, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, Hermanas Mirabal, Independencia.

Also included in the easing of curfew are, La Romana, María Trinidad Sánchez, Monsignor Nouel, Monte Cristi, Monte Plata, Pedernales, Peravia, San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa, San Juan, San Pedro de Macorís, Sánchez Ramírez, Santiago Rodríguez, Santo Domingo and Valverde.

Beverage restriction

The other measures provided in articles 7 to 20 of Decree 349-21, of May 30, 2021, are extended until Wednesday, June 23, 2021, inclusive. At this time, the corresponding authorities will review such measures and those provided in this decree.

In this sense, until that date, the prohibition of consuming alcoholic beverages from 3:00 in the afternoon in public and private establishments for public use and the sale of these products if it is for consumption in those places is maintained.

On the other hand, alcoholic beverages can be sold until the normal curfew time, depending on the demarcation in question, as long as it is sold to take-out (take-out) or at home (delivery) in its original sealed container.

Time does not vary in 7 provinces.

Meanwhile, the seven remaining provinces, Duarte, Espaillat, La Altagracia, La Vega, Samaná, Santiago, and Puerto Plata, remain until Wednesday, June 23 of the current year as it was.

That is Monday through Friday from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

It maintains the same grace of free movement until 12 midnight every day, with the sole purpose that people can go to their respective residences.

[murano2010]

Thanks for providing that update here in this thread.   Some here might have missed the curfew update in the other threads.

[BlackAndMild]

I really don't understand the DR government. I guess this is what they mean by 3rd world? How am escaping the matrix to a country that still has a curfew? Hundreds of dollars on flights, hundreds on a room, a couple hundred on chicas that look and act like chicas in the states. Make this make sense in 2021.

Ya ever heard of the saying?  "One man's heaven is another mans hell"    Some men that travel here in the DR, their ESTABLISHED circumstances, abilities, and adaptation skills may be different than cats who are majorly inconvenienced and/or defeated by the things you mentioned.    Getting out of the Matrix physically just because one has a passport is not enough for an escape.  One must know how to get out of the Matrix mindset as well.   

Signs one is on a path that may be able to handle minor inconveniences or their circumstances makes it easier to be on that path :

1. Ones financial circumstances is adequate enough for an escape.   Where the cost of their physical escape and personal comfort at their final destination is a non factor.  Either they were blessed or they worked extra hard.  Or both.

2. Guy's that are always proactive when they travel, usually have established contacts/regulars.  That practice eliminates the concern over undesirable p4p chicks being ones only option.   In addition,  one has become an expert in navigating in shark infested waters.   Playing the hunter is like a video game.  Some things that come easy, are not always appreciated, by some.

3. Some cats are lucky in terms of having more time to travel and can stay longer than some cats that can only be away from their physical matrix for a few days. 

4. If one is retired and/or an expat,  that individual may be in a better position in which to reduce their costs considerably.   Where number 1., 2., 3. 5., and 6. above/below may all apply.   

5. If one's lifestyle habits does not require being out late at night,  does not require a particular venue at night to be available,  a curfew or an alcohol ban wont be that big of an issue.   

6. If one just cant deal with the Matrix here in the DR, one can always plan a vacay elsewhere.

However in my humble opinion, a lot of folks that attempt to escape some matrix,  may never really leave it.   Because they are taking themselves with them wherever they go.   The Matrix and their associated limitations is manifested within them,  it's not really or only about the location they come from or go to.   

Thanks for the advice brother, I'm assuming you're retired and live on the island? Myself and most people that frequent this board go to the DR to escape the matrix, not forever just for vacation. We still have careers/businesses, kids, girlfriends and wives etc., and are nowhere near retirement age. We appreciate our Expat brother's info but honestly, most of us only pay attention to DR current events before we travel.

The only problem I have is that the DR use to be more laid back, relaxed if you will. Over the last year and half the DR has implemented way more regulations than the matrix with a fraction of the population we have.

