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And if they DO work, just on snakes, then you better look into a rodent one to take care of your ensuing invasion. Snakes are not our favorite things to have around, but I dare anyone to find a situation, in nature, that improved by upsetting the balance.
No , I’m sorry. I wasn’t kidding.
I was just hoping to get a bit of info.
I won’t trouble you again.What do you think will be the best way to find out where we can renew our tourist visa for the additional 90 day periods for the $100?
Does this need to be done in San Jose? Or is there a way to do this without going into the city?
Thanks.Oh, now I see what your saying, yes, that is what I meant to say.
At least I can give up the “know it all” part, thanks.Just throwing my two, or three, cents in:
We now live in Manuel Antonio, and used to live in the Florida Keys.
Three things seem to always follow the discussion of snakes in both places.
1) If you are not gardening, clearing brush etc., then you usually have no idea that there are snakes in your area, even though in both places there are many.
2) Snakes are very very very often mis-identified.
I don’t mean to sound like a “know it all” but I am very familiar with the Corn Snakes in Florida, and the Rattle Snakes, and they look absolutely nothing like each other, other then they are both creepy looking to people who hate snakes.
3) And at the risk of REALLY sounding like a know it all, there is no such thing as a “poisonous” snake, rather snakes can be “venomous”.
Quick lesson: You eat poison, but get injected with poison.Thanks, yea we might just have to bring some down, we will check out the place south of Jaco though, thanks.
Thanks all, I’m still hoping to get any info from someone who has, or knows someone who has personal experience with using synthetic thatch here in CR, especially in the Pacific coast.
Anyone?
Thanks.There is speculation that the high incidence of stomach cancer may be due to the fact that coffee that is roasted with sugar is carcinogenic.
There are a few popular brands of coffee that are roasted with sugar, which causes the bean to become black and shiny, like a french roast bean.
I’ve been told that none of the export quality involves this, so it it is all meant for local consumption.I have to say that we are comparing apples and oranges, but that neither is OK, obviously.
I see the big difference as this:
The “mass killings” that take place in the US, end up killing random victims, usually.
That is to say the the college student, or person waiting in line at a post ofice or bank, who ends up being a random victim, would have no expectation of being a target.
On the other hand, violent crime,on non Tico’s in Costa Rica is not so random.
My partner was walking down the street, 9:00 pm in Manuel Antonio a few months back, and was held up at gun point and robbed.
He was specifically targeted, and now can reasonably expect that there are criminals who will be targeting he, or others who are like him, only because they are non-Tico, and carry the expectation of having something of worth to steal.
He did not, which made him fear for his life since that seemed to agitate his attackers.
Should we carry around “getting robbed money” , a gun, don’t go out????
Granted, “mass killings” are more disturbing, and that’s why they make the news, and get dealt with, but regardless as to weather or not my partner was alone or was a part of a “mass holdup” it was still terrifying, and very much altered his feeling of safety in a place that in the past had always seemed safe.
We can only hope that the efforts made in Manual Antonio will make things safer in our future.
Apples or oranges, does it really matter?After you Google John Holmes, you gonna feel awful silly about that “swallow and feel good about it” comment.
Just to be picky, Plinio is on the Manuel Antonio road, so if you ask for it in Quepos, they may not know where to send you.
I love it there too…I’ve got two answers.
One, if they want to charge us North American prices, which they do, then yes, I think that we can expect the same services and quality.
Two, THE CRIME HAS GOTTEN WORSE.
In Manuel Antonio it used to be: just watch your bag at the beach.
On a recent visit it was having a gun stuck in your face and being mugged, there is surly an escalation in more serious crime now.Do you read this to mean that if we begin our residency application now, that we can expect to be brought in under the current rules?
If so, does this signal that residents already established will be grandfathered in until they next need to apply, or forever? Or neither?
I’ve contacted and have begun communications with “Javier”, but do we expect he, or anybody, to be able to answer these questons with authority, or is this now and will this always be a guessing game?
Are there parts to the laws in Costa Rica that protect legal residents from these proposed changes?
People are rightfully upset the the prospect of being legally established as residents, and then having the rug pulled out from under them.
If this does indeed happen, is that legal?
Wow, lot’s of questions…………..any answers will be greatfully digested.
And where is our great leader and moderator Scott in all of this?????
