San Jose General Reports

[Nixonbd]

The Taormina is a two star hotel anywhere, not just the USA. Someone was just lying to you, which of course isn't surprising. LOL.

A two star hotel in the US is a four star hotel in CR. I found the Taormina to be much cleaner than the Del Rey ever was. I will go back there again.

[SubComm]

Currently in San Jose and will file my trip report as soon as I get home. Can anyone recommend where to get a Covid test in Centro for the flight back to the US?

Clinica Biblica. Downtown. See attached photo.

40 usd and they will email you the results in 2-3 hrs. No appointment necessary. 10 min cab ride from gringo gulch.

[Crusader560]

I just went to the hospital to get my test. And if you are flying on American Airlines. Flying back to the states. All you need is a negative antigen test. Not, the more expensive Pcr test. Good luck.

Currently in San Jose and will file my trip report as soon as I get home. Can anyone recommend where to get a Covid test in Centro for the flight back to the US?

[Mishwar]

Currently in San Jose and will file my trip report as soon as I get home. Can anyone recommend where to get a Covid test in Centro for the flight back to the US?

[Crusader560]

Well, finally got to have a mini trip.

Stayed at hotel Santo Tomas. Not, the best hotel, but it has a lot of potential. If the owner put some money in the place it could be a real gem. I normally stay at sleep inn. But, with the curfew that I hate. I figured I would take a shot. Because it has something no other small hotel that I have ever seen. It has a swimming pool and a jacuzzi hot tub. The first night was good. Got something to eat. Then told my friend, let's go in the hot tub. The only problem is. I didn't realize the place was booked with a group of male tourist group. So, when we got in the hot tub. All of a sudden. Here come a group of 12 other guys, LOL. So, I said. You know what. I don't care. I am going to enjoy my time in here. The next night the desk guy wasn't so friendly about using the jacuzzi after dinner. Which made me a little angry because that big male group was gone. So, We just stayed in the room. The last I told him it was her birthday. And I am leaving tomorrow. So, he let us use it. It really needs updating. No refrigerator in the room, no ice machine in the place. And a common microwave in the hall. With a common freezer outside by the pool for all to use. If they made changes it would be great. But, anyway. Before my stay over friend showed up the first day. I did go by the old new fantasy. It, was okay. A few 6's & 7's. Then I went to hotel Castillo. It, looks like it wants to be the new del ray. I saw maybe 20 women sitting around near the bar. It might be something to try on another trip. Then I left to see my friend. The curfew is very annoying. If you don't get up to eat by 8 or 8:30. You might be screwed. Everything closes by 9:30. I mean ghost town. So, you better have everything you need before the place goes black. Or, you have to wait until the morning. The worst part about the trip was the covid test. I did it at the hospital, so I wouldn't have to worry at the airport. But, wow. It was rough. They stick it all the way in your head until starts to hurt a little, where your eyes start tearing. Then she does a slow six count, LOL. It was crazy. Then she does the other nostril. I left there in tears, with my nose running. It was an experience. But, after 5 minutes I was okay. I might wait until the curfew is over to go back. Being I am a night owl.

[Paulie97]

The Taormina is a two star hotel anywhere, not just the USA. Someone was just lying to you, which of course isn't surprising. LOL.

On the guy jumping ahead of everyone and grabbing the hottie, ahead of the guys who were waiting to see the line up also but arrived before him, the general policy in CR is the first person to pay gets the girl. So be careful sitting a girl down to vette her a little, to get a feel for what she will do and how fun she may be in the room. Some slimy passive-aggressive Tico (common style there) may run to the pay window and steal here out from under you. Robert the American that runs Monica's supports and defends this behavior, so I don't do business with him. While the gringo owner of the former Pirate Club didn't and found it as disgusting as many of us. If a girl is occupied with a guy, talking, with or without a drink, then she is off limits. Though it's okay to sit nearby and send her an interested glance. Then she can make the choice to ditch the guy if she wants. But the guy might have been an American. We have passive aggressive slimeballs here also. Wink.

As to the girl running out on you, refusing the two hours two pops, get it all in writing first. Show her in whatsapp what she agreed to, if the deal was made before you met at the bar. Otherwise you may have a record in Google Translate. Regardless, all she did was half of the job so she's only entitled to half pay. Give her that and bid her farewell, but keep an eye on her. Years ago some cropped haired bulldike at the Dunn Inn responded to that by throwing a beer bottle at the TV screen, and the monger had to pay. But few will go to that extreme.

And quality is down everywhere at the moment, even in Colombia. A lot of the Venezuelans returned home to ride out the pandemic with family. Also many of the hotter girls generally found other ways to survive, like web camming.

Just a few pointers from a guy that has been to CR many times. Thanks again, and suerte!

[SubComm]

Just got back from a few days in San Jose. I was asking some updates here before the trip, but got no response except a kind suggestion from Subcomm that turned out to be a helpful assistance in hotel reservation and the required covid test for returning to the States. I am writing this report in hoping to provide current info on the ground for guys who are planning a trip there.

