Jaco's not what it used to be. Not when a year-old single male walks Jaco's main street after dark, takes an empty seat at a bar and is left to brood over the effervescence of his beer without a single prostitute to comfort him. I'm not saying that I'm Mr. Universe, but I have no visible deformities I hide my freakishly long toes in my black, canvas shoes , my belly doesn't sag over my belt and my hair line isn't that receded. I mean not even one advance?
This was not what I was led to believe. Beneath the shining veneer of guidebook articles, Jaco has garnered a reputation as the biggest den of vice this side of the Pacific complete with prostitution, drug dealers, theft and petty crime. But where? Walking the streets alone at night I was almost bored, almost. All the hype had led me to believe I'd be beating off hookers and drug dealers wait that came out wrong , but what I found was really quite the opposite: a classic Pacific beach town with an international flavor and all the restaurants, bars and nightclubs to match.
I wandered the beaches, scoured the main streets and searched the bars, nightclubs and restaurants, and all I found were the regular smorgasbord of international travelers, couples and families eating, laughing, having drinks and trading stories. I'm not saying it's not there, but you have to go looking for it in a particular set of certain bars or casinos no, I'm not telling you which ones… pervert.
Prostitution is legal in Costa Rica so long as a woman is working for herself i. While you can argue the ethics of that, it does allow for a certain amount of regulation while keeping it out of the hands of criminal organizations.
Though prostitution is still in Jaco, as I saw based on some educated guesses about the young ladies walking around with fat, balding men at night; It's not the problem it used to be.