[murano2010]

Thanks for the advice brother, I'm assuming you're retired and live on the island? Myself and most people that frequent this board go to the DR to escape the matrix, not forever just for vacation. We still have careers/businesses, kids, girlfriends and wives etc., and are nowhere near retirement age. We appreciate our Expat brother's info but honestly, most of us only pay attention to DR current events before we travel.

The only problem I have is that the DR use to be more laid back, relaxed if you will. Over the last year and half the DR has implemented way more regulations than the matrix with a fraction of the population we have.

Thanks for the advice brother, I'm assuming you're retired and live on the island? Myself and most people that frequent this board go to the DR to escape the matrix, not forever just for vacation. We still have careers/businesses, kids, girlfriends and wives etc., and are nowhere near retirement age.

Yes that may be true.  However,  keeping abreast of whats going on is an individual thing.  Before being an expat, I had my own life of obligations as well.  But I made the conscious effort to keep abreast of things I found interesting/important.   It's like this. Analogy :  If I dont use a particular highway for years, and one day I decide I need to go that route, and find out that day that road is no longer the same.   Or it doesnt take me where I want to go.  What do I do?  Complain?  Or accept that people, places and things change seasonally in spite of our personal lives?

As for my analogy ;  For years my personal time/life interfered with me knowing if that road was the same or has changed.    Well in instances like that, I have to either deal with the changes, or find another alternative.  Maybe if I lent some of my  time to being informed along the way, I would have known about the changes and been prepared in case I have to travel that road.   

In other words, if I took time to study alternatives before the need arises, I would be better prepared.  If I was never able to prepare myself or seeked out other options, I am one of the few that fall short.   Thats my problem.   Not anybody or any place.   And I will end up dealing with whatever issue that arises from it being my problem.  In this discussion, Sosua aint like it used to be.   So I have to deal with that if I were to visit.     


We appreciate our Expat brother's info but honestly, most of us only pay attention to DR current events before we travel.


And I get that.  What also goes along with that, is dealing with the circumstances one is faced with in choosing to ONLY pay attention to DR current events before they travel.   When I wasnt an expat, I made the effort to pay attention to DR current events before I travelled.   There are many guys that do,  even those with obligations back in their Matrix.   Like I said before.  One's skill set, abilities and circumstances makes the difference in what one guy can do vs what another man cannot do (or unwilling to put in the effort ).   

What Im trying to say here,  I dont ascribe to the notion that MOST men dont pay attention to DR current events.  And then use that as if that is the rule for everybody.  Because it really isnt.  At some point individuals need to take responsibility for their own circumstances and/or shortcomings in regards to their own travel concerns, and keeping up with current events.   

The only problem I have is that the DR use to be more laid back, relaxed if you will. Over the last year and half the DR has implemented way more regulations than the matrix with a fraction of the population we have.

Assuming that is true,  how does one deal with that?   For me,  I learned to adapt and be flexible, with a lot of things.  When I was coming on vacation I adapted and was flexible.  I was that way also when I became an expat.  I saw the glass as half full, rather than half empty.     Ya know years ago, guys on forums like this used to say Santo Domingo was for the big boys.  And Sosua was for those that need training wheels in terms of mongering.   IN SD you had to have skills in order to navigate there.  Or you would get chewed up by the scene. 

But nowadays Sosua has evolved.  Now Sosua has a training wheel program for newbies and infrequent visitors, an intermediate program and a program for the advanced traveler/expat.   It all depends on where each individual fits in.   IMO, Im in the advanced intermediate program, with one foot in the lower level advanced program.  LOL.   

Every now and then I need a refresher and reinforcement.   The locals always have the home court advantage.   If you dont play ( p4p ) you cant lose.   If you play, you have to assume the risks.    But like I've have said in the past.  If your friends dont learn you/teach you how to manage here in the DR,  dont worry, the locals will teach/learn you.    The hard way. 

[murano2010]

https://takemebacktososua.com/index.php?topic=11712.msg261213#msg261213


CURFEW AND LIQUOR BAN WAS EXTENDED UNTIL JULY7TH.   SAME SCHEDULE.