I stayed my entire trip in hotel Taormina, a 4-star in SJ, but is probably only a 2 in the US. Nothing bad, actually served quite well for my trip, just don't expect US 4-star luxury. No chica fee if booked through Subcomm's agent, simple fresh breakfast included. You can also make currency exchange at the hotel casino easily. I got 610 Colon to 1 USD, the bank was giving around 622 and higher to 1 USD. If you need lots of Colons, a trip to the bank is probably worth the effort, I don't, so I just did in with the hotel for convenience.

The immigration at the airport was a disaster, so watch out for your arrival time. If your flight arrives at the peak hours, it may take 2-3 hours before you can leave the airport. It took me 2 hours, and I was lucky on a shorter line designated for CR citizens. I had prearranged a pickup with Subcomm's agent, so the trip to the hotel was a breeze.

Before my trip, I was expecting to see many Colombianas and Venezonas, totally wrong. Most of the working girls are local Ticas, and some Nicas, and you can find them right at the hotel bars. I didn't see any Colombiana or Venezolana possibly due to strict traveling policy. # and quality of girls are beyond my expectation before coming down. The hotel understands its survival in this critical moment depends on us, so our hobby is a bit tolerated INSIDE the hotel, and the hotel works hard to protect its customer's interest...

Excellent report and intel.

[Viajando Musico]

Just got back from a few days in San Jose. I was asking some updates here before the trip, but got no response except a kind suggestion from Subcomm that turned out to be a helpful assistance in hotel reservation and the required covid test for returning to the States. I am writing this report in hoping to provide current info on the ground for guys who are planning a trip there.

I stayed my entire trip in hotel Taormina, a 4-star in SJ, but is probably only a 2 in the US. Nothing bad, actually served quite well for my trip, just don't expect US 4-star luxury. No chica fee if booked through Subcomm's agent, simple fresh breakfast included. You can also make currency exchange at the hotel casino easily. I got 610 Colon to 1 USD, the bank was giving around 622 and higher to 1 USD. If you need lots of Colons, a trip to the bank is probably worth the effort, I don't, so I just did in with the hotel for convenience.

The immigration at the airport was a disaster, so watch out for your arrival time. If your flight arrives at the peak hours, it may take 2-3 hours before you can leave the airport. It took me 2 hours, and I was lucky on a shorter line designated for CR citizens. I had prearranged a pickup with Subcomm's agent, so the trip to the hotel was a breeze.

Before my trip, I was expecting to see many Colombianas and Venezonas, totally wrong. Most of the working girls are local Ticas, and some Nicas, and you can find them right at the hotel bars. I didn't see any Colombiana or Venezolana possibly due to strict traveling policy. # and quality of girls are beyond my expectation before coming down. The hotel understands its survival in this critical moment depends on us, so our hobby is a bit tolerated INSIDE the hotel, and the hotel works hard to protect its customer's interest. One night I had an issue with a girl on the time agreed upon, and the argument at the end involved the hotel management. The girl was banned from entering the hotel in the future as the security supervisor told me the next day, more on this later in the report. During my stay, I saw about 50 girls inside and outside of the hotel in a good night and about 30's on the others. Girls working in the hotel don't bring condoms, so you have to prepare your own.

I also used cr. skokka.com as a source, and stroked up conversations with some candidates on Whatsapp 2 days before my arrival. I visited a few of them when there. In general, my 5 experiences with Skokka girls are good, not even a bad one. A couple of them were with hot enthusiasm actually, but it requires some preparation and efforts. If you can write in Spanish it's a big plus, otherwise use google traslate. All girls obscured their faces on their ads, so only some of them use their own pics. If you gain the confidence of the girls, they might be willing to send their actual photos, but will delete them after just a few seconds for privacy. Most ads on Skokka are either a few girls renting a house together, but put up their own ads, or brothel that is run by someone as well as some private massage parlors. Quality of girls is hit or miss. Out of the 5 I had, I grade them 1-8, 2-7's, and 2-6's that I normally won't even spend the time with. I also went to 2 better known massage parlors, Oasis and Golden. I didn't pick anybody at these 2 places for low quality of girl. Actually while in Oasis, there was one girl I would rate 8. 5, but was picked up by a guy in a noisy group of 6-7 who came in a couple minutes after me, and with no respect to others, jumped to the front and snapped her out of the lineup. I did protest to the woman in charge there, and left. The rest of the girls there were not up to the par.

The girl I had problem with in Taormina hotel was actually a young beautiful 8 in my book, and had provided outstanding service to me before the argument came up. We agreed on 2 hours with 2 shots, but she insisted to leave after one round which is about 45 min. Into the session. This scam is probably commonly practiced between the girls working in the hotel bars, so make sure you hold them to their words. The hotel stood by me after my explanation.

I did stop by Sportsmen's Lodge one afternoon, but only saw 2 girls there because it was early afternoon. I liked the setup of the bars in SL better than the bars in hotel Taormina, but without actually be in the action, I can't justify how the scene is at night.

