Costa Rica

[Boat Bum]

Yeah, definitely a douche remark. The fact he said that puts him in the, never mind...

 

[Kevin D Pem]

To set the record straight, he called Noone low quality. He said higher quality. Please don't interject negative where it is not alluded to.
I see myself as living to a higher standard, however I am not saying everyone else is lower quality. See the difference?

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I am planning a trip to Costa Rica and have some unanswered questions:

1. Anything I need to watch out for going down the international highway, crime, chronic road conditions. I googled it is safe to drive and the only thing i found was occasional road closed for political protest. Another is try to stay on the toll roads, cartels carjack motor homes to run drugs in. And one part is not paved. Somewhere south of Panama not passable during the rainy season.

2. I can not find anything on RV Parks i can spend the night in.

3. i have a generator and batteries. I have a 100 ft hose and i have no problem with asking a stranger if i can buy water from his house. However sewer is a different problem. Where can i dump legally. maybe pay to dump in someone's sewer. Of course i could pull of the road and dump in the bar ditch, but i do not like to pay a fine so that is not a solution.

i will be buy a new motor home and have no on the road knowledge, but i used to drive a school bus so size does not bother me, and i do have a state issued license. But nothing like experience gained from where the rubber hits the road (pun).

I thank anyone who takes time to help educate me.

As stated by others, water is not always safe In all countries. Proof can be found in places of the USA. Good to see you doing your research!

On trips where water quality is an issue purchase an Ozone generator an carbon filters.

As for dealing with human waist consider reading a pdf book called the humanure handbook. That book is for people that feel strongly about not cr*****g in their drinking water.

If living safely is your concern lock yourself in your bunker and hope for the best.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

To set the record straight, he called Noone low quality. He said higher quality. Please don't interject negative where it is not alluded to.
I see myself as living to a higher standard, however I am not saying everyone else is lower quality. See the difference?

Nope. In my eyes, and even though I am a Canadian, I still see it as an insult. We travel all over and have never been able to meet an entire nation, state, province or city that I would consider a lesser quality of people. I can say that we have found Texans to be the most polite. We think that folks in Mississippi seemed to be the friendliest. Even the folks we ran into in New York City were good people. We have been treated very well by Mexicans too. I'm sure every country does have some low class folks but to judge a whole country as lower quality people just insulting in my opinion.

 

[Boat Bum]

To set the record straight, he called Noone low quality. He said higher quality. Please don't interject negative where it is not alluded to.
I see myself as living to a higher standard, however I am not saying everyone else is lower quality. See the difference?

Yes, in one instance you use the word "standard" and in presenting a corollary you used the word quality, two totally different meanings.

 

[Holdmybeer]

To set the record straight, he called Noone low quality. He said higher quality. Please don't interject negative where it is not alluded to.
I see myself as living to a higher standard, however I am not saying everyone else is lower quality. See the difference?

Where I went to school the antonym of higher is lower. It came in handy when I was rigging for Brown and Root down in South Texas too, higher meant 'not lower'. It wasn't ambiguous.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Where I went to school the antonym of higher is lower. It came in handy when I was rigging for Brown and Root down in South Texas too, higher meant 'not lower'. It wasn't ambiguous.

Yes! And when talking frame of mind, positive gets better results.

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

This has to be a joke right?

Are ever helpful? If someone will tell me how to block him please share. you know you can not fix stupid but on most sites you can block the stupid

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

I would not even attempt that in a million years! Do you value your life, property, and relatives?
If Costa Rica is a desired destination for you, fly there & back.

Just my opinion--your mileage may vary.

i did my research all the countries are on the not recommend countries to travel in. also so is uk, France and most European countries. Oh i forgot Costa rica also. I would rather you not answer my post, i asked for things i need to know not opinions and the opinion you gave showed you had done no research nor do you appear to have an education except the news which is usually exaggerated and biased. Do you understand

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

More people do this than most realize. Go look up some youtube videos of similar ventures.

yes i know there are a lot of videos but i can spend ten minutes posting a special concern verses having to spend hundreds of ours watching videos. I do thank you for your suggestion but it was of no help

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

very dead serious i am doing my planning now. that is why i asked questions. i did not live to 79 doing stupid things. this is risky i know that. but i would not have made it for 79 years if i were not smart enough to do all my research. i is kind of like you can eat snow, just don't eat the yellow snow.

if you have nothing good to add will you just ignore my postings.

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

Facebook has a group for this. PanAmerican Travelers or something like that.

thank you and i have started corresponding with people who are nice and don't use the keyboard to use their bi-polar minds to go out of their way to expose their hate and play keyboard wars like some of the people on this forum.

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

thank you and i have started corresponding with people who are nice and don't use the keyboard to use their bi-polar minds to go out of their way to expose their hate and play keyboard wars like some of the people on this forum.

Firsty... Wow!! If you do go keep us in the loop.

Secondly, Costa Rica is ABOVE Panama. You don't need to go there. The road that is unpaved. Are you thinking of the Derien Gap? It is not passable with any NORMAL vehicle let alone a motorhome.
There are campgrounds along your way. I did a quick Google Earth search. See pics of what I found. There are probably lots more.

Buying water may not be your biggest problem. I would worry more about finding water SAFE TO DRINK! What comes out of taps in third world countries (inc Mexico) may not be good for you. I know there are some pretty amazing filtration systems out there for sale. I would strongly look into one. As far as dumping your sewer.......I don't want to go there.

Safe travels

well you tried to help, but i should have been more specific . I chose to move there in the future. i don't know where you got your information road not paved partly true 25% of the roads are paved. i see nothing wrong with using just any water for flushing and even showering, however drinking and washing dishes would be wise to filter. Montezuma's revenge is real. A friend did not listen to the warnings. two weeks of diarrhea is like paying tuition to a college course on don't drink the water. Mexico uses human waste as fertilizer. I will not be anywhere near the Darian Gap. I probably spent 10 hours looking for camp grounds and some one suggested google maps, learned something. Also from a traveler who makes the trip often told me the all night gas stations are safe and do not mind you staying so long as you buy fuel. thank you for your time

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

Let me suggest that if the possibility of incurring a fine is all that's stopping you from dumping your raw sewage in a ditch in Mexico you might want to check the arrogance before you cross over. Would it be okay for someone to do that where you live?

have you ever heard the term rtfq that stand for read the full question and here was my post on sewer Where can i dump legally. maybe pay to dump in someone's sewer. I reread my post and i was asking for help and education and i get accused of being arrogant. i might suggest you as doctor to give you a Demetia test. i am not trying to be a smart ass but do not seem to be not quite all there.

 

[HOMERFROMLAWTON]

We have been taking our 2023 Casita trailer to Costa Rica every year for a couple years now and we have driven to Guatemala most years for a couple decades. Frankly, the people are higher quality and more friendly than in the US. Way nicer and far lower cost places to spend the winter months than in US too. Just don't do anything stupid. You can Google our trailer name for more details if interested.

Gayle & Bob
"Los Gatos Casita"

thank you for your nice post. i wish i could say the same for some of the post.