Jan

23

Gringos Gone Wild

Filed Under Costa Rica, GFE, girlfriend experience, prostitutes, sex tourism, sex travel | 8 Comments

[This is the text -- minus a few editorial changes in the magazine version -- of my article on sex tourism in Costa Rica in the Summer 2007 issue of Karma Magazine. The published version's here.]

Costa Rica Sex Tourism article

“I’m not here for nature hikes or bird-watching,” says Jerry, a 27-year-old architect from Cleveland. “I’m here for one thing only—screwing.”

“Here” is San Jose. Not the one in California (coincidentally, the city where Karma Magazine has its headquarters and legendary Friday-afternoon orgies). But the capital of Costa Rica—one of Latin America’s most prosperous countries, and a place famed for its ecotourism. Costa Rica draws about a million visitors a year with its beaches, rain forest, volcanoes and diverse wildlife. The capital, though, is a hotbed for mankind’s favorite indoor activity; prostitution is legal, and despite its appeal to sex tourists, 70% of the clientele for prostitutes in Costa Rica are homegrown.
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