Great video! I visited Cahuita just a few weeks ago but came from Torteguero. My friend and I traveled down into Puerto Viejo and then Bocas del Toro, Panama, afterwards. Glad your visit.
@keppiezbt That is exactly what we did but in reverse. We came up from Bocas and then to Cahuita and then to Tortuguero, going mostly by long boat. It was a great trip full of wildlife.
A friend of mine purchased a small lot in Cahuita in front of the reef 10 years ago from a Canadian and built a beach house there. He did not cut down trees and he bought about 80 hectares of land up in the Talamanca-Caribe Biological Corridor that he has placed in the program as protected land. All profits from the building, which are almost none, have gone to buy more land to put in forest reserves. He's contributed all the rest. So, there's the double edge sword.
And to say "Gringos go home" is a redundancy. "Gringo" is what the occupied population of Mexico City said to the green uniformed US soldiers (navy?) during the Mexican-American war. So they were saying, "Green go!" Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world that the US has not managed to occupy when attempted by William Walker in the 1800's. Unfortunately, what William Walker couldn't do, corporations, the current CR administraton and CAFTA begining to do.
Great video! You both have a point and I worry about the development that's happening all over Costa Rica and especially land grabs by the CR government that may be happening soon in Cahuita to rent concessions to mulinational companies like Hilton, etc. Tourisms is at best a two edged sword and the CR government is trying to do expropriating land within the maritime zone is more like a tow headed sludgehammer! Most of the land in Cahuita has been in the same families for generations!
Okay, I follow that, but perhaps you should take more care in your comments instead of making a derogatory remark such as "gringo" and then maybe people will listen.
Lo que pasa es que este tipo de desarrollo esta generando exclusión y confrontación cultural, si, el tipo de vida de los extranjeros y capitalino, es muy diferente al rural. El estilo de vida autóctono es que ha mantenido la naturaleza hasta estos días. Te acuerdas como era Cahuita hace 15 años, pues yo si, no era lo que es hoy. Y creo que ha venido a menos. Por que? por el turismo.
habría que analizar lo que dices. según lo que los datos dicen, son muy pocas personas quienes en estas comunidades se benefician del turismo. Muchos de los ticos que trabajan en estos negocios son gente que no es de las comunidades, es gente de la capital, así mismo la mayoría de los dueños de los negocios son extranjeros.
You know, my wife and I stay in small hostels near national parks, we are not package tourists. We support local economies and protecting the natural treasures of Costa Rica. We are not rich developers, we do not buy land and build hotels. Not all visitors to your land are bad. Your economy is dependent on tourism, so perhaps you should take care in making blanket statements.
ooo how fun.. i would want to try something like this at home.. but i know thats probably never going to happen haha but yeah good job. i really ejoyed the video
Great video! I visited Cahuita just a few weeks ago but came from Torteguero. My friend and I traveled down into Puerto Viejo and then Bocas del Toro, Panama, afterwards. Glad your visit.
keppiezbt 1 year ago
@keppiezbt That is exactly what we did but in reverse. We came up from Bocas and then to Cahuita and then to Tortuguero, going mostly by long boat. It was a great trip full of wildlife.
Cvillemac 1 year ago
A friend of mine purchased a small lot in Cahuita in front of the reef 10 years ago from a Canadian and built a beach house there. He did not cut down trees and he bought about 80 hectares of land up in the Talamanca-Caribe Biological Corridor that he has placed in the program as protected land. All profits from the building, which are almost none, have gone to buy more land to put in forest reserves. He's contributed all the rest. So, there's the double edge sword.
jtr2895831 2 years ago
And to say "Gringos go home" is a redundancy. "Gringo" is what the occupied population of Mexico City said to the green uniformed US soldiers (navy?) during the Mexican-American war. So they were saying, "Green go!" Costa Rica is one of the few countries in the world that the US has not managed to occupy when attempted by William Walker in the 1800's. Unfortunately, what William Walker couldn't do, corporations, the current CR administraton and CAFTA begining to do.
jtr2895831 2 years ago
Great video! You both have a point and I worry about the development that's happening all over Costa Rica and especially land grabs by the CR government that may be happening soon in Cahuita to rent concessions to mulinational companies like Hilton, etc. Tourisms is at best a two edged sword and the CR government is trying to do expropriating land within the maritime zone is more like a tow headed sludgehammer! Most of the land in Cahuita has been in the same families for generations!
jtr2895831 2 years ago
Okay, I follow that, but perhaps you should take more care in your comments instead of making a derogatory remark such as "gringo" and then maybe people will listen.
suerte, John
Cvillemac 2 years ago
I know your intention is good. But good is not correct.
Is too much for me. bye
MrYorusti 2 years ago
Lo que pasa es que este tipo de desarrollo esta generando exclusión y confrontación cultural, si, el tipo de vida de los extranjeros y capitalino, es muy diferente al rural. El estilo de vida autóctono es que ha mantenido la naturaleza hasta estos días. Te acuerdas como era Cahuita hace 15 años, pues yo si, no era lo que es hoy. Y creo que ha venido a menos. Por que? por el turismo.
MrYorusti 2 years ago
habría que analizar lo que dices. según lo que los datos dicen, son muy pocas personas quienes en estas comunidades se benefician del turismo. Muchos de los ticos que trabajan en estos negocios son gente que no es de las comunidades, es gente de la capital, así mismo la mayoría de los dueños de los negocios son extranjeros.
MrYorusti 2 years ago
You know, my wife and I stay in small hostels near national parks, we are not package tourists. We support local economies and protecting the natural treasures of Costa Rica. We are not rich developers, we do not buy land and build hotels. Not all visitors to your land are bad. Your economy is dependent on tourism, so perhaps you should take care in making blanket statements.
Cvillemac 2 years ago
pues no, feliz no estoy.
Tourism is killing our country. Foreigners are seizing our shores. Not it´s being rude, there is a big problem, thanks to its logical development
MrYorusti 2 years ago
go home gringos
MrYorusti 2 years ago
What did we do to solicit such a rude comment? No te preocupes, estamos a Casa. Estas felice?
Cvillemac 2 years ago
ooo how fun.. i would want to try something like this at home.. but i know thats probably never going to happen haha but yeah good job. i really ejoyed the video
chick7489 3 years ago
I love your always amazing journeys!!!
Keep up the great work!!!!
diamond2tron 3 years ago
Wow that was very interesting...
The video is done in a great manner. I really enjoyed it!
Thanks for posting!
Chick6517 3 years ago
You manage to get the greatest shots of everything.
crackerbuns 3 years ago
Three toed sloth! oh my god, what an amazing creature!!
kumani90 3 years ago
Awesome. Jesus Christ Lizards!
mooney47 3 years ago