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Think about traveling to CR for first time from Canada within the next 6 months, done my research extensively on the board, hope I don't sound like an annoying newb. Hello to all Canadian CRTers

Let me apologize in advance for long list of questions, I did my best to research extensively. I have also based most of my assumptions from this thread and related ones: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=16357 from what I perceive as the "experts"

My needs are simple and would greatly appreciate specific itinerary advise (i.e. stay at hotel x because...)

Best time to travel? I.e., highest number of girls to tourist ratio, cheapest flights? (former bigger question, the latter I can research anyway)

Total stay app. 1-3 weeks (cheaper alternatives to hotel for 3 week stay close to gulch?)

Here is what I want to accomplish on my trip:
a) fornicate - TLN each night + possible occasional short term during day;

b) beach time during day;

c) require good wifi to keep up with business even during vacation;

d) advice on grocery/food as I do not want to eat in restaurants every meal - maybe on 1/5 meals;

e) clean room/bed shower at lowest price (just need my room for phucking and lap top );

f) have all this in walking distance / shortest distance as possible. (biggest priority is easy of picking up chica to take to my hotel - from what I understand my fishing needs to be done at HDR)

I have seen mixed reports about HDR, some say newbies should stay there as it simplifies things but I don't want a hotel with a guest fee (registering and announcing to staff I am bringing up a hooker is against my tastes)

How absolutely necessary is an A/C in hotel? - at night is it necessary?

Based on this would you recommend HLH, Castillo, SL, Freebird, etc?

Canadian specific questions:

$$: Are Canadian $$ accepted like American? Do people have the mistaken assumption USD is worth more!

Also is being Canadian positive/neutral/negative as it relates to chicas + other things? I can easily pass of as American and don't really care about anything except having the best time, so if passing off as American is better I'm all for that.

I apologize again for the long list of questions.
Thanks in advance

Think about traveling to CR for first time from Canada within the next 6 months, done my research extensively on the board, hope I don't sound like an annoying newb. Hello to all Canadian CRTers

Let me apologize in advance for long list of questions, I did my best to research extensively. I have also based most of my assumptions from this thread and related ones: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=16357 from what I perceive as the "experts"

My needs are simple and would greatly appreciate specific itinerary advise (i.e. stay at hotel x because...)

Best time to travel? I.e., highest number of girls to tourist ratio, cheapest flights? (former bigger question, the latter I can research anyway)

September, October and November are the slowest months for tourism in CR as it's the rainiest part of the rainy season.

Total stay app. 1-3 weeks (cheaper alternatives to hotel for 3 week stay close to gulch?)

Here is what I want to accomplish on my trip:
a) fornicate - TLN each night + possible occasional short term during day;

Most of the girls by nature don't do TLN, they're just sharks looking for quick and easy money. Sometimes it happens on its own if you really click with the right girl, but most of them have Babi*s and would have to arrange for a family member to take care of them while they were away, and even then might have to leave at 5:00 am or so.

b) beach time during day;

The closest beach is in Jaco, which would make for an all-day trip from San Jose.

d) advice on grocery/food as I do not want to eat in restaurants every meal - maybe on 1/5 meals;

The Mercado Central is the typical Latin American-style marketplace, you can get pretty much anything you want there. Beyond that, there's the Mas x Menos, an American-style supermarket, as well as the Auto Mercado, a smaller version.

Think about traveling to CR for first time from Canada within the next 6 months, done my research extensively on the board, hope I don't sound like an annoying newb. Hello to all Canadian CRTers

Let me apologize in advance for long list of questions, I did my best to research extensively. I have also based most of my assumptions from this thread and related ones: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=16357 from what I perceive as the "experts"

My needs are simple and would greatly appreciate specific itinerary advise (i.e. stay at hotel x because...)

