Mike321 wrote:
Scuba 1
I agree Bill has created a nice experience for guests and girls......I also think that almost all Bill's guests visit the del rey/key largo at some point in there stay.
I get it you hate the del rey but until something comes along that really competes with it that's where the majority of girls will work.
My points were simple - the HDR is not that great but the competition is worse
I confirm that Bill has done an excellent job, and deserves every bit of success he has achieved (its not easy to make a go of it in his business - anywhere - but he has and should be praised for what he achieved - period
My bitches against the HDR notwithstanding - I think its a shitty hotel, the last time the rooms were renovated and /or redecorated Jimmy Carter was in the Whitehouse (and not the one in Escazu

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Plus, I think they charge US prices for their food and drinks - their right to do so, as so many business catering to the gringo do.
But my main gripe is really with guys that never expand their horizons past the HDR, and the KL - some of these guys would have you believe they "know" Costa Rica - they don't - I think - hell, I know - that so much exists outside of the walls of the pink palace that more guys should experience.
I've talked to jerks that (let me say.....if you like the HDR, that's your right - what I'm talking about here are guys that know nothing, but think they do) swear by the place - its the only place to meet girls in San Jose - its great, on and on ad naseum - its the idea that some will never expand past the place - and that's OK - just STFU about how great it is, and how much you know about CR - that is the thing that gets me about the place.