It's Incredible (condoms)

John · #1 07-16-2002, 11:10 PM

In a country that has so much prostitution and casual sex why is it so hard to find condoms to buy?
Ater spending half an hour looking through the shelves of pharmaceutical products in La Sirena I had to ask someone in my excellent Spanish ¿Donde estan los condons? Only to be directed to the actual pharmacy counter where there was a massive queue.
This evening I have just come back from my local pharmacy and am amazed that even there they keep the condoms hiden away, behind the counter on the floor and have a terrible selection.
I wanted to ask the young lady helping me which condoms were best, but noticed that she was already pregnant (seven months, she told me), and so I felt that she would probably not be the best judge of safe sex products:>)
Can someone please tell why condoms are so hard to come by? Am I looking in the wrong places or do Dominicans buy them by mail order:>)

Tony C · #2 07-17-2002, 12:07 AM

Why are they so Hard to find? Thats is easy to answer. Nobody uses them. Birthcontrol pills are sold over the counter for the people with at least half a brain. The others are called Mami!

Tony C.

Jane J. · #3 07-17-2002, 12:41 AM

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The others are called Mami!

Annnnddd...that's why so many of them called Mami. Condoms are readily available at EVERY PHARMACY. Even sold in singles. Pretty soon, Tony C. you'll be preaching to people that they shouldn't wear them - that' how far over to the Dark Side you've gone. Scary.

Pib · #4 07-17-2002, 01:11 AM

I disagree with the OP. One of my biggest complaints is that it is impossible to acquire an aspirin in a colmado ("this is not a pharmacy") whereas condoms are displayed for everyone to see even in the smallest chinchorro. Not that the latter is bad, on the contrary, but I'd appreciate if they sold both.

Carolina066 · #5 07-17-2002, 02:24 AM

Any of you gals ever try to buy a box of tampons? Not sold in the grocery stores, though they sell a gazillion types of kotex, both domestic and foreign. I have found them at the farmacias in Santo Domingo, but only in very small packages, and then, they are under the counter (with the condoms?) and you have to ask for them. Tampons is one item I suggest that anyone coming to the DR for a while bring from home.
As for condoms: they are pretty much standard issue in the cabanas....they bring them with the soap and towels.

John · #6 07-17-2002, 08:28 AM

Cheers, I shall check out my local Colmado.
Concerning the Cabañas I was recently driven through one, (unfortunately we didn't stop) and was amazed at how they work. Car hidden in shuttered driveways with the payment made through deposit boxes so no one ever sees your face. How much do Cabañas cost?

Carolina066 · #7 07-17-2002, 08:56 AM

Depends on the place, locale and quality and cleanliness. They rent by the hour for less $20 US

DRtechie · #8 07-17-2002, 09:56 AM

Never been to a cabana and I don't think I ever will...something really tacky about it. As for condoms, I just bring them with me. I really don't trust the quality of the ones in DR and it's just better to be safe then sorry.

Tony C · #9 07-17-2002, 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by Jane J.

Annnnddd...that's why so many of them called Mami. Condoms are readily available at EVERY PHARMACY. Even sold in singles. Pretty soon, Tony C. you'll be preaching to people that they shouldn't wear them - that' how far over to the Dark Side you've gone. Scary.

Jane...You underestimate the power of the Dark Side!
Your moralizing has gotten tedious. Why do you think I wrote that the ones with less than half a brain are called Mami? Even when I take your side you still feel the need to climb up on your soapbox and try to say you are better than me! Well guess what? Your not. Not even close!

Tony C.

Jane J. · #10 07-17-2002, 03:53 PM

All I meant was that you're very anti-condom. Sheesh.