Maestra_Equisita wrote:
It seems like we may miss the fun then...unless we can find a few free hours before our flight on our last day; our trip is very short, only 5 days in Costa Rica, and as freaky as we are, we don't want to spend time chasing tail and we don't want to spend as much as it would take to have a tica join us on the beach; nor do we want a third for the entire trip, just for a wild experience at night time after our muscles have recovered from kayaking

I'm very interested, though, to hear how you fine gentlemen think race will play a factor. The guide books seemed to imply that Costa Ricans have an aloof at best attitude toward African-American tourists, except maybe on the Caribbean coast (Limon). Will the ticas feel the same way? Will it impair our abilities to get a date, if we were to be in SJ, or if we visited one of the spots near Samara that were mentioned on this site (Bar Mango and El Kuru)?
I'm of Dominican heritage. My wingman is Jamaican.
We've been to Costa Rica 6 times this year. We experienced the following racial incidents:
- A Hotel Del Rey colombiana made a comment about my wingman's race when he turned her down after she asked for
cien.
- Another Hotel Del Rey
chica (I believe she was a dominicana) said she wasn't racist, but she didn't like going with black men (:D everyone at our table cracked up at this sally, she said this without a trace of irony).
... And that's been pretty much it.
I've found the color
chicas (not just ticas, but also nicas, colombianas, dominicanas, brasileras, venezolanas, etc. etc.) are concerned about is the color of your money.
I can tell you I don't get as much attention as my Caucasian brothers when I sit in the Del Rey on my own, but that's because the
chicas think I'm a local -- I don't really look like a tico but they can tell I'm Hispanic. But all I have to do is open my mouth; when that Noo Yawk accent comes out, I suddenly become George Clooney to them.
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