Comments on: Border Crossing – Panamá To Costa Rica http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/ My New Life In Canada Under The Snow Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Max Coutinho http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7998 Max Coutinho Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:28:18 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7998 Hi Zhu! David doesn't sound so bad! Now, all this frisking is appalling, isn't it? Anyway, what matters is that you are ok! So...now is Costa Rica, eh? Super!!! :D I am ready for the news... Cheers Hi Zhu!

David doesn’t sound so bad!
Now, all this frisking is appalling, isn’t it? Anyway, what matters is that you are ok!

So…now is Costa Rica, eh? Super!!! :D

I am ready for the news…

Cheers

]]> By: Zhu http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7919 Zhu Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:09:38 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7919 @Tulsa Gentleman - I just can´t believe it´s Christmas, it just feels like summer to me. It is weird, people here display Santa Claus near palm trees and fake snow on their garden :-) @Bluefish - Sorry I can´t keep in touch more, the connection is so slow I barely have the chance to update my own blog... please let me know when you move to Europe! @Larry Gambone - Thanks for the tip! We may go after Xmas, after Nicaragua. I wrote that down ;-) @Linguist-in-Waiting - Land borders just don´t make any sense to me. They are so... artificial. We could cross anywhere, but people die trying and that´s the sad part. We are lucky to be born with the right passport, allowing us to travel... other, not so lucky. @kyh - Supposed to be, but we haven´t seen that many. A few backpackers here and there but less than I had thought. @Gail at Large - Yeah, I don´t like not having my passport... but sometimes, you just have to give them, it´s easier than arguing. @Seraphine - I´m definitely IDing Santa when I see him. This old man is just weird. It´s winter up there? Ohhh... sorry :lol: @barbara - Crossing borders is somewhat a lottery, that´s very true! I don´t get into troubles going to the US anymore because I´m a Canadian resident, but I used to be questioned for hours... it sucks. Here it´s mostly about the non-efficient and the occasional bribe, but we cross fairly easilty. Well, I don´t wanna jinx it! @RennyBA - I should have Olga with me, I bet it would like the hot weather for a change! :lol: @Tulsa Gentleman – I just can´t believe it´s Christmas, it just feels like summer to me. It is weird, people here display Santa Claus near palm trees and fake snow on their garden :-)

@Bluefish – Sorry I can´t keep in touch more, the connection is so slow I barely have the chance to update my own blog… please let me know when you move to Europe!

@Larry Gambone – Thanks for the tip! We may go after Xmas, after Nicaragua. I wrote that down ;-)

@Linguist-in-Waiting – Land borders just don´t make any sense to me. They are so… artificial. We could cross anywhere, but people die trying and that´s the sad part. We are lucky to be born with the right passport, allowing us to travel… other, not so lucky.

@kyh – Supposed to be, but we haven´t seen that many. A few backpackers here and there but less than I had thought.

@Gail at Large – Yeah, I don´t like not having my passport… but sometimes, you just have to give them, it´s easier than arguing.

@Seraphine – I´m definitely IDing Santa when I see him. This old man is just weird. It´s winter up there? Ohhh… sorry :lol:

@barbara – Crossing borders is somewhat a lottery, that´s very true! I don´t get into troubles going to the US anymore because I´m a Canadian resident, but I used to be questioned for hours… it sucks. Here it´s mostly about the non-efficient and the occasional bribe, but we cross fairly easilty. Well, I don´t wanna jinx it!

@RennyBA – I should have Olga with me, I bet it would like the hot weather for a change! :lol:

]]> By: Welcome To The Jungle | Correr Es Mi Destino http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7918 Welcome To The Jungle | Correr Es Mi Destino Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:02:06 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7918 [...] Border Crossing - Panamá To Costa Rica [...] [...] Border Crossing – Panamá To Costa Rica [...]

]]> By: RennyBA http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7916 RennyBA Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:51:51 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7916 What a great trip with a lot of adventures. You are a great story teller and of course the pics are great documentation - thanks for sharing! What a great trip with a lot of adventures. You are a great story teller and of course the pics are great documentation – thanks for sharing!

