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justhookit

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  1. I didn’t realize masks prevented people from talking on a plane, but ok.
  2. Costa Rica Sailfish season is over, I’m back home now. I’ll head back down for marlin season in July. 793 sailfish bites and 26 marlin bites in 27 days of fishing. Released 485 and 16. Not bad. Actually pretty great it was the best fishing down there in about 5 years. Our ratio needs to be closer to 70-75% or better but we had a lot of beginners fishing with us this year. IMG_1078.mov
  3. I mean it’s BO&W. He might be serious.
  4. I drove through Santa Ana twice this week but never got off the main road. It seems way different than Grecia and Atenas. You would definitely have a lot more shopping and dining options there and it would feel like living in/near a big city. Not sure if that is a positive or negative for you but I have learned to fucking hate the San Jose traffic.
  5. I’m not fluent but can get by fine. Anytime I am trying to do something important I always take a Tico friend because it is really helpful and keeps you from getting ripped off. They will definitely take advantage of gringos if you don’t speak their language. edit- also what @midtown said about being sure about where you want to buy is really good advice. I’d go so far as to suggest renting in each area that interests you to get a feel about what it is really like to live there.
  6. I am in Escazu right now and it is fucking great. I’m only driven through Atenas and Santa Ana but @midtownprobably has some thoughts.
  7. I mean I know not to start this, but you are off base on some of your assumptions and especially that we didn’t look at anyone except Miller.
  8. I haven’t been down there in years but you should love it. Hopefully your friends have you going into Corcovado National Park. It’s amazing.
  9. There was some confusion in the other thread - this was 840 kilos of COCAINE not weed. Crazy.
  10. The 840 kilos was cocaine. sorry that was a little confusing. 3 days ago was a big weed bust. Yesterday was the coke bust.
  11. It’s not exactly fishing, but cross posting it from the Costa Rica thread anyway. I’m sure some of y’all have heard the Florida term square grouper before. Anyway, 2 days ago there was a large weed bust here involving a commercial longline fishing boat. But this is insane. Posted just now 840 kilos. This was about 200 yards away from me today at the marina fuel dock. Joint DEA and Costa Rican operation seized it last night/this morning. They apparently knew it was coming in because they hade been stopping private fishing boats for a few days which they basically never do. It was an older charter boat that had been here in the marina a long time and I believe recently sold.
  12. 840 kilos. This was about 200 yards away from me today at the marina fuel dock. Joint DEA and Costa Rican operation seized it last night/this morning. They apparently knew it was coming in because they hade been stopping private fishing boats for a few days which they basically never do. It was an older charter boat that had been here in the marina a long time and I believe recently sold.
  13. Well we finished in 3rd place with 22 sailfish (out of 41 bites) and 1 marlin. We were the only team that used more than 2 female anglers, we had 4. They did a great job competing against some top teams. Had 4 more bites than 1st place and TEN more than 2nd, 2 of our girls had a rough day trying to hook fish. That’s one place out of the money - again - all 4 tournaments this year we’ve done that. Next year we are due. @PvilleStang looks like you got a good rec for fishing. Good luck.
  14. He is clearly the best at making you cry like a little bitch.
  15. Stay there. There is a Capitol Grille that is better than the ones in the U.S. and also a really good Italian restaurant plus some other dining options. I’ll be staying a night there in a few weeks.
  16. Working on this. Our girl team is flying in on Thursday for a Saturday tournament and 2 of them live in South Padre. One owns an offshore boat and they both fish so I think they may be able to help. I originally posed your question to them and got a response about private charter boats. They are mid 30’s in age and therefore idiots.
  17. It’s a logarithmic scale. Duh.
  18. This makes a lot more sense than the other theories floating around. This kind of thing just doesn’t happen here so everyone is talking about it.
  19. It’s pretty easy. You can get temporary residency by proving a guaranteed monthly income of 2500, a pension of 1000 a month, or by investing 150,000 in real estate or a business. After three years you can then apply for permanent residency. Note - you can’t work legally IN Costa Rica while doing any of that. Remote work is fine though. And since they extended visas to 180 days you can take advantage of that and basically live here full time and leave every 6 months for a short period of time but they are trying to crack down on that.
  20. That was the game that they had like 40 free throws to our 10 or something. I was there. Memphis fans are horrible.
  21. Just copy/paste this for every post you ever make on this website. It’s the only way you’ll ever be right about anything.
  22. I don’t think you have recovered.
  23. It’s our favorite place up there for sure. There is a new restaurant called Mangata that is the best food in town now. It used to be down in Quepos but moved to a new building up in Manuel Antonio. Next time you are here you definitely need to check it out.
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