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Tribute to the New York Bar in San Jose, Costa Rica

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Earlier this year the New York Bar closed, after the owner decided it was time to call the quits.

The closure comes after a year of more of declining bar sales and the failure of the owner to renegotiate a better deal on an expensive lease.  In it’s place another bar also failed after staying open for a couple weeks with a new theme.

Video captures some of the fun of the place, which dates back to the 1980s, and which had originally been located in what is now the parking lot of the Hotel Del Rey and Key Largo Bar.

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Sex, Hookers, Cheap Cocaine and Murder on Jaco Beach

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Jaco Beach is the Costa Rica destination of choice for hookers, cheap cocaine, and a party that lasts forever. Its now been reveled that Central America’s most notorious gringo serial killer, William Dathan Holbert a.k.a. Wild Bill Cortez spent plenty of time in Jaco.

Expat Serial Killer William Holbert
Expat Serial Killer William Holbert

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According to Don Winner, Holbert rented an office overlooking the Beattle Bar in Jaco so that he could photograph and extort money from tourists caught having sex with prostitutes in Costa Rica. Married sex tourists or those with high positions in corporate America were targeted by Holbert.

Holbert made plenty of friends in Jaco by buying bricks of cocaine, and putting it on the table for everyone to enjoy. Cocaine costs a mere $8 per gram in Costa Rica, and Holbery bought $3500 at a time.

A free flow of cocaine also ensures a free flow of ass in Costa Rica because prostitution is nice and legal in this small republic popular with sex tourists on vacation. Holbert and his then partner in crime Allan Duckworth knew this and it seems they spent six weeks in 2007 running photo surveillance on all the gringos coming and going from the Beatle Bar in Jaco.

We now know Holbert is responsible for at least one body that was found cemented under a concrete slab in Puerto Viejo. Duckworth apparently was another intended victim, and he made a narrow escape from Costa Rica, and never looked back.

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According to the recent video produced by local channel six, there are at least 80 hookers per day servicing tourists in Jaco while there are just six cops assigned to the town of 8,000 people. It is quite possible, however that these figure are grossly underestimated as Jaco is just chalked full of hookers. Many of these are from Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Colombia.
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Jaco Beach Party in Costa Rica

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A party is always ready to start at the Monkey Bar in Jaco Beach, Costa Rica where the local Ticas mix it up with sexy college girl tourists.

Here we see what happens when tequila shooters night at the Monkey Bar gets a bit out of hand.

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Action Centers on Veneto Hotel in Panama City

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Veneto Wyndham Hotel in Panama City, Republic of Panama is the top destination in the city to mingle with local women in search of romance. The hotel offers $200 a night luxury accommodations, and is permissive of guests who entertain in their rooms.

Pool at the Veneto Hotel

Located on the the Via Veneto in the El Cangrejo section of Panama City the hotel, bar and casino is a magnet for night life and entertainment. Several massage parlous have opened in the mall just below the hotel, and are are excellent option for the daytime.

Just a few blocks is the Moulin Rouge, which according to expat Don Winner is a popular place to meet Colombian girls in Panama City. Also, around the corner from the Veneto is another night club, the Doll House. Both are in easy walking distance.

Taking a taxi to the Veneto is better than to the nights clubs directly, because drivers receive commissions at the clubs. The cost of the commissions is always added to the customer’s final bill.

The casino at the Veneto is also not without its share of entertainment options. The hotel has facilities for private parties and has hosted weddings, runway fashion shows, boxing matches, executive meetings and poolside banquets.

The regular Sunday afternoon poker tournament starts at 5:30pm and has a $30 buy-in. Occasionally there are pool parties on the seventh floor, however word is that few girls are turning up for this function.

Some make the comparison between the Veneto and the Hotel Del Rey in San Jose, Costa Rica however the Veneto is decidedly upscale by comparison. There are also quite a bit more talent the Veneto because unlike Costa Rica the Republic of Panama allows for free travel from Colombia.

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