Costa Rica Crime Report

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Submitted by CostaRicaBlogger on June 30, 2009 - 7:33pm

This morning I discovered my wallet missing from my previous days’ pants pocket here in Costa Rica.

A search of the house, car, etc. turned-up nothing. Gone was all my Costa Rica identification, local debit cards, U.S. credit cards … most everything important except for my passport (which remains at home).

In between canceling local bank cards and going to my local Banco Costa Rica to obtain a new Costa Rica Cedula (National Identification) and C.R. drivers license I called a friend to see if they could visit the Moravia, Costa Rica café I had sat in the previous night – just in case my wallet had fell out of my pocket at the restaurant and an honest customer or employee had turned it in. A stretch on many different levels.

Within 15 minutes my friend called back and said the café had my wallet, but they would not release it to my friend … that I had to retrieve it myself, matching the identification in the wallet.

About 45 minutes later I had my wallet with everything intact. The waitress that found my wallet seemed genuinely happy to return it to me.

That’s all for this Costa Rica crime report (or lack there of )

 

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Crime Story

Submitted by Lisa Valencia (not verified) on July 4, 2009 - 2:07pm.

Thanks for posting that story. Next time you'll call the restaurant first before you cancell everything! Of course, there won't be a next time...  :)

Yeap, 1000's of these stories

Submitted by Joshua (not verified) on July 4, 2009 - 1:36pm.

But the ones everyone focus on are the few of the bandits.  I have traveled Costa Rica for 25 years and some of the finest people I know are from there. Yes I agree the crime is getting worse, but nobody hates it more than the Costa Rican. Of course lets don't kid yourself, there are more places in Atlanta that you would not want to walk , than in San Jose.... So crime will grow until the people have had enough and start to stand..

I am trying hard to start costaricalifestyles.info  an online magazine about the truth in Costa Rica, the Good , Bad and Ugly, there just isn;t much ugly..

 

  

What a great story.  Pura

Submitted by rtc on June 30, 2009 - 10:13pm.

What a great story.  Pura vida.

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