+1 on La Amistad. I've stayed there 4 times now (5th time coming next month) and love the place. If you want to stay at a place where the working ladies are right outside your door, then the Sportsman's Lodge is a better choice. Personally, I usually go for trips in the 10-15 day range and I like some quiet times in the mornings and afternoons, without feeling like I am being hunted, lol. One good thing is the two places are literally 500 meters apart. Just walk outside LA, hang a right and go down to the end of the street and the SL is there just on your left, across the street. So you can party it up at the bar there, pick your girl and just walk back to your nice quiet room at LA.
If you do decide on the LA, you can walk down to the Del Rey or the Key largo (basically ground zero of the Gulch) in about 10 mins (all downhill - just ask Rudy or Carlos for directions) and a cab should only be about 700-1000 colones on the meter. Don't let some scam artists try and get 2,000 colones. If they have a meter, insist on them using it. If they don't have a meter, offer them a "rojo" (1K note) for the trip before you get in.
Also, there's a pharmacy near the LA. Just go out the front door, hang a left and walk up the street towards the big Hospital (about 500 meters East). You'll cross the train tracks just outside the hotel and when you get to the end of the street, you'll be facing the hospital, which is across the road. If you look to your left, there's a small pharmacy there. You can buy most anything without a prescription and they have viagra and cialis.
... and Nhhank, there was four koi the last time i looked in that pond. If one is missing, we'll send a search party out looking for your laundry! 
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