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5 trips, right around $2,000 per trip for 7-8 days.

I of course have gone over this amount on trips but only because I wanted to.

I would love to hear about ways guys have wacked off money (pun intended) from their total nut (intended again). In other words, what are your steps to save money in order to spend more on the chicas, prolong trips, just just get by.

For one, I make sure to stock up on booze at duty free, drink a bit in my room, and go ligher in the bars. Also will hit the tico bars; which I enjoy a great deal.

I also like to hit one of the MPs in the Oasis area early in the day, and perhaps 747, cha cha cha, or another for the midday sesson..I find I can have great sessons and keep my price per nut down...

the peruvian soda across from ZB, and seafood soup, is a wonderful $3 lunch. I frequent sodas often, and also try to walk (not at night)..

My days run anywhere from 125 to 400, depending upon the festifities...a couple of two hour threesomes at ZB, and a TLN from the BM, along with a wonderful mean at Fogo will add up to a decent sized bill..

I find I enjoy the variety, and if I need to spend less, I can. Hoping on my next trip to have about $250 a day, over ten days..

Psychman

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Circus... I understand your frugality... but washing condoms for re-use is way overboard and stupid. THEY ARE FREE IN CR and you are potentially spreading your nastiness around.

Do us a favor and submit a list of all chicas you have done with a used-washed-condom... so we know who to avoid. BTW... how many other guys have they been with and so on???? That is a moot point.

Please man... have a little respect and pick up some new condoms. I hope you were kidding.

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This is my average expenses per day. Of course there are often variables to this, like sometimes 2 or 3 chicas per day. I walk everywhere and have a lot of pizza and fruit juice meals for $1.00 each at the counter of Costa Del Sol, which I really do enjoy. I also eat many good, cheap meals at Soda Peru, across from Zona Blue. I think I get by quite inexpensively.

one chica per day..............................$60.00

drinks per day...................................$20.00

hotel per day with breakfast.............$45.00

meals per day...................................$15.00

tips per day........................................$5.00

Miscellaneous expenses per day......$10.00


TOTAL AVERAGE PER DAY................$155.00

Zebra

When you travel far from home never get caught short of $ in a place that is so much fun that would be pure torture. I never spend what I take & always come in under budget but one never knows when the little head could go wild or the big one get carried away at the Casino? When I return home I am always back to being conservative since the entertainment value is a whole nother equation!

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I usully hit the ATM's for $200-250 per day if not shopping for shoes..Kidding guys... I bring a few goodies with me for the gals..Maybe hit the MP and save a little...I just got back less than 2 weeks ago from Pattaya..$100-135 per day...

Yeah, I budgeted for about $300 a day and it came out about right.

Lighten up buddy. Of course he was kidding!!!!!

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room......$10

two Tico MP sessions (plus propino).....$20

bag of tangerines.....25 cents

copy of La Nacion.......40 cents

meals at Tico diners......$12

capacino at BM rip off price.........$2

bus fare to Cartoga.........50 cents

donation to Basillaca........$2

pack of smokes.......$1

evening beers at New York Bar.......$4

little darling session back at hotel.....$30-$40


$92.15 ($100 even if treating little darling to dinner at Chelles)

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if you live in the states of Poverty, Darkness or anywhere outside of The Blessings of Civilization Trust, Inc...other rules may apply)

You will find that while Circus has tremendous amount of knowledge concerning Costa Rica he prefers to couch his comments in self- deprecating humor.

Read between the lines and you will learn a lot from an old pro.

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essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
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YO Chi_Trek:
Have no fear. If you don't mess with fat, ugly, 40 y.o. plus, toothless chicas that smell and bang for $20 or less.....then you won't be following old Circus' pecker tracks. I haven't had a decent looking woman since the Arenal volcano shot it's load.

Amazing but a fact. Except for some bad food (WHAT? In CR???) Circus has yet to have a sick day in that country. A germ cannot live in my decrepit body which is pickled from vodka most of the time.

YO PIDD:
When you and me are together.... money makes no difference

YO Cali:
Damn my man, you are really a spend thrift. There are already "NO Circus Allowed" signs in CR. Maybe a few No Cali signs might be showing up.

YO Mucho and Irish: Thanks but Shiiiiiiiiii, Uncle Sam might get suspicious and cancel my food stamps and senior subsidies.....old Circus has his pride you know.

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Damn if I'm going to repeat this shit again. I need a drink.
I've been drinking vodka every day for 45 years and I have certainly never found it to be habit forming.

What I have found to do to minimize what I spend is to go by the supermarket. While there I pick up some normal sandwhich, cokes, and other kinds of stuff. This is so that you don't have to "eat out" (no pun intended) every day.

The LH Agenda:

Pay for airline ticket cash - $600 - $700 currently.

Taxi to hotel - $14 this includes tip.

Hotel bag boys Jorge or Jonathan - pack of gum and $2 for the tip.

Mas y Menos (Gatorade, Coke & water) for the week - $10

Breakfast at Presidente is free but I may be willing to pay the extra 2000c for the good shit since the free breakfast offered seems to be getting worse with every visit. Circus, let me know if you want to sign in as me for the freebee.

Usually skip lunch but if I do eat it's around $4 - $6

Always eat for dinner usually with amigos so after the bill split it is typically $10 - $14 unless I'm slumming then it will run me around $6 - $8.

ZB utilization typically 3 out of 7 days - $108 (VIP card and calculating $1 = 500c) base rate.

BM utilization = 1/per day at $70 - $80 x7 = $490 - $560 (I'm not a phuck freak like many other mongers) tip not included.

Beer and water at the BM for 7 days $150.

Hotel stay Presidente = $357 + tax

Exit tax $26

Airport parking = $42

Total investment is approximately $1900 but since the airline ticket is paid up front I would bring around $1400 as you want to keep an extra $100 in American in the safe along with a credit card and/or your bank card.

Total daily budget (7 days) $1300/7 = $185-$190 per day and only carry 1 days budget on you while stashing the rest in the safe along with any other valuables.

I am anti credit card so I do not utilize my cc for anything except to hold my reservation. I bring one strictly for an emergency and it never leaves the safe.

Happy hunting.

LH...Am I getting this straight, that you are in CR for a week and get laid only ten times? And YOU keep rasing Paco about HIS sexual prefernces? We need to talk son....

Psychman

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Lou Reed

YO Psych:

That does not include his romps with the TV's or floor maids. Heat has his pride along with modesty.

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Damn if I'm going to repeat this shit again. I need a drink.
I've been drinking vodka every day for 45 years and I have certainly never found it to be habit forming.