Oy.... I'm going to get so pwned for this... Costa Rica Questions

[DavidC]

Um...

I want to know how p*ker and travel mixes. Specifically, if you went to Costa Rica, would you still be able to play?

Do they have high-speed internet, do they have the sites banned, do the sites have THEM (people from Costa Rica) banned, etc?

If this is the wrong place to post it, please direct me to the correct forum to post it in and I will gladly comply.

FWIW, I would have just pm'ed mike davis, but I don't know his exact user name. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

I know it seems weird to travel and play, but if it's a long-term travel plan then it starts ot make sense if you still want an income.

I'm also curious about stuff like how to get my computer (yes, not a laptop, but a computer) there, and through customs without it being damaged or confiscated. I'm also curious about what this extra shipping would cost.

If I were staying for an extended period of time, I'd be travelling very light, bringing basically toiletries, a camera, batteries for the camera, and a few sets of clothes, ID, cash, and my computer (with monitors/ peripherals). Once I got where I was staying, I'd go somewhere that the locals buy their clothing, and grab a few things to wear around town for fairly cheap.

So, while you could consider this post poker related, it's not 100% poker related, as the computer will be used for all sorts of stuff (read: porn too), and I'm curious about twoplustwo.com being banned as well as the standard party networks. For more conservative countries, I don't see them allowing their populace to witness the filth and corruption that is OOT. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Um... one other thing. I'm kinda curious about what my accommodation costs would be, and how I could save money while doing this (a large part of my success at playing certain games for a living comes from very frugal financial discipline while I learn and increase my income).

As long as I'm going to make such a tainted post, I figured I'd put some info that I've gathered here to somewhat dilute the P*ker content:

I was talking with the good people at Air Canada (I live near Toronto), and asked them about a few things.

You need a passport, which must be valid for greater than 30 days after your planned departure date. You need to have either a return ticket, or a ticket to another country, to enter the country. You need to have sufficient funds with you to last for the duration of your stay. You don't require any vaccinations before you get there, but Malaria vaccinations are recommended.

--Dave.