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I am finally going to do a trip to the Southern Caribean.I am going to stay one night in Limon and check out the sleaze there and head to the South to Puerto Viejo and points south.Will likely stay two night out of San Jose.I was just wondering if any of the July 4th crowd wanted to join me.Will be traveling by express bus.I will likely leave Tuesday the 5th but could move up a day or so.rbc100

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RBC,

I have never heard anything but bad about Limon ?????
You know different ???
I would skip Limon and go straight to Puerto Viejo.
The Nuck

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I once slept on the packing bubbles I used to pack my surfboard with on the street in downtown Limon. I swear at 4 am a parade of people came marching down the street making all kinds of racket that woke me up. I dont know what the hell was going on not that I sleeping very good anyway. It wasnt a very fun lol but i didnt get robbed.

We rented a Suzuki micro bus that broke down on the way to the carribean. we were prepared to just sleep in the bus right there when a red cross guy came by in a jeep with a 10 foot rope to tow us the rest of the way to Limon he decided it would be much safer doubling the rope up. So there we were doing 60 miles an hour avoiding potholes and swerving in and out of traffic all while only being 5 feet from this lunatic in a red cross Jeep. But at least he gave us a tow to the gas station. We were scared to death but it things like this that you never forget.

I used to go surf at Playa Bonita and it was really great before the earthquake. Now probly the only good place to surf near Limon is the island 1 mile off shore that you can see when you are driving by the airport on the way to PV be sure to look and see if the waves are breaking ) if they are there will be alot of whitewater on the right side of that island.

well RBC i just wanted to share that little story im pretty sure you would be ok wherever you go just from reading your post on this site and if its new things or bars you want to check out you should see some interesting sites their. The carribean is like a different country when compared to the pacific side IMO. the drive to Puerto Viejo is really cool driving thru banana plantations and right along the coast for miles.

Surfdog

Will look forward to your update RBC. I may be there Sunday and Monday in the area. Maybe we'll spot you? I hear they are having very little rain compared to the Pacific side...so should be nice beach weather.

Hey Nuck, It is just something I want to check out myself.In general I have heard a bad rap on the Caribean Coast in general.I have been to the South coast once and it is one of my favorite places.I have heard South close to the Panama border is really nice.On Limon I found the recent post about the carnival interesting and think that could be a lot of fun.I also saw a post a long while back about a driver in the Limon area who hooked guys up with very semipro ******* who were school teachers from the Limon area.Unfortunately I don't think it gave contact info but had good reviews.Don't remeber if it was here or somewhere else that I read it.I will definitely be watching my back and won't take anything valuble with me.
Surfdog,Thanks for the input.I will report back.rbc100

RBC100,

I am also looking forward to your trip report.

I am going down to CR for two weeks for the anniv. party, and want to plan a trip to the beach.

I can't decide if I want to just go to Jaco (because it is quick and easy from San Jose), or the Caribbean for a day or two.

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Limon ,Puerto Viejo and Manzinillo Report:
I had a great trip to the Caribean Coast.Boarded the regular Express Bus to Limon around noon from San Jose(about $5).Arrived in Limon about 3:00 pm in time to scope out the lay of the town before dark.The town turned out to be much safer than San Jose and if you feel uneasy at night taxis are readilly available.I myself walked everywhere.
I got a room at Hotel International avery clean basic place with private bath with warm water though a cool shower felt good as it was very hot.Had a good fan right over the bed so was comfortable at night.Room was 5200col. per night.It turned out to be marginally girl fereindly ,more on that topic a bit later.
People in town were very freindly and felt snubbed by the tourist industry and the Costa Rcian government for all the bad publicity Limon recieves.Locals tell me Carnival in a nonstop in October running from the 12th til the 24th.Everything was very reasomably price in Limon as it isn't a tourist destination.
The working girl scene was very limited but there was lots of beautiful women walking about town during the daytime.With some decent Spainish there might be opportunities with the local girls. Bar Washington is one of the main pickup spots for ladies of the night.Talent was very limited with most of the ladies looking real hard and rough and only saw 7 or 8 ladies while I was there. About 8 or 9 a marinally doable lady came in who didn't look hardened like all the outhers and I bought her a couple of drinks and found her to be very sweet.She was mabe a 5 or 6 but had a great attitude so decided to give her a spin and she tuned out to be one of the best and most talented providers I have been with to date in Costa Rica.She agreed to go to my hotel for a couple of hours fo 10000 col. with no negotiation.I treated her like a lady and was well rewarded.We took off walking the four or five blocks back to my hotel and they let us in but after about an hour of wild sex the night clerkstrted yelling for us to finish so we finished and I paid her and sent her on the way with an nice litttle propina.If we had been able to communicate just a little I would have taken her with me to Puerto Viejo and I expect she would have been good company.She was low maintenance a total GFE girl.
I was hanging out at a local bar which was one of the main watering holes in town having a few beers and late snack visiting with a local who said he might be able to fix me up with the bartender who was cute as she could be to go out later.She was ever bit as cute a the Del rey bartenders but I passed as I was tired and needed to recharge before returning to San Jose.

