Comments on: Hotel in Limon decides to close due to escalating security threat

By: disgusted

disgusted — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:41:00 +0000

Wonder how many other hotels are on the brink of closure?? Or they have to keep them open since they put their life savings and sweat into them. Robert C. told me 7 yrs ago he was held at gun point in Cahutia scared out of ever loving mind and they took all his things from his house. Not a safe place is understatement.

By: Albert Wallace

Albert Wallace — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:10:00 +0000

Charles – the cruise ships stopped docking in Limon a few years ago, due to the violence and the cruise guests getting mugged. In face a few yrs ago a retired US Marine was held up he fought back and the robber was killed. Also, explain why cruise tourists once docked in Limon want to go to that resort and spend the night? They go back to the ship and depart on the same day.

By: georgechapogas

georgechapogas — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:10:00 +0000

daniela expressed a fear that the economy may grow much worse, i responded that most social democracies are economically failing. you describe that as bitching? as a retiree, i find it a reasonable fear, hardly ideological. i did not suggest any path for costa rica btw. their country, they can do as they wish.

By: georgechapogas

georgechapogas — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:07:00 +0000

i agree with your comments from some guests/expats, i think that you presume they are all American is kinda silly. please distinguish between description and prescription.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:46:00 +0000

Ah, the usual bitching about Costa Rica, then the usual bitching about those who bitch, and not least the usual ideologue weighing in to bitch about social democracies the world over. Come on, the issue is an upsurge in a certain kind of crime in Limón, one province, and it behooves us to focus on this. Evidently, the drug runners have moved into Limón, and in consequence have brought with them some generally unsavory types while sucking some of the local kids into addiction and criminality. Interestingly, many of these crimes appear to be committed by outsiders, not Ticos. Behind this is in turn US demand for drugs, so indirectly US policy and tastes are the cause of the crime wave. Unless Costa Rica AND the US get a handle on this problem, which I’m persuaded will require a change in US policy, it’s only going to get worse. Generalized bitching really isn’t helping.

By: Marcel M. Pfister

Marcel M. Pfister — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:59:00 +0000

I am disgusted by all these ugly comments about Costa Rica – presumably by unhappy US-Americans. I have lived in Costa Rica for eight years now and have never been assaulted or stolen from. The US is probably the last place on earth who is entitled to do any fingerpointing to any other country in terms of violence. Your country has a serious drug problem and your gun culture is a prime example to the rest of the planet of how not to do it. As far as I am concerned, US-Americans should have to apply for a licence to own a vegetable peeler.

By: Charles Gregory Wanger

Charles Gregory Wanger — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:37:00 +0000

What a bunch of ( most of you – not all ) really unhappy
people you all are – I do empathize with those of you that have had bad
experiences here and do not want to discount them – however after living here
for 15 years I got to say – I still love this place. Why do you say it is a
joke that this is one of the happiest places? And that the people here are NOT some
of the happiest? Why is it that Ticos
deserve to lose their jobs? I know
plenty of people both national and foreign that are really happy and have had
great employees and bad ones. Donna thank you for being one of the only
positive people that posted. The government
better get a grip – and they have – and things HAVE improved – and they need to
improve more. For your information this article above is a crock – the main
reason this hotel is shutting down is that it was built to accommodate the
cruise ships and their guests for their 1 days stay in Limon Port – these numbers,
for whatever reason, have really gone down over the past 2 years – and they
were losing money – and then they had some run ins with crime – but to say that
crime alone is the reason they are closing is an outright lie.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:08:00 +0000

Glad it is tico’s loosing jobs. They deserve no better.

By: Jada Stone

Jada Stone — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:02:00 +0000

The government had better get this under control while there is still time, or before your country is unsalvageable.

By: DonnaAngelStar

DonnaAngelStar — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:48:00 +0000

I’m happy in my locked down compound with visual perimeters around. We’ve been luckier than most,we’re only fenced in but it has been a detriment. People have wondered for years why we put up our fence before we moved here. It is still safer than a condo in Dallas.
The pros and cons of a deteriorating world.