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[Fuddzie]

Wow this is a very silly post. A sure thing with a condom and every woman has HIV? That is just not true on both counts.

2013 WHO estimate 0. 6% (0. 5 to 0. 8%) vs. 0. 6% in the US (2009 data).

The condom is not perfect but it has reduced the risk by enormous amounts.

What's your agenda besides gossip mongering with no facts?

These are percentages of the country's total population. The percentages within the subset of "sex workers", in Panama is nearly 30 percent. In the USA, within black hookers, it's nearly 50 percent. As a monger, if you hooked up with a puta and she informed you she was had AIDS beforehand, would you fuck her, even with a rubber. Not me.

[GauntMan]

Will be in PTY in March. Staying at Hard Rock. How hard is it to get a girl in your room there?

Hard Rock is NOT girl friendly, you will get charged for bringing a girl to your room.

[Grand Pollo]

I read that AIDS is out of control in Panama. Even with condom, the odd of meeting a woman HIV infected is almost a sure thing. I don't like these odds.

Wow this is a very silly post. A sure thing with a condom and every woman has HIV? That is just not true on both counts.

2013 WHO estimate 0. 6% (0. 5 to 0. 8%) vs. 0. 6% in the US (2009 data).

The condom is not perfect but it has reduced the risk by enormous amounts.

What's your agenda besides gossip mongering with no facts?

[Grand Pollo]

Panama has a strange pre-occupation with "checking papers" for immigration. I say strange because on the flight out my papers were checked as well by immigration just before security screening. Makes very little sense. If you're leaving you're leaving. It's busy work to check your documents.

Most Central American airports do this because they have lots of cases of brothers and cousins using US papers from the one similar looking brother or cousin to get to the US.

Then they FedEx the passport back to the home country for the next one to try.

SAL is every single person regardless of skin colour or appearance to Canada and to the USA. MGA and SJO a lot less, mainly because they have maybe more vigilant passport control before security.

[Fuddzie]

I read that AIDS is out of control in Panama. Even with condom, the odd of meeting a woman HIV infected is almost a sure thing. I don't like these odds.

[YippieKayay]

The cop said all foreigners are required to carry their passport, or at least a photocopy of ID page and the entry stamp.

Panama has a strange pre-occupation with "checking papers" for immigration. I say strange because on the flight out my papers were checked as well by immigration just before security screening. Makes very little sense. If you're leaving you're leaving. It's busy work to check your documents.

[GoldenEagle]

Sucks to hear about the hassle from the cops. I'm heading to PTY in a few weeks and my work is putting me up at the Inter. I thought I would have to get a room elsewhere, but it sounds like I can head to Habanos and spend some time with a new friend at the Inter. I'm a totally Panama noob, so any pointers would be appreciated.

For future travelers, the Intercontinental Miramar is girl friendly. I brought home a friend from Havanas last night, and while they copied her I. The. And noted my room number, they were friendly, and had no issues. It was about 12:30 am.

But, I did get huge hassle from police before I got there. They had cordoned off the blocks around Havanas and were checking everyone's I. The. 's. I had USA Driver's license, but no passport, so they pulled us out of the car, and threatened to take me to the cuartel. I still had to pay $3 to the cab driver for the 1 block we traveled before the road block. My Colombian friend had all her papers in order. After standing on the curb for about 10 minutes, they let us go so I paid another cab $3 for the 6 blocks down the hill to the hotel. The cop said all foreigners are required to carry their passport, or at least a photocopy of ID page and the entry stamp.

[ViajeroGringo]

For future travelers, the Intercontinental Miramar is girl friendly. I brought home a friend from Havanas last night, and while they copied her I. The. And noted my room number, they were friendly, and had no issues. It was about 12:30 am.

But, I did get huge hassle from police before I got there. They had cordoned off the blocks around Havanas and were checking everyone's I. The. 's. I had USA Driver's license, but no passport, so they pulled us out of the car, and threatened to take me to the cuartel. I still had to pay $3 to the cab driver for the 1 block we traveled before the road block. My Colombian friend had all her papers in order. After standing on the curb for about 10 minutes, they let us go so I paid another cab $3 for the 6 blocks down the hill to the hotel. The cop said all foreigners are required to carry their passport, or at least a photocopy of ID page and the entry stamp.

[DuckMan2]

I will investigate if the hotel is girl friendly.

Will be in PTY in March. Staying at Hard Rock. How hard is it to get a girl in your room there?

[Va Steve]

I will investigate if the hotel is girl friendly.

Much appreciated!

[VisitingPanama]

I found a thread where someone asked about this hotel, but I didn't find an answer. I'm planning to come at the end of March.

Gracias!

I will investigate if the hotel is girl friendly.

[Biff Dangler]

I found a thread where someone asked about this hotel, but I didn't find an answer. I'm planning to come at the end of March.

Gracias!

I don't know the answer but a buddy of mine lived there for a month and then moved to Principe because it was nicer and cheaper. I do know he brought a few chicas to Principe without a problem.

[Va Steve]

I found a thread where someone asked about this hotel, but I didn't find an answer. I'm planning to come at the end of March.

Gracias!

[VisitingPanama]

See, I heard the exact opposite back in November. I wish the hotels in Panama were more consistent.

Well, a friend of mine told me about the collection of $ 80. But she told me that at the elevator was supposed to be a person who would not let me go up if the client did not pay the $ 80.00.

I told the client about the 80 dollars, and he asked me to try going up without reporting me at the reception.

In the end, there was no guard at the elevator, so I went up, I spent my time with the client, I left the hotel and the next day the client explained to me that he was charged the 80.00 dollars.

[Jlalo]

Hi guys,

Hotel RIU is not girl friendly. Yesterday I went over. The Hotel charged 80 USD to my customer because of me going upstairs.

You quoted him but you failed to answer the question.