The next morning I boarded to express bus to Puerto Viejo and arrived about 9:30( about $3).The first hotel I checked was full and they said the town was fairly full and I think OH no no reservation.I wonered about looking for a little while finding the Hotel Pura Vida a little of the beaten path but right in town.It looked nice so I headed in and they had rooms avilable with shared bath which was right by my room.It was the nicest $12 hotel I have ever stayed in and tuned out to be a very good choice.Not sure how they are on girls but I expect if you brought someone along and checked in as a double there would be no problem as long as you weren't loud as all the rooms are open air.Room had a good fan right by the bed so was comfortable sleeping at night.Weather wwas very hot and humid but sunny the whole time with no rain.Thsi time of year is dreier on the Caribean than most of the year.Puerto Viejo is a nice town but getting a bit touristy still fairly laid back though.

I truly hope big resorts never come to the area beacause that will bring an end to the Paridise that exists there now .This area is truly one of my favorite parts of the Country.

On to paradise lost being Manzinillo.I rented a bike to ride to Manzinillo as transportation is limited(yes the kind you pedal).It was about a 13 Kilometer trip and seemed farther.I was rewarded at the outher end with one of the nicest beaches I have visited anywhere and a truly laid back place.Chilled aout at a nice very local beach front bar with adjioning resaurant had a few beers and lunch before taking a hike down the trail to the isolated beach about 4 or 5 kilomemeters farther south.I thought it would be fairly flat easy terrian but turned out to be a challenging hike but was really nice on the outher end.Went sorkeling for a little while on the outher end and it was quite nice and refreshing as a break for the heat.Spotted a couple of Sloths and several howler monkeys during the hike.
Now only problem is I have to hike back to Manzinillo and the cold beer at the beach bar was really good.It was approaching dark so time to head back to.On the ride back which was qite peaceful at near dark I heard this roar sounding much like a roaring crowd,had never heard anything quite like it so I stopped for a minute.Turns out is was howler monkey howling at a distance all through the jungle had to have been hundreds of them and you could hear waves crashing the shore on the outher side of you .That was a priceless moment.I contineud back had a nice evening in Puerto Viejo.The crowd consisted mostlyof US and European tourists as well as lots of locals going to the beach.

I have been focusing mainly on hobbying in San Jose last few trips and forgot how much I enjoy touring the Country.It was nice to get out of the city and will definitely return to Limon for Carnival next year if not this year.rbc100

Nice reports RBC...and congrats on your adventurous spirit. I have a sense you live life to its fullest.

I have also done that bike trip from PV to Manzanillo. I actually prefer the remoteness of Punta Uva beach better, but that whole area truly has the best beaches in Costa Rica.

I also concur with your statement on the Limon thread that English speaking girls are much easier to find on the South Caribbean than most anywhere else in the country...for sure the Pacific side. I also have never felt threatened walking around Limon (i am a blonde blue eyed gringo), and you see much fewer beggars there than San Jose. I think alot of folks come to CR with racial bias and feel uncomfortable in predominantly black populations. Now you know how "they" feel in our predominantly white north. But if you are cool and without attitude, you should find some of the nicest Ticos live in Limon and the Caribbean coast. While race IS an issue in CR, it is much less obvious or in your face than in the USA.

There are a few hotels over there with air conditioning also for guys here that need the air. Like RBC, it is not a prerequisite for me as the sea breezes are pretty constant and refreshing over there. I should be there again in a couple days. Looking forward to it...

TMAN: Blue eyed yes, but how come everone keeps saying your older brother with the "GRAY" Hair!


RBC Nice report, great to see our brothers out there seeing the rest of the country!

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Admin1...I'll lay you 2 to 1 you are "gray" before me...and you're over 8 yrs younger ...

I know when you and I go over to the Caribbean, we will have to have the most airconditioned room in the region. That 65 degree condo in Guanacaste made me think I was back in Chicago...in the middle of winter ...

I'll be bald before I'm gray.. .......

Personally I loved that 65 Degree condo in Guanacaste... you woke up in the AM and the windows were fogged over from the drast temperture differences and all the bugs and mosquitos that flew in over night are dead on the floor due to the cold

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Nice report RBC. I have 2 points and 3 questions. To begin, my first point is that your report seems to support my prediction that the P4P scene NORMALLY would be as you put it "very limited with most of the ladies looking real hard and rough". Still if your pick really was as good as a 5-6 and as good as you say in terms of performance, for 10K you got a real deal, even if you did get cut an hour short. I'm just not so sure from your report how many other working girls there would be that would be that good. It sounded like you had to sift through a lot of less desirable ones before you found her. Personally, I don't go below a 5 no matter how friendly or cheap she might be. Well maybe for free, but I wouldn't tell my friends about it the next day. BTW, there's a term for that which I've forgot - does anyone know what that is?

