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Old Hotel In Sosua Photographs – Dominican Republic
An Old Abandoned Resort Hotel Resting In Sosua
A look at personal photographs taken during our travel adventures around the world.
This time we look back at an …
Old Hotel In Sosua
located in the Caribbean Island of the Dominican Republic.
This former small resort was named; The Los Almendros Hotel
It was once located in the small town of … Sosua.
This is where my wife and I stayed while on our vacation way back in 1989. Before closing its doors, I see the name had changed to the; TropiClub. It had apparently become a; two star all-inclusive resort hotel, at that time.
Below, are a few {before and after} pictures, of the resort. We certainly enjoyed our stay at this small hotel, back in the early 1980’s.
Tourism was just getting underway in the Dominican Republic, at this time.
The Los Almendros Hotel – Photographs During Our Stay
Before
The Los Almendros Hotel Beach Resort 1989
That’s me in the photo above, standing by the yellow car.
Pool Area and Restaurant
The TropiClub – Abandoned Hotel Photographs
After
The TropiClub Hotel Sosua
Having returned back to the Dominican Republic on a family vacation a few years ago, I was disappointed to see this small resort, closed down.
Obviously due to the now very popular tourist region of Punta Cana. With much larger and extravagant all inclusive beach resorts in Punta Cana, Sosua is no longer a favorite beach vacation choice for visitors.
We had a wonderful time during our stay and vacation spent at this hotel, years ago.
The staff were extremely friendly, with limited use of the English language, at the time.
They were always very grateful for having tourists arrive, to help support them and the local economy back then.
The Front Entrance to the TropiClub Hotel
It was a wonderful place to holiday and stay back then, and was sorry to see it had closed down.
Although certainly not as popular as Puerto Plata and what Punta Cana has become, it was still a nice quiet beach vacation destination, back in the 1980’s.
Below, I’ve included the official tourism website link for your convenience. A great resource when planning a vacation to the beautiful … Island of the Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republic Tourism
I watched an episode of W5 here in Canada a few seasons ago. It’s a similar; {investigative reporting} television program, to that of; 60 Minutes in the United States.
It outlined a very disturbing investigation into the child sex industry in Sosua. It appears this area in the Dominican Republic, has become the number one destination for; child sex offenders in the world.
I do hope the local government can do something about this, in the very near future. We traveled to this part of the Dominican Republic many years ago, before Punta Cana was established, and it was beautiful.
A real shame to see it become what it is today.
As a result, I would not recommend a vacation to Sosua until such time, this terrible problem, is addressed and cleaned up.
There are many other beautiful destinations on the island, to enjoy a wonderful vacation.
Be sure to check out the {Google Map} box at the bottom of this post for the Dominican Republic’s exact location.
Safe and Healthy Travels!
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