Costa Rica love?

[Anonymous]

Prostitution is legal but generally confined to downtown San Jose, bars, etc. Not in the places you'd be going to with your family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you went to Jaco OP? I saw a little of it when I was out in various touristy areas, going to bars at night. But it was only noticeable if you knew sex tourism was a thing, like you would see a white guy with a younger local and you knew it was sex tourism but only if you are aware it exists. And it was like 1 white guy per bar, not like in your face.

OP here. I did! We traveled around a bit but it was Jaco and San Jose that were bad. We also stayed with some friends outside of San Jose for a bit and it was very suburban, but also nice and sleepy. My friends and I even ran into the seemingly nice dad types we sat next to on the plane and they were all with prostitutes. I was young and naïve and so it was a bit of a shock to me. Since then, I've always associated the touristy places in Costa Rica with that so now that I'm a parent and found this forum I have been surprised that so many people go on family trips to Costa Rica.

[Anonymous]

Yeah OP jaco is known for that. Go to arenal and monteverde and it’s barely noticeable. When I went with my family and we didn’t go to bars we didn’t see anything like that. At all.