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Curious
Dear Curious,
My experience as a gringa alone in Central America has been a positive one. I agree with Peter that you get what you give but I also think people are a bit different here. I have been living in Costa Rica but have visited Panama and Nicaragua. I've met foreigners and expats everywhere I've been and they all are pretty friendly. I think more so than in North America. It takes a certain kind of person with a bit of a rebel inside to leave the sophistication of the States behind. The English speaking expats tend to bond and hang out together. They seem open and friendly, to me.
But one word of warning, (I am assuming you are a woman) some of the single guys from the States are in Latin America because they are societal misfits. Now, I am not judging. I don't want to live there either. I live in the Caribbean, which I has been called the land of the wanted (as in wanted by the law) and the unwanted (by anyone else). Just be careful.
Me, I like everybody, but Latin men enchant me. I can tell you all about them in my Costa Rica travel journals. I wrote a whole story about it called Drama, Romance and Latinos. ( I'm the one in the You Tube video Peter put up!)
Have fun and Buena Suerte!
Lisa