Express321 wrote:
There`s a ton of wisdom there. When it`s time to go home it`s time to go home, especially in a foreign land. But perhaps we can add, if some guy starts pulling on a chica you are with and it isn`t your wife or girlfriend (a real girlfriend that is) then skip the knight in shinning armour and let him pull... Hypothetical of course as I don`t know for sure what happened in that most unfortunate incident...
Makes good sense.
Always remember that money will get you out of most situations as well. As soon as the situation escalated into violence, he should have told the chica to shut her mouth, and apologized to the dealer for the scene, and offered to, in some way, put money in his pocket. If the chica turned out to belong to the dealer, he should have apologized and walked away alone. If he'd used a drip of common sense, he'd still be alive.
However, he had the gringo chip on his shoulder, and figured that a show of brevity and bravery will see him through. What makes it worse is that he clearly knew Costa Rica well, and still tried to bully his way. Eventually, you're going to come across a nutcase. It just ain't worth it.