]]> By: barbara http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7910 barbara Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:27:13 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7910 Salut Zhu, You both made it ! He he; did you know that Didier & I did the "on & off bus shuffle" when we we arrived from NYC into Quebec in Sept? Different ambiance, same methods; get your junk out,queue up, and one by one ( or with a couple) present your papers. The bus driver called it "the Canadian lottery" and we all won; he he ;) I'm glad that you're in. I'm going to send the link to one of my US friends in France.Her parents are moving to CR in 2009 ! Bises aux voyageurs intrépides xx Salut Zhu,
You both made it !
He he; did you know that Didier & I did the “on & off bus shuffle” when we we arrived from NYC into Quebec in Sept? Different ambiance, same methods; get your junk out,queue up, and one by one ( or with a couple) present your papers.
The bus driver called it “the Canadian lottery” and we all won; he he ;)

I’m glad that you’re in. I’m going to send the link to one of my US friends in France.Her parents are moving to CR in 2009 !

Bises aux voyageurs intrépides xx

]]> By: Seraphine http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7907 Seraphine Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:29:46 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7907 awesome zhu! you realize canada is under about 25 feet of snow, and you're in 80 degree weather? oh and that yabble yabble you hear isn't french, it's spanish. ok, now that you're oriented, here's the zinger: it's less than a week until christmas. bon voyage and if you see santa, ask to see <i>his</i> passport stamps! awesome zhu! you realize canada is under about 25 feet of snow, and you’re in 80 degree weather? oh and that yabble yabble you hear isn’t french, it’s spanish. ok, now that you’re oriented, here’s the zinger: it’s less than a week until christmas. bon voyage and if you see santa, ask to see his passport stamps!

]]> By: Gail at Large http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7891 Gail at Large Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:15:23 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7891 Quite the adventure you're having. You must get the heebie-jeebies whenever your passport gets taken by the officials. Quite the adventure you’re having. You must get the heebie-jeebies whenever your passport gets taken by the officials.

]]> By: kyh http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7885 kyh Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:19:50 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7885 Ooohh border crossings sound so exciting! The only border crossing I've done is between Thailand and Malaysia. :P Have a nice trip there, and I heard there are a lot of tourists in Costa Rica. True? Ooohh border crossings sound so exciting! The only border crossing I’ve done is between Thailand and Malaysia. :P

Have a nice trip there, and I heard there are a lot of tourists in Costa Rica. True?

]]> By: Linguist-in-Waiting http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7881 Linguist-in-Waiting Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:53:07 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7881 Border crossings. Somehow, I find it that land crossings are different, if not utterly weird, than air crossings. I don't know, there are just different questions that people ask in land crossings compared to air crossings. When I enter the United States through an airport, people simply stamp my passport after checking my documents. But when I enter the United States by land from Canada, they ask other questions, like whether I am bringing anything from Canada, about who owns the car, and what we did in Canada. Border crossings. Somehow, I find it that land crossings are different, if not utterly weird, than air crossings. I don’t know, there are just different questions that people ask in land crossings compared to air crossings. When I enter the United States through an airport, people simply stamp my passport after checking my documents. But when I enter the United States by land from Canada, they ask other questions, like whether I am bringing anything from Canada, about who owns the car, and what we did in Canada.

]]> By: Larry Gambone http://correresmidestino.com/border-crossing-panama-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-7854 Larry Gambone Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:46:54 +0000 http://correresmidestino.com/?p=1828#comment-7854 Sounds like a great trip. If you go to the Atlantic side check out Cahuita. It's by a national park, plus reefs and when I was there in 1999 was unspoiled. - mostly Rastas and surfers. If you do go to Cahuita eat at Chachachas. Ask for Julie from Quebec - she's my cousin... Sounds like a great trip. If you go to the Atlantic side check out Cahuita. It’s by a national park, plus reefs and when I was there in 1999 was unspoiled. – mostly Rastas and surfers. If you do go to Cahuita eat at Chachachas. Ask for Julie from Quebec – she’s my cousin…

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