DGD wrote:
To the two gents above, I am considering buying there, getting tired of the two airplane 8 hour haul to CR after many many years, can get a 5 hour non-stop from my city to SanJuan. Been checking it out, not the mongering issues, looking at lifestyle issues, found a couple of BB's I monitor, getting a little flavor of there being a little anti-gringo sentiment (obviously more than what I expected to be the norm) especially in San Juan, like getting your DL, paying bills, at the banks, walking down the street in residential SJ getting snide comments, these were some of the things I read. I don't plan on being in SanJuan much, looking at beach towns. But, did you feel any of this beyond the norm?
I have been there many times (not to monger) and what you say about the anti-gringo bias is very true. Frankly, I don't care for the people there (generally speaking) compared to CR and other tropical locations. Bad vibes.