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From A.M. Costa Rica (Monday April 3):

Stop the presses! La Nación discovers Hotel Del Rey
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

The Spanish-language daily La Nación has discovered the Hotel Del Rey as a place where professional women meet men, and the hotel earned a headline on the newspaper's Monday front page.

The news stories contain little that even the most casual North American visitor to Costa Rica would not know, but the tone appears to be one of surprise that a major hotel with a designation as a tourist site would facilitate meetings between male tourists and prostitutes.

The Del Rey has been in operation since at least 1992.

"The sex market grows parallel to the Hotel Del Rey," says the headline. Authorities have inspected the hotel but have found no irregularities, says the story. The authors are Otto Vargas and Rubén Bonilla. Vargas wrote an exposé on the visit by the so-called Michigan Boys to Flamingo in May 2004 where some also met professional women.
Vargas and Bonilla also wrote that the Del Rey is mentioned frequently on Internet Web pages.

The newspaper quotes Rodrigo Castro, minister of Turismo as saying that his ministry has no knowledge that the Del Rey foments prostitution. He also said that Costa Rica's tourism is based on nature and adventure, not sex tourism.

The reporting team also said they entered the Del Rey's Blue Marlin Bar where they met a 35-year-old woman who was pimping younger prostitutes, something that is illegal in Costa Rica. However, the generally favorable secondary article said that the women were charging $100 per hour of sexual entertainment or $500 for the night, which probably would be a surprise to most of the women there.

The news story does not seem to be the precursor to a crackdown because even law enforcement officials interviewed say that the hotel is working within the letter of the law and is fully licensed as a hotel, bar and casino.

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You ALWAYS have an option ....... "NEXT" !!!

Less is better when it comes to publicity about what goes on at the DR or any other similar establishment. The do-gooders will try to influence the new administration.

The unfortunate thing here is that many times when authorities know there is something occurring they just ignore it until a newspaper prints an "expose".

They then feel compelled to take some sort of action to show the public that they are ever vigilant in protecting them from evil.

I know the article says,




however things can change quickly should there be pressure applied from higher ups.

Vegas Bob was exactly right when he said,

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Pura Vida
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four
essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
Alex Levine

I don't know what's funnier, that story or the one about the UFO that was also in today's a.m. costa rica! Wile Coyote

I remember when Jose Figueres was elected. His wife got a bug up the tail and caused bars to close earlier and tried to clean up town. Cerveceria Costaricense made it very plain that this was unacceptable and the rules changed back quickly. There is too much money to be made to kill the gringo goose.

Same thing in the 1970's, when Dolph Briscoe was elected goverenor of Texas, with pressure from his wife the best little whorehouse in Texas was shut down, never to reopen

I'm being optimistic on this one...

How many non-working chicas do you think saw the article only to have their eyes light up when they read "$100 for an hour and $500 for TLN?"

Do you think some of them got on the bus the next day after reading the article?

Hopefully they're not surprised if they run into a CRT member.

Gentlemen.... do not fret.

Evereything will be alright. Just as soon as the cops receive their "mordida" (Bite) from the HDR/BM management, everything will be back to normal.
However, I am indeed concerned about the $100.00 per hour and $500 for TLN.
However, after so many conversations with the chicas, one thing I've learned is that they do not know how to read too well and consequently reading the newspaper is not something they often do.
When they hear about the "NEW" rates, and they WILL hear about them, it will be from either Ticos or some of the very few older veteran pros that still hang around.


Respectfully
Muffdiver

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Respectfully,

Muff

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