Re: Costa Rica trip report and my first sailfish
Ja: Lots of cheap places where tourism is the main industry, including most of Central America. Even three years ago CR was quite cheap by report.
John: You can drink the water, and the toilets have seats. Jaco is very touristy, but the rest isn't. Cost depends on what you do. If you eat in the sodas you can get a good plate of local food for $3. Beer is like cheap beer in the U.S. Motel rooms are comparable to cheap motel rooms in U.S. in cost. U.S. stuff like restaurant meals, U.S. beer, U.S. products like our shampoos and so forth were 10-30% more expensive than the U.S. It is VERY family suitable. So much so that we were in Jaco for two days and I didn't notice the hookers. My mom pointed them out to me. How embarrassing is it I couldn't spot hookers Mom could see. I didn't get local prices, which is a fascinating economic subject fit for Freakonomics.
Art: We did go to that casino on the last night. You were drunk when you went, or there's been a roster change.
Ja, GTL: The mate did all the baiting and hooking, which was weird. It was $960 with tip for a full day for the three of us.
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