Doug

I was in Aruba for one week last year and St. Maarten for one week this year. The main tourist area of Aruba, Palm Beach and Oranjestad, have no strip clubs that I am aware of. A smaller city in Aruba, St. Nicholas, is a little bit of a drive from Palm Beach and Oranjestad. It has a number of small brothels, but no strip clubs that I am aware of. I didn't go to any of them so I can't comment on them, although I was in St. Nicholas during the day. St. Maarten, the Dutch side, has strip clubs and brothels. The main three strip clubs in St Maarten are Bada Bing, Golden Eyes and The Platinum Club. They are all decent clubs. The mileage isn't bad, but not great, which is kind of surprising considering that there are brothels on the Dutch side, also. I'm sure that the girls would come back to your hotel with you, but I had other travelers with me and couldn't do that. I did do that, however, when I was in St. Maarten in 2001 and went to a couple of the brothels. I didn't feel safe by myself this trip. The strip clubs are in the tourist areas and are safe, though. I don't know about Curacao, but I am thinking about going in the future. I like the Dutch islands because they have both casinos and adult entertainment.

Aruba Ron: I was in Aruba last year for the first time. I requested information on this forum before I left regarding strip bars in Oranjestad/Aruba. I didn't really get any help. I think about the only answer I received had to do with the brothels in that small city outside of Oranjestad (can't think of the name of the city; I think it's San Nicolas). Anyway, are there strip bars in Oranjestad/Aruba or only brothels?

Nobody has said much about the mileage of the dances they have experienced and the best time to go. And what about the type of girls who generally work at Tootsie's-------i.e., age, color, nationality, etc. I would appreciate comments regarding those issues from persons who have fairly recently frequented Tootsie's. Is it far from the South Beach area? Thanks.

Thank you for some of the thoughts and advice. Driver01 seems to have a pretty good handle on the clubs in Key West. I interpret his comments to be mostly positive about the clubs there. I'm looking forward to going. I'm sure I'll hit all the clubs, except the scrub club. Any other comments are still welcome, of course.