Comments on: Adjusting for Local Deals http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/05/27/adjusting-for-local-deals/ Bargain destinations and the cheapest places to travel Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: tim http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/05/27/adjusting-for-local-deals/comment-page-1/#comment-81542 tim Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:10:58 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/05/27/adjusting-for-local-deals/#comment-81542 Thanks for the advice! I agree on the Flor de Cana, though I like the 15-year Guatemalan rum a bit better. As for the firewater, mix enough pineapple juice with it and I'm sure it'll go down okay. Thanks for the advice! I agree on the Flor de Cana, though I like the 15-year Guatemalan rum a bit better. As for the firewater, mix enough pineapple juice with it and I’m sure it’ll go down okay.

]]> By: Colleen http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/05/27/adjusting-for-local-deals/comment-page-1/#comment-81515 Colleen Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:33:26 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/05/27/adjusting-for-local-deals/#comment-81515 Cacique is the guaro readily available in at least the western half of Costa Rica. You can find a bottle of Anis liquor for nearly as cheap and with a drop of that mixed in your guaro you truly have a warming shot (less like rubbing alcohol). Also, a bottle of 12 year Flor de Cana (about the same number of dollars in a Tico or Nica supermercado) is some of the smoothest rum on earth. The area where the rum is brewed near the pacific coast of Nicaragua north of Leon is not beautiful but is absolutely tourist-free and not incidentally the cheapest place to stay and eat that I've ever found in Central America. So you had might as well go to the source. Cacique is the guaro readily available in at least the western half of Costa Rica. You can find a bottle of Anis liquor for nearly as cheap and with a drop of that mixed in your guaro you truly have a warming shot (less like rubbing alcohol).

Also, a bottle of 12 year Flor de Cana (about the same number of dollars in a Tico or Nica supermercado) is some of the smoothest rum on earth. The area where the rum is brewed near the pacific coast of Nicaragua north of Leon is not beautiful but is absolutely tourist-free and not incidentally the cheapest place to stay and eat that I’ve ever found in Central America. So you had might as well go to the source.

]]> By: Chris http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/05/27/adjusting-for-local-deals/comment-page-1/#comment-76236 Chris Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:06:58 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/2007/05/27/adjusting-for-local-deals/#comment-76236 If you really want to save some cash in Costa Rica you can buy a liter bottle of Guaro, the local firewater, for about 2 bucks. Maybe less. It's similar to Cachaça from Brazil. It may be able to strip the paint off your walls, but it's a great cultural experience and trust me they don't export this stuff. If you really want to save some cash in Costa Rica you can buy a liter bottle of Guaro, the local firewater, for about 2 bucks. Maybe less. It’s similar to Cachaça from Brazil. It may be able to strip the paint off your walls, but it’s a great cultural experience and trust me they don’t export this stuff.

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