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So I went to check out Teatro Nacional's "Teatro al Mediodía" guitar recital yesterday.

Talk about gringo tax. The price for residents was â‚¡500, the price for "extranjeros" was â‚¡5,000.

Oh yeah, Greg, the co-owner of HDR was there!

Darn, and we thought the New Fantasy gringo markup was high...

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Are the theatre employees getting any more money in their pay when a gringo visits?

But the funiest part was seeing Greg in the theater........wearing birkenstock/sandals!

For those interested in other doings at the Teatro Nacional, here's their Website: http://www.teatronacional.go.cr/
Which brings up the question--Is there a central listing for this and other cultural events in the SJO area (other legit theaters, galley openings, smaller classical musical events, that sort of thing)? This may be an odd thing to bring up on a monger board but you gotta do something with downtime.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

get a CR driver's license if you don't already have one - i've never been charged the extranjero rate for anything since i show my driver's license in place of a cedula, and it's always been accepted

Puravida29:

Please walk me through the steps to get a D/L. I asked my novia to check on the cedula issue but it seems that since I only "live" in CR about a week a month (I still have to work, ya know??) that it's "not possible".

Thanks

/dddick

This may help: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26153&p=271822#p271822

Puravida29, you make a great point. I will seriously take that into consideration.

But, I wonder if that will help in New Fantasy?

Doubt it. About a year ago, I tried to get the Tico price with a Residente Permanente Cedula and got an "Are you crazy?" look.

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It's faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money--Tom T. Hall
No man is a failure who is enjoying life--William Faulkner

Casi me cago de risa!!!

This whole topic was covered from every conceivable point of view ad nauseam about a year ago. Bottom line: it happens everywhere so get used to it. Not to say you shouldn't look for work-arounds or that it doesn't grate on your nerves when it does.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED