Hopefully you are somewhat fluent in Espanol, have a decent bank account and have many exploratory trips under your belt. The average tico worker in CR brings in about $300-$500 a month.
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Hopefully you are somewhat fluent in Espanol, have a decent bank account and have many exploratory trips under your belt. The average tico worker in CR brings in about $300-$500 a month.
Unless you have a family friend offering you a position before you arrive, I would not count on it.
Locals who earn good money are perfectly bilingual, young, university graduate, and hungry. And even then the salaries are not up to Gringo standards of pay.
IMHO, retiring here is one thing, earning a living quite another.
Enjoy
Mellow
[QUOTE=David Lasker]Hello all,
Does anyone know how to find full time employment opprotunities in Costa Rica? I want to live in Costa Rica permanantly.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Fuddzie]I would imagine there are other cities in CR that has a nitch, albeit smaller, for mongers besides San Jose and Jaco.[/QUOTE]In Costa Rica there is an expression, which translates to "small town big hell".
San Jose is a place where a girl can spend the day in town working as a daytime prostitute and come home in the afternoon and tell everyone in her barrio and family that she is a secretary.
That can't happen in a small town.
The sex scene is in the city. If you live in the suburbs or small town then you should have plenty of ass to choose from, however you will have to do it the old fashioned way, which is to romance it.
If just don't have any MPs in the countryside.
[QUOTE=Cultureshock]In Costa Rica there is an expression, which translates to "small town big hell".
San Jose is a place where a girl can spend the day in town working as a daytime prostitute and come home in the afternoon and tell everyone in her barrio and family that she is a secretary.
That can't happen in a small town.
The sex scene is in the city. If you live in the suburbs or small town then you should have plenty of ass to choose from, however you will have to do it the old fashioned way, which is to romance it.
If just don't have any MPs in the countryside.[/QUOTE]
Right On Bro -
From my own personal experience from many trips to Central America - I can concur with this line of thinking......" small town, big hell ".
I know that many of the gals who work the Del Rey and other venues in San Jose will go to Jaco Beach and then work the places there like the Beatle Bar.
But you will be hard pressed to find a local gal born, raised and with family in Jaco, who will want to expose herself by working as a P4P gal in her own backyard....with San Jose being the exception - as I guess it is big enough for the gals to be sex workers there and without getting noticed by other members of her family.
Even though prostitution is legal in CR, there seems to be a stigma attatched to the work - so the the local gals do not want their family to know what they are up to.
So even though she tells them(family) that she is working as a secretary or clerk somewhere - truth be known, she is perhaps engaged in the sex industry and and the last thing she wants is for her family to find out about it.
[QUOTE=Cultureshock]In Costa Rica there is an expression, which translates to "small town big hell".
San Jose is a place where a girl can spend the day in town working as a daytime prostitute and come home in the afternoon and tell everyone in her barrio and family that she is a secretary..[/QUOTE]
San Jose is the big city and Jaco is a small beach town. I can't imagine that these are the only 2 places in the country where P4P is a going market.
Hey bro,
Can you add more info on this, or anyone. What is her name? This is major news if it tries to come true, many businesses I. E. Brothels, hotels, bars etc. Count on this business. There will be lobbeing and the such politics. I want to follow this I will research tico newspaper and repost. Anyone else with info please post.
[QUOTE=Dmd Joe]If you have not been to CR, you better plan on going now. A woman is up 20 points in the elections (40 year old lady that married a previous president that is now 80 + years old).
She is going to make prostitution illegal. Her first target is closing the Delray in San Jose.
Go figure! She marries a man 40 years older and she isn't a hooker! Woman have short term memories, they forget where they came from fast. That's why you leave them where you find them and most importantly do not marry them.
I have seen a number of chumps bring them back to the states. Before they get to the states, they are already a typical American woman.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Oh Ya Papi]Hey bro,
Can you add more info on this, or anyone. What is her name? This is major news if it tries to come true, many businesses I. E. Brothels, hotels, bars etc. Count on this business. There will be lobbeing and the such politics. I want to follow this I will research tico newspaper and repost. Anyone else with info please post.[/QUOTE]Costa Rica is a male dominated country, unlike sex prison USA. Even if she did win, there is so much other shit for her to do she will never get to the DR. Right now a woman has to wait a year to bring a deadbeat dad to court. My X had to put gas in the police car in Jaco to finally get them to serve papers to him. That took about 6 months and he was able to hold off giving her any money for about another year. He paid her 1 month and stopped again and she had to go thru the whole process again. I don't condone a man not supporting his children, these are not men. A real man does what he has to do, regardless of his relationship with his x. But we fucked up this country. I love the way the latin country men are in control.
Morning all
Have trawled through the forum, but can't find anything on doctors or dentists.
Looking for an excellent dentist to finish some work started in Medellin. Need 3 crowns made up and put in.
Any links, info or prices gratefully received.
Thanks
[QUOTE=Fuddzie]San Jose is the big city and Jaco is a small beach town. I can't imagine that these are the only 2 places in the country where P4P is a going market.[/QUOTE]
San Jose and Jaco Beach are not the only cities with P4P business in Costa Rica. Almost any town of any size to have a few stores, hotels, restaurants, bars, or other businesses will have some gals in the P4P trade. I could start naming towns where I have mongered in CR ( quite a few) - but there is really no need for that - as you can find it almost anywhere throughout CR. Some venues will be much greater than others of course - as is the case in San Jose - big city - lots and lots of people - many gals who want or need to engage in the sex trade to make a living.
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On the woman running for President of CR - wanting to make prostitution illegal - I have not heard anything about that - seems highly unlikely that would come to pass though.
PV
Laura Chinchilla is the presidential candidate you all are bemoning.
She is Anti Monger.
My question to her is where is she going to come up with new jobs that the 9000 +/- reguistered punta's can work at to support there children, dead beat boyfriends, landlords, restaurants and shoe salesmen in the style they have become accustom?
"Meanwhile, Laura Chinchilla, the front runner and candidate for the Partido Liberación Nacional, says she is bringing criminal charges for defamation against her nearest competitor, Otto Guevara of Movimiento Libertario. His party published a notice questioning where Ms. Chinchilla got the money to own a house in the posh Villareal section high on a hill above Santa Ana.
Ms. Chinchilla took a television crew on a tour through the two-bedroom home Wednesday and said she is paying on two mortgages. Despite the number of bedrooms, the home is very upscale. Guevara calls her criminal complaint a smokescreen. He has been criticized for receiving money from places that have not been identified clearly."
[quote=speedyg50]morning all
have trawled through the forum, but can't find anything on doctors or dentists.
looking for an excellent dentist to finish some work started in medellin. need 3 crowns made up and put in.
any links, info or prices gratefully received.
thanks[/quote]
i have posted before - please search the forum - on dr sergio chen - a fine dentist who has a clinic and his own adjoining dental lab ( so all work can be more or less finished the next day or so ) in san jose, cr.
i had his card here on my computer desk but it's loaded up with junk - so can't find it now. you can do a search on google for dr chen.
i had two crowns done there and the were $ 100.00 each in 2008. he has gone up a little since then - but still very good quality work for an inexpensive price.
steve
steve,
thanks. that was a quick response and a good start to my quest.
got his addres. calle 6, in-between ave. 4 and 6.
don't seem to be so many dentists around in cr as you find in colombia and argentina.
any other leads welcome.
speedy
Laura Chinchilla Miranda was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez two Vice-Presidents and the Administration's Minister of Justice. She is currently running for President in Costa Rica's 2010 elections. As of September, 2009 she was the frontrunner. On November 28th, 2009 Laura Chinchilla Miranda became Costa Rica’s only main party candidate to participate and voice support for a controversial march dubbed “March for Life & Family”. Organized by a coalition of church leaders, its stated mission conflated opposition to the legalization of abortion and granting civil recognition for homosexual couples. Laura Chinchilla Miranda’s participation has raised concerns among several Costa Rican civil and human rights leaders who have regarded the event as pandering to fundamentalism and homophobia. Laura Chinchilla Miranda has stated that the march was not “against any group”.
There is no doubt in my mind that this is a moral majority conservative who has power to make changes if she becomes president. If she wins, I believe our hobby days will be numbered.
Sadly for CR but probably 50% of the people I see in the airport or plane are here for the girls or its a nice added bonus to a trip. Lets face it, if sex stops...all casinos will plumit, and a few major hotels will lose tons of money which im sure is keeping San Jose Taxes nice and fluffy.
[QUOTE=Fuddzie]Laura Chinchilla Miranda was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez two Vice-Presidents and the Administration's Minister of Justice. She is currently running for President in Costa Rica's 2010 elections. As of September, 2009 she was the frontrunner. On November 28th, 2009 Laura Chinchilla Miranda became Costa Rica’s only main party candidate to participate and voice support for a controversial march dubbed “March for Life & Family”. Organized by a coalition of church leaders, its stated mission conflated opposition to the legalization of abortion and granting civil recognition for homosexual couples. Laura Chinchilla Miranda’s participation has raised concerns among several Costa Rican civil and human rights leaders who have regarded the event as pandering to fundamentalism and homophobia. Laura Chinchilla Miranda has stated that the march was not “against any group”.
There is no doubt in my mind that this is a moral majority conservative who has power to make changes if she becomes president. If she wins, I believe our hobby days will be numbered.[/QUOTE]
Crt site offline right now.
CH