http://carrieandjonathan.com/leaving-puerto-viejo-costa-rica-for-bocas-del-toro-panama/ What if the purpose of life is to create an amazing adventure? Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://carrieandjonathan.com/leaving-puerto-viejo-costa-rica-for-bocas-del-toro-panama/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Philip Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:33:28 +0000 http://carrieandjonathan.com/?p=159#comment-938 That is unfortunate, but true about Puerto Viejo and several of the other tourist towns in Costa Rica. Jaco, Tamarindo, Limon especially can all have uncomfortable amounts of crackheads and drugs. There are some beautiful places in Costa Rica, but I wish they would do a better job of making some of their prettiest and accessible beach towns feel cleaner and safer. I was in Puerto Viejo recently for visa reasons and wouldn't go back unless I wanted to just go on a major bender. I have lived in Costa Rica and now in Bocas del Toro, and of course there are drugs available here, but there aren't crackheads and prostitutes all over the streets at night. There is a successful police presence and I think they take safety and solicitation alot more seriously. That is unfortunate, but true about Puerto Viejo and several of the other tourist towns in Costa Rica. Jaco, Tamarindo, Limon especially can all have uncomfortable amounts of crackheads and drugs. There are some beautiful places in Costa Rica, but I wish they would do a better job of making some of their prettiest and accessible beach towns feel cleaner and safer. I was in Puerto Viejo recently for visa reasons and wouldn’t go back unless I wanted to just go on a major bender. I have lived in Costa Rica and now in Bocas del Toro, and of course there are drugs available here, but there aren’t crackheads and prostitutes all over the streets at night. There is a successful police presence and I think they take safety and solicitation alot more seriously.

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