tourists who are in the country can leave Costa Rica in orderly fashion," said Tourism Minister María Amalia Revelo. "

I think my annual pilgrimage is toast.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Dees kine toast, , , , ,?



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Edited: 03/19/2020 at 12:56 PM by dingpatch

Well, that was fun...

The one mom-and-pop ski resort that was getting unbelievable snow kept advertising that they were continuing normal operations right until I got on the plane.

When I got off the plane 4 hours later, they had announced their indefinite closure. Wasted trip.

I'm expecting CR to be cancelled. Also everything else probably through July. Hoping that August might be OK.

Panama City airport, Copa Airlines' "Hub of the Americas" is closing starting next Sunday, March 22 at 11:59 p.m. until Tuesday April 21, 2020. Of course the prospect is that things may return to normal after that.

Yummy Dingpatch!!! Dats da kine

Welcome to my world.

My borther lives at Playa Avellana, As of Friday all sales of alcohol ended at noon, all bars & discos closed, some restaurants are open but operating at 50% capacity and casinos have been closed. Beaches are being closed, all entries: land, sea and air has been closed since Wednesday.

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Edited: 03/21/2020 at 09:05 AM by Tiptime

Spirit, the most hated airline that we taxpayers will probably have to bail out, is spamming me with 65% discount airfares to flights that they know they will cancel for places they know they cannot go.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

I guess my nephew didn't take the evacuation seriously and now he's stuck in Costa. He and his friends seemed pretty stoked about it, but his mom has lost her sh!t.....

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Buddy just said if your a legal resident in CR and you leave the country you will lose the status????

It's not the worst place to ride out a pandemic. As long as someone can send you money.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Southwest is having yet another sale. If you think there'll be a loosening of pandemic restrictions, you might want to place a bet on a flight to somewhere they go.

My place of preference was Mal Pais. It was pristene and uncrowded the last time I was there. I was thinking it was a great place to spend the end. Little people and schit you can eat off the tree. I recently saw a vid on Youtube about Santa Terresa. I didn't even recognize it. The place I was given a house (couple blocks from main entrance next to the first ditch) was a giant multi story glass condo surrounded by smaller habitaciones.

I was there last summer. Its growing but its not Jaco. I don't think it ever will be. Still a stoner town with a surprising amount of supermercados.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

He managed to get out and got home late last night. I can't wait to hear his tales...

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They stopped selling alcohol in the county of Santa Cruz because the country didn't want all the people from San Jose to go to the beaches. All the empty/cancelled reservation for holy week were attracting everybody to come. This was a way to curb the fun and desire to go to the beaches. So say my buddy in Playa Grande

Used to be, 2 weeks after semana santa, all the little childrens go back to school. Vacation time is over. But since it's gotten so "Merkinized" it prolly changed.

My flight was cancelled; will probably rebook, but have to call to do that.