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Originally Posted by Star Ferry

Strongly recommend against it. They market themselves heavily, but they have a very weird resentment against Americans. It was much less safe than I expected, and a whole group of young thugs stuck me up by knifepoint. At the edge of three large serrated blades, I was lucky I was only carrying a hotel room key and a couple hundred bucks.

Financially, it was an absolute fleecing. They charged a $30 fee to leave the country. Taxi prices and prices generally were made up on the spot and grossly inflated to rip off my group. I swore to myself that I would never return to Costa Rica.

That sums it up.