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Anyone know if I will be considered "in transit" and exempt? I'm flying to Managua (park girls of Granada, here I come!) and selected a flight with a 3.3-hr. layover in SJO. Figure I'll get my re-boarding pass, leave the a/p and look up an old flame at Veronica's. That avoids the worst of the traffic going back to the a/p. Will my boarding pass get me through without paying the tax?

BTW on Taca the flight to MGA is cheaper than to SJO. Less than $500. 5 days over Pres. Day.

Since no one seems to know, I´ll answer my own question. Yes, if your boarding pass says In Transit. I came through immigration, checking In Transit on the entry form. At the TACA departures line, ground crew advised me that I was not subject to the a-p tax, but I needed to check out at the immigration counter. So I got my exit stamp and turned it into the TACA departures desk, checking my large carryon bag. They stamped my boarding pass. I still had 2.5 hours so I took a taxi to Veronica´s for a shower and massage. My old fave Roxana had departed, hopefully to pursue her dream of becoming the Nica Christiane Amanpoure. I chose a morena with curly hair who resembles Anna Yanci, who left there a year ago for greener pastures at Zona Azul. Her name is Yaris (pronounced like Janice), a 20 y.o. from SJO. Slender face and athletic body. Problem: in my haste, I forgot to take my Vitamin. So I bit the bullet, chewed one up and ate pu*sy for half an hour. I can´t say she finished, but she really got into it. Then not so much into bbbj, but quite into the finale. A great memory. Now I´m back among the girls of Granada, a lousy place to go whoring, as all the experts say.