Does anyone on this site live in Costa Rica? Have been to Costa Rica? Know anyone who has retired to Costa Rica? Vacationed in Costa Rica?
Is it a safe place to visit? Is the advertising accurate? Costs? Is the water and food safe or will you get Montezuma's revenge? Political situation so close to Panama and Nicaragua? Climate?
I am trying to gather information about it and possibly take a vacation there, but want to find out what my peeps think about it?
Thanks for whatever input you can provide,
Sea Turtle (who wants to go for a refreshing swim in the ocean and cannot afford the arm and a leg that most seaside places cost! :-) )
UPDATE:
Thanks guys for all your input, given me a lot to think about.
As I mentioned in the comments, another reason to look around so much, is because to our great tragedy, one has to prescreen visits to the ocean, so that you don't get coated by the remnants of oil spills and the 'corexit' etc. that they have used to hide it. Don't want to come back sicker than when I left.............