In general, it was a fun short trip. If I had more days, I would have skipped CR and headed to Colombia. San Jose was a smaller city and is more manageable for a short trip. It doesn't have the options available like other big cities but I had no problem finding good candidates here. All options are closeby the city center or just a few minutes Uber rides like the massage parlors or chica houses. Uber works well, and is cheaper than the taxi. Taormina can arrange the required Covid test for your return to the US. I used my agent for that, and it works out the same, easy and convenient. You get the test result back in a couple hours. I had also prearranged the airport transportation with the agent, cost much more than Uber, but again for convenience and safety, it is worth it.

[SubComm]

Both are open and head bunch of girls available. I had a nice session at Monica's last week and they had about eight women available at 9:30 in the morning. Sportsman and taormina lots of availability as well. Do yourself a favor and get down there soon as possible.

[Margaya]

2 months ago, things were really bad. Relax was closed, Monicas had just one or two women.

How are things now? Is Relax open now? Do they have a bunch to choose from at these two places or at 360?

[World Travel 69]

Let us know of any others?

Please?

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I think the history of Zona Blue, Zona 2, HLH, and the cigar store are a bit different. But no matter. There was supposed to be a new place going in the old Zona 2 space. It has been closed up a for a couple of years. HLH up the hill a bit further is unchanged basically from the last iteration as Scores, and before that as the original HLH, but they now have no access to the old space where Zona 2 and Zona Blue were located.

Alll the pensions mentioned are really similar, but I suppose you could classify some as lower level, such as the Calle 6 ones. They are not called casas in Costa Rica, but are the same sort of thing. There are many smaller pensions throughout centro, and in other parts of the city. There may be a few less locals in the more expensive ones, but not always even then. HLH and Latin Divas have had similar pricing, with most of the others having a different and lower pricing structure, and the low end ones on Calle 6 having a lower yet pricing structure. I don't know what current prices would be.

[DR Monger II]

How about 360 San Jose on Avenida 9? Is that open? They seemed to have the hottest girls last time I visited San Jose.

[DR Monger II]

Idem was open 2 years ago when I went. There were only a few girls. However, I remember one was really really hot.

[Zeos1]

Women are available. That is really their only reason for being there.

New Fantasy is now called Latin Divas. Reports on other forums have not been very positive.

Hotel Little Havana is now a Cigar shop. Years ago they split Zona 2 (previously Zona Blue) into 2 establishments, Hotel Little Havana and Scores. As I said, HLH is now a high-end cigar shop. Scores is operating under another name but is open. There are women there but they are freelancers. You can either do them onsite or take them back to your room.

Idem has been closed for years.

There are pensiones still operating throughout San Jose. No mask wearing during sex though some establishments might require one in the public areas.

The lower end (very inexpensive) pensiones that cater to Ticos abound on calle 6, pretty close to the Central Market (Mercado Central). It's a pretty sketchy area, don't walk there after dark. Though daytime is OK.

The ones that are higher end and recommended by gringos on another forum are Monicas, Relax and Oasis. Google should help you find them.

I think the history of Zona Blue, Zona 2, HLH, and the cigar store are a bit different. But no matter. There was supposed to be a new place going in the old Zona 2 space. It has been closed up a for a couple of years. HLH up the hill a bit further is unchanged basically from the last iteration as Scores, and before that as the original HLH, but they now have no access to the old space where Zona 2 and Zona Blue were located.

Alll the pensions mentioned are really similar, but I suppose you could classify some as lower level, such as the Calle 6 ones. They are not called casas in Costa Rica, but are the same sort of thing. There are many smaller pensions throughout centro, and in other parts of the city. There may be a few less locals in the more expensive ones, but not always even then. HLH and Latin Divas have had similar pricing, with most of the others having a different and lower pricing structure, and the low end ones on Calle 6 having a lower yet pricing structure. I don't know what current prices would be.

[HardDrive]

Are there girls available in these pensiones? I'm not sure what you mean by different? One can still go in and pay for play? Are the girls wearing masks while having sex?

Women are available. That is really their only reason for being there.

New Fantasy is now called Latin Divas. Reports on other forums have not been very positive.

Hotel Little Havana is now a Cigar shop. Years ago they split Zona 2 (previously Zona Blue) into 2 establishments, Hotel Little Havana and Scores. As I said, HLH is now a high-end cigar shop. Scores is operating under another name but is open. There are women there but they are freelancers. You can either do them onsite or take them back to your room.

Idem has been closed for years.

There are pensiones still operating throughout San Jose. No mask wearing during sex though some establishments might require one in the public areas.

The lower end (very inexpensive) pensiones that cater to Ticos abound on calle 6, pretty close to the Central Market (Mercado Central). It's a pretty sketchy area, don't walk there after dark. Though daytime is OK.

The ones that are higher end and recommended by gringos on another forum are Monicas, Relax and Oasis. Google should help you find them.