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Hello my dear readers,<br /><br />In the past five years, while I travel extensively, I have visited most of the places which "I wanted to visit for all my life". Fortunately I found more places I wanted to visit, mostly from reading other travelers' stories. One of my favorite is Vladimir Dinets. In Central America I follow his footsteps. See "America Latina" at his Internet site: http://dinets.travel.ru/

Central America (part III)

Alex Mumzhiu
2006-03-22 18:36:24

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Alex Mumzhiu
San Jose Costa Rica
Mar 15 2004 11:30am

PS:
I forget to tell you how I got to Costa Rica. It was two long bus rides. First from La Seiba, on Caribbean shore of Honduras, to Tegucigalpa, the capitol of Honduras. Second from Tegucigalpa to Managua, capitol of Nicaragua.

Both capitols did not impress me. A lot was said about crime there. I rode bike in both cities after dark without problems, but walking there would be uncomfortable. Before going to Costa Rica I also visited Masaya volcano as Dinets did, Ometepe island on Nicaragua lake, and a nice Nicaraguan city, Granada.

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TRAVEL NOTES FROM COSTA RICA AND PANAMA.

>From San Jose, Costa Rica I planned to go to Port Limon on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, and continue to the Panamanian boarder. However after reading tour books, I have both LP and "Let Us Go" for Costa Rica and Panama, I changed my plans. These tour books have to keep delicate balance between political correctness and loyalty to their readers, so you have to read them very carefully, sometimes between the lines.

This is what I read in LP "Central America on shoestrings" 3-d edition on pages 657 and 658:

"Be prudent if you enter some of the local bars(I hear occasional complaints about a local man who accuses tourists of being racist for not buying them drinks.)"

"Some single women travelers have been hassled by a few of the local men." "I also met single women travelers who had a great time." "Safe sex is rarely practiced here. If you are tempted by local sexual liaisons, bring your own condoms"

Well I am not a single woman interested in sex with different races, so I skipped this area entirely.

Bocas Del Toro, Panama is recommended as a quiet town of "friendly black people". And it is exactly like this. Even dogs are friendly there. There are a lot of dogs there. ...