Best time to travel? I.e., highest number of girls to tourist ratio, cheapest flights? (former bigger question, the latter I can research anyway) Anytime is good but the "season" is gen. Jan - April - rains a lot May - Oct but mostly in the PM - if most of your activities are "indoor" if you take my meaning, it really does not matter - it will matter, however, if you want to do a lot of outdor activities - for that, the dry season is better

Total stay app. 1-3 weeks (cheaper alternatives to hotel for 3 week stay close to gulch?)There are apartments like Sudhamer (sp??) which can be cheaper than hotels - for a stay of 3 week, I'd call and negociate a rate - I'd also join the board as it will save you lots of money on hotels

Here is what I want to accomplish on my trip:
a) fornicate - TLN each night + possible occasional short term during day; TLN's are not my thing b/c you are basically paying the girl to sleep - cost is also a factor - expect to pay $100 -- 300 for that - far better if it "happens" - as pointed out many girls have young Ch*ldren so they will want to leave early - another reason to avoid them - also - while the Massage Parlors (MP's) are fixed price, the girls are independent and highly negociable - shoot to pay $40 - 80

b) beach time during day; As pointed out, this requires a trip to jaco - and thats 2 hours each way - doable but not on a daily basis

c) require good wifi to keep up with business even during vacation; Most places are wired; how good and how fast is another story - ASK

d) advice on grocery/food as I do not want to eat in restaurants every meal - maybe on 1/5 meals; There are the usual array of American fast food places as well as numerous super (and smaller) markets in San Jose - the Mercado Central is alo an option - but if you stay in a regular hotel, cooking might be a challenge

e) clean room/bed shower at lowest price (just need my room for phucking and lap top ); Don't know what you consider "lowest" price but w/ the CRT card you can stay for $50-60 a night in the hotels; less in the Apartments

f) have all this in walking distance / shortest distance as possible. (biggest priority is easy of picking up chica to take to my hotel - from what I understand my fishing needs to be done at HDR)BY NO MEANS - if this is your impression you need to do lots more reading and research - Sportsmans, Hotel Little Havana, Relax, Idem are all places - plus lots more - you should check out

I have seen mixed reports about HDR, some say newbies should stay there as it simplifies things but I don't want a hotel with a guest fee (registering and announcing to staff I am bringing up a hooker is against my tastes) Thats just one reason you should consider other places - best overall HOTEL is either Sportsmans or Hotel Little Havana

How absolutely necessary is an A/C in hotel? - at night is it necessary?I have never felt the need but saying this means you will visit during a heat wave!

Based on this would you recommend HLH, Castillo, SL, Freebird, etc? All are good options; check Sportmans Lodge too

Canadian specific questions:

$$: Are Canadian $$ accepted like American? Do people have the mistaken assumption USD is worth more!Probably not if only b/c they are so acustomed to seeing USD - even though the CD is about at par, I would advise bringing USD

Also is being Canadian positive/neutral/negative as it relates to chicas + other things? I can easily pass of as American and don't really care about anything except having the best time, so if passing off as American is better I'm all for that. No preference - being clean, polite and not acting stupid counts much more

I apologize again for the long list of questions.
Thanks in advance

A couple of other things occurred to me that you might find helpful...

Third, with regard to wifi, I can tell you from personal experience that the Castillo, HLH and SL have open wifi access, but quality of the connection is sometimes not great. If you are conducting business or just keeping in touch with your business you will need a cellphone, and with kolbi prepaid, 3G access on a smartphone is dirt cheap and very reliable. You need an unlocked GSM phone to use kolbi, but given that there is no roaming available in CR for Rogers users and roaming rates for Bell users are just stupid ($3/min), you can cover the cost of a phone quite quickly if you don't already own one! A kolbi sim card cost me 3000 colones ($6) and I didn't use all of that airtime during an 8-day stay with some pretty heavy internet usage.

TLN's are not my thing b/c you are basically paying the girl to sleep - cost is also a factor - expect to pay $100 -- 300 for that - far better if it "happens" - as pointed out many girls have young Ch*ldren so they will want to leave early - another reason to avoid them - also - while the Massage Parlors (MP's) are fixed price, the girls are independent and highly negociable - shoot to pay $40 - 80

I don't think I want to go to Jaco as I've read that the beaches there are pretty crappy. Is it easy/advisable to take a chica with you for a couple of days to a tourist area like Puntarenas?