Do we need a Health Pass to get into other bars/restaurants??? I thought I read somewhere that they aren't checking at customs for the Health Pass, but it still may be needed to get into other places in Costa Rica.

I was possibly gonna get a health pass just in case, especially since its Free. But I won't get one if it isn't needed at all.

Thanks

On the ground the mask mandate is basically wear your mask when entering the door of any bar or restaurant, and then take it off after you pass the guard.

The government that imposed the mask mandate lost in the elections by a landslide. They are a bunch of lame ducks that failed to even win 3 percent of the vote.

Right now enthusiasm for any kind of government and enforcement is zero. Everyone in power has either left, is looking for a new job or contemplating being unemployed for a long time.

There is a runoff election on April 3rd, and the party that is more likely to win is promising to downsize government, stimulate jobs and eliminate bureaucratic red tape.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_De ... ress_Party

The party of the current government is locked out of the runoff because they came in 7th place in the general election.

In 2012, this was sort of their view of what "Costa Risa" has become. Clearly the problem is government and taxes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWgbB7IvVV0

1. The indoor mask mandate is in force if not enforced. It is expected to be eliminated before the current administration leaves on May 8.
2. When official opinion polling ended last week, Figureres and the PLN were ahead Chaves and the PPSD. Of course 4 years ago Carlos Alvarado was a surprise winner over Fabricio Alvarado. Voter absenteeism is expected to be high. I am not a citizen, so I cannot vote. Chaves is my preferred candidate but most Ticos I know lean toward Figgy. Chaves' wife is way hotter.
3. Regardless of which candidate wins, there will be minimal impact on the hobby.

I think you may be right about Figueres. Nothing succeeds like success, and last time Figueres was president the country was an exciting place with good things in its future.

Figueres brought Intel to Heredia, and installed the first 400,000 digital GSM cell phone lines in Costa Rica. So what if he took a multi-million dollar kick back and had to hide in Spain to wait out the heat.

The point however, is that the current government is as lame a duck can be. They don't even get a chance in the run off election on Sunday.

The mask mandate has come to feel as popular as the current government. No one is going to be sad to see the Covid president go away along with the masks, the QR codes, capacity controls, traffic restrictions, and assorted bullshit.

If only the double digit unemployment, rampant corruption, price inflation and half the workforce in the informal economy were so easy to get rid of as well.

Going to book now! Thanks for the news!

So has the Sportsmens stopped checking vaccine status too as of April first? I am not vaxxed and not getting vaxxed, planning a June trip.