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24-APR-2011 Kerry Tingley

24. Frustration

Tortuguero, Costa Rica

This morning was quite interesting. Some of the water taxis (launchas), run by Click-Click were stopped by the Tican Coast Guard and returned back to Tortuguero. Evidently, they were overcharging the Semana Santa (Holy week) visitors coming here. As a result, their boat was impounded and many visitors were stranded. They were happy that they are being held accountable, but no so thrilled that they are stuck here until tomorrow. They are working on getting another legit Taxi to get folks back to the Mainland for work tomorrow.

Taken with my tiny pocket camera

Nikon COOLPIX S8100
1/250s f/4.5 at 18.3mm iso334 full exif

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Wei O'Connell23-May-2011 05:58
Stocked there overnight??? Unbelievable!!!
Mieke WA Minkjan27-Apr-2011 07:45
sounds adventurous, