2017 World of Words Tour: #2 PIRATES OF COSTA RICA
2017 LOGS #2 PIRATES OF THE COSTA RICAN CARIBBEAN Unfortunately your correspondent only visited Costa Rica for a few days, consequently seeing and understanding very little of a country which is not a ‘top of mind’ aspirational destination among many of today’s travellers except for genuine eco-freaks, or those who pass for hippies these days, or who are leaving some illegal activity and passing through on their way to another illegal activity. Way down the list are those who’ll take on the journey to Costa Rica to visit a family member, only to have their preconceptions of the country mashed like a soft banana. I do know that Costa Rica shares a common border with Panama, which is somewhere in Central America. That means it’s in close proximity to the Canal itself, an area with a climate so evil that it took the lives of 22,000 canal constructors in the 1800’s. The Canal concept brought out the stupidity and greed in investors, Emperors, Popes and Kings alike,,.and attra