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I've always enjoyed the drive from Jaco to Quepos. The last time I drove the highway (about two years ago), they were working on two or three of the bridges south of Parrita.
They must have completed those in two years! What can be bad about them now? Judging from Adamson's comments, his trip was over two years ago, prior to construction of the new bridges. The one-way 'railroad' bridge on the south end of Parrita can be a hassle, but there's nothing 'scary' about it. The only bad section of highway was a three or four mile long section located about 10 miles north of Quepos. It wasn't paved and there were so many potholes that it looked like a battlefield. Haven't they fixed that section yet?

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GT...in all fairness, I have not been to Quepos since August of 2004. At that time, the road just north of Quepos still looked like it had been the receipient of a carpet bombing. The bridge still looked as though it would collapse at any second. And, if you happen to see a stray muffler on the side of the road, it belonged to my taxi driver, Miguel. He hangs outside the Del Rey so if anyone finds it give it back to him. LOL

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I went to Quepos last November. I remember at least two shaky bridges though they were working on building the sub for one. The euros I was with found it charming and added to their third world adventure.

The guy obviously didnt realize the devastating floods and storms that had hit that area. Not the kind of guy that is going to enjoy a CR experience. Of course if he had joined this fine brotherhood of CRT, he would have understood more .

He sure is getting raked over the coals in todays amcostarica.com edition...

Let me see if I have this straight?...He carried on his person his I.D. as a former U.S. Gvt. agent,but did not carry his passport with him to Jaco?Something wrong with this picture...

According to his article, he was in fact carrying a copy of his passport along with the date stamp page as he was advised he could do at the airport. Apparently though, he was told at Jaco by the immigration police that a copy was not sufficient and that he needed the original.

Zebra

If he copped an attitude with them...which it sounds like he did...they can copp one right back and give him a hard time. The rules change based on the immediate situation. Most of us would not have a problem in this situation.

Quite possible. Two sides to every story.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to call the US Embassy and let them know what's going on...when it happens?

Maybe he did.

Am I missing something? How have you experienced being Hispanic or Afro-American?

I agree that he is probably well-to-do and he probably breast feed longer than his peers as well, but who knows his ethnic background?

FACT: To police without profiling is a myth, if profiling wasn't a part of policing, lots of crimes would go unsolved and lots wouldn't be prevented. Only politicians pretend as if policing doesn't involve profiling, the rest of us know otherwise and yes they even profile white people. An example would be when they find white people in bad neighborhoods - WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, DO YOU LIVE HERE? Profiling goes BOTH ways. I'm a little sensitive to this - was a cop at one junction.



Yea! Someone that hate MS as much as I do... evil clad up there. They aren't innovators, they are theives.


I believe the immigration police were in Jaco, but I don't believe they are looking for Americans, taking Americans to jail or asking for their passport. Once they hear us speak, they know where we are from and they know we can take or leave CR so this just doesn't make sense to me.

He sure hasn't traveled much at all... this is most obvious.

Maybe this guy isn't for real and someone is using the story to get the roads fixed?