Costa Rica | Endless Sunsets and Rainbows

@Shorty – Very cool. I appreciate you sending that link. I will read it when I have some extra time.

That title sounds familiar.

Now that is a 420 moment.

the only time i was freaked out in costa rica was at the airport. it was late, dark outside, and my ride wasn’t there. strange people kept asking if i needed help. they thrust cell phones in my face or offered to drive me to my hotel. who are you looking for? they asked. where are you going? i just wanted them to leave me alone long enough to get oriented. it was very noisy and intimidating.

i hope they didn’t puncture your bags! LOL

Hi Jim,

I’ve got the same problem with my Internet service here in CR and I also use AMNET. Like you, a large chunk of my life is spent on the Internet and so reliability and speed are important.

Both of my sons-in-law and my stepson here are in computer/programming/Internet businesses and so I naturally looked to them for advice when I was trying to decide which way to go. Unfortunately, it seems there is no ideal way at the moment. As you observed, it’s a monopoly and until something breaks, it is what it is and the best of it is as good as it gets.

I hope you find something better. And if you do, I’d be very appreciative if you’d post the info her or let me know.

I agree with you in this context “It is true that most criminals who rob someone at gunpoint either have no bullets in the gun, or have never even used the gun before”.

How awful Jim. As you say, it’s just not worth going after thieves. Stuff can be replaced but you can’t get your life back.

My parents bought property in CR in 1995 and moved there in 1998. My father died there in 2004. Glad you haven’t been a victim of any crime in the year since you have been there – that hasn’t been the case for my mother.

My 76 year-old mother was the victim of a home invasion last night at her home in Santa Rita, just outside of Liberia, Costa Rica. Her car, television, radio, money, among other items, were stolen. There were three intruders who robbed her at knifepoint and then tied her up.

This is the second time she was the victim of a home invasion. The first robbery was in late July 2004, just 2 weeks after the memorial service for her husband who had died in February. During that invasion there were also three men who robbed her – also at knifepoint. In that case they stayed in her house 3 hours, eating her food and leaving her tied up. They threatened that if she called the police they would kill her.

We believe in both cases the intruders were familiar with the property leaving us with many questions about whether and whom to trust.

There is an under-reporting of violent crime in Costa Rica and due to the increase of luxury resorts this other “side” of Costa Rica seems to be under-represented. So many ex-pats live in gated communities and don’t really experience the real Costa Rica. There is alot that is wonderful about Costa Rica – at the same time it’s important to remember it is NOT utopia and like anywhere in the world, bad things can and will happen.

your poor mother, being tied up. it must have been terribly scary. i think if that happened to me, especially twice, that i would move to a new home. it doesn’t matter if its cr, san francisco or paris. i’d feel very vulnerable staying there.