San Jose General Reports

[RacShack]

My first time to the hotel del rey was in the fall of 1998. It took forever to walk from one end of the bar area to the other with chicas offering services, asking for drinks and grouping the gringos. Great fun! Even a fraction of that atmosphere today with the HDR reopening would be cool. Maybe better even. Elevator tax back then was $10. Today I "hear' it is $20. OK, inflation over 20 yrs. Planning a trip in late April IF Covid testing to return to US is eliminated for fully vaxed. Even with the low probability of a positive test I don't want to get quarantined there. Will update after visiting. My last trip was early 2019. CR hobby was still going strong then. Pura vida.

If you wanted "company" in Jaco on your fishing trip 20 years ago you needed to bring one from SJO to the Hotel Cocal, which was a quiet beach hotel. Since 2013 or so Cocal is flooded with chicas on weekends post pandemic albeit with substantial price inflation I hear from my local buddies.

Taormina, Castillo and Sportsman's have also filled the SJO gap in last two years my local friends tell me. One night in SJO on arrival and one night pre-departure works best for me. I love gringo gulch but I also like the warm weather on the coast. The chicas split their time between SJO (during week) and Jaco (weekends). We shall see how this all plays out in the coming months although I think it will only improve as restrictions wane.

BTW, if Medellin had a beach.

Hopefully HDR will be fun again, soon we will know! Back 20 yrs ago was no need to bring girls to Jaco, don't forget about the Beetle Bar (lots and lots of fun) and a couple others, and the one that was right on beach down a side street, can't remember the name of that one!

[FunLovingOne]

My first time to the hotel del rey was in the fall of 1998. It took forever to walk from one end of the bar area to the other with chicas offering services, asking for drinks and grouping the gringos. Great fun! Even a fraction of that atmosphere today with the HDR reopening would be cool. Maybe better even. Elevator tax back then was $10. Today I "hear' it is $20. OK, inflation over 20 yrs. Planning a trip in late April IF Covid testing to return to US is eliminated for fully vaxed. Even with the low probability of a positive test I don't want to get quarantined there. Will update after visiting. My last trip was early 2019. CR hobby was still going strong then. Pura vida.

If you wanted "company" in Jaco on your fishing trip 20 years ago you needed to bring one from SJO to the Hotel Cocal, which was a quiet beach hotel. Since 2013 or so Cocal is flooded with chicas on weekends post pandemic albeit with substantial price inflation I hear from my local buddies.

Taormina, Castillo and Sportsman's have also filled the SJO gap in last two years my local friends tell me. One night in SJO on arrival and one night pre-departure works best for me. I love gringo gulch but I also like the warm weather on the coast. The chicas split their time between SJO (during week) and Jaco (weekends). We shall see how this all plays out in the coming months although I think it will only improve as restrictions wane.

BTW, if Medellin had a beach.

[Zeos1]

I'm not there, but it is open. Not the same as before exactly, from what I hear, but will await a direct report on the differences.

Del Rey by the way, in case you want to search it.

[Zeos1]

For years now everyone talking about del ray closing and that it will never ever reopen, but it supposedly has been open for a week now and not one word about! A update on del ray would be great! Enjoy your trip have fun!

I'm not there, but it is open. Not the same as before exactly, from what I hear, but will await a direct report on the differences.

[RacShack]

Will be there tomorrow. If you have places you want a report on let me know. It will give me a place to start. Have not been here for 5 years.

For years now everyone talking about del ray closing and that it will never ever reopen, but it supposedly has been open for a week now and not one word about! A update on del ray would be great! Enjoy your trip have fun!

[Huacho]

Will be there tomorrow. If you have places you want a report on let me know. It will give me a place to start. Have not been here for 5 years.

Please start by finding out if the Del Rey has actually re-opened.

[SouthernOcean]

Will be there tomorrow. If you have places you want a report on let me know. It will give me a place to start. Have not been here for 5 years.

[Zeos1]

Any idea what the skokka chicas are charging?

After I posted the last response I took a look. And most do not post prices. Lots that post there are working out of massage places / pensiones, so the typical pricing for those places would apply (15 - 25 mil for 30 min, more with extras.) Look at Wilas to see more ads with pricing. They seem to range from 20 to 60 mil per date / hour generally.

[Zeos1]

Any idea what the skokka chicas are charging?

They usually have the prices on their ads, right?

[YankeeFan]

Appreciate it Zeos! I knew Del Rey was closed but used that as a way to saying these chicks all come out at night. I had no idea they're all around these other spots during the day. Good to know! I also came across this site that you guys likely know about. Independent escorts post their ad here.

https://cr.skokka.com/escorts/san-jose/

Any idea what the skokka chicas are charging?

[Zeos1]

For all intents and purposes a pension is a massage parlor. Seldom do they serve alcohol (but a couple have small bars setup).

When they use the term pension it means they have rooms, sort of like a small hotel. Their license is based on that, and the girls on site rent the rooms to do their business. So in reality you are paying the chica who then pays part of that for the room, and she keeps the rest. So the chicas are independent. But, in return for using the place the pension has the right to suggest their working hours and the range of what they charge. So in effect it functions like a brothel. Some also advertise as massage places, which are really no different.

[Huacho]

So a 'pension' is a type of license that is no longer being issued, that allows bars to have rooms for sex on the premises. But most of them aren't really bars for hanging out, but are more like apartments with chicas working out of them. An example would be Monica's, while an exception is Bar Malibu, which is an actual bar with some stray hookers in it, and has a 'pension' license.

[HardDrive]

Will be traveling to Costa Rica very soon. Why are some bars listed as "pension?" What does it mean?

For all intents and purposes a pension is a massage parlor. Seldom do they serve alcohol (but a couple have small bars setup).

[Kyman]

Will be traveling to Costa Rica very soon. Why are some bars listed as "pension?" What does it mean?

[Crusader560]

Just wanting to know how is Del ray, now that it's open? Is the 4th floor of Taormina still open? And is the place a ghost town at 12 ? Or, if proof of vaccination allows the places to stay open later? Thanks.