Okay, here's my first real question. What the Phuck was the hotel clerk's problem? You're either chica friendly or your not. Once he let her in, why should he care how long you had her up there? Were you making a lot of noise or was he just being a dickhead or maybe he was hitting you up for some shut-the-fuck-up money? Do you think that may be the way hotels are in that town or might there be more chica-friendly places?

Sorry, I guess that was whole bunch of questions. Here's my second real question and related point. You and T-Manboth said that (apparently unlike the working girls) the non-pro chicas in that town can be quite attractive and you speculated that if one spoke some spanish one might be able to score some local talent. In my other post, I speculated that while there were probably some real good lookers in the smaller cities like Limon, they probability of successful pickups (short of spending time courting) may be less than SJ because of the conservative small town atmosphere. What real sense did you get the local girls could be picked up by the average monger in town for a short visit or were you just speculating yourself?

Okay, third and final question and really just a nitpicking detail really. You said "Locals tell me Carnival in a nonstop in Feburay running from the 12th til the 24th." Maybe, I'm confused but I was under the impression was that there big Carnival centered around Colombus Day (Día de la Raza) in October rather than the Mardi Gras time period. Was that just a typo or is their big Carnival really in February and not October like you said?

Hey ,Prolijo,Hope you doing well look forward to crossing paths again soon as I know we share common interests on seeing more of Costa Rica than San Jose.The biggest problem at the hotel was my room location.It was in the corner facing the street directly by the front desk with two big open air windows opening onto the patio where the desk guy sat when he wasn't busy so he was within 10 feet of us with two big open windows.Obviously I had the curtians closed but they were thin and may have been partly tranparent. I am not exagerating on how good the girl was .She was liklely in the top two or three have ever had as working girls and I lost count quite a while back.She was a absolute GFE and did any an everything I wanted with lots of enthusiam.There is no doubt we were making noise so I can kind of understand the guy being offended.I should have chosen a room at the back and there would have neve been a problem.When I looked in mid afternoon it was hotter than hell and this room looked like it would be cool at night with all the windows.
Guess I had too many cervezas of somehting when I wrote Febuary, it is October I fixed it.
It is hard to say about regular girls but there was much eye candy and not a majority African Ameircan.The girl bartending at the bar was a knock out and looked very wholesome.I will say she was freindly and would not doubt she might consider going out for drinks with a gringo.I doubt as with most reguar girls you would get anywhere with out some work .Had I not been totaly spent from the earlier girl and very tierd from late nights in San Jose I would have considered taking a shot on getting her to go out.
Thanks for the compliments Tman I do try to live to the fullest .I understand you comments on racism well.I live in rural East Texas with a large African American population.I grew up during integreation of the schools and have seen and been around racism all my like even by older members of my own family.I grew up with riots in my local high school with the national gusrd guarding the halls so I make a concerted effort to treat all people the same.I have had the pleasure of being with some black providers form time to time who really I enjoyed.Being a short time guy variety is the spice of life.That could change with the right chica but won't be a working girl.Just wish my Spainish would kick in a little quicker so I can start exploring those opportunities.
One final point this girl I saw was low maintenance.It was her idea to take off walking to the hotel when I told her where I was staying.Not many girls in San Jose will take off walking 4 or 5 blocks to your hotel.rbc100

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Proligo wrote:

This is a common but incorrect belief amoung many posters on this site.

If your Costa Rica experience evolves soley around the BM, KL, ZB then this may be accurate, however if you listen and understand from reading posts from the likes of RBC and read the his list of massage parlors and pensions
you'll see that No Cien truly has meaning and that there lovely girls all over Costa Rica who are not that difficult to find and 10,000 col is a going rate and not a "real Deal".

Remember the Gulch is a designation for Americans and the priced accordingly.

Take the path less traveled and see how the other 98% live. You might be pleasently surprised

CRBound,
Correct me if I'm wrong but tell me where RBC's list mentions anywhere you can find a girl who doesn't look like she was hit by a truck willing to go with you for a 2 hour GFE session. Of course I know about places like Oasis. I've been there and done that. Their price is 10K for an hour. The only MP's he mentioned that even matched that was MP1 and Siboney. 747 offers half hours for 4500. Pensiones is cheaper still, but when I popped my head in there the best that I saw was no more than a 3-4. All the rest of the MP's cost even higher than those small handful of joint. ZB, NF, Idem and Eros are MUCH higher. Looking at the entire list except the Tico strip joints which charge 40K/hr, 2/3 of his places charge more than Oasis's 10K/hr rate and the average was about 13K/hr. You may think I'm deluded but that makes 10K for 2 hours of GFE (RBC described it as being in his top 2-3 of all time) sound like a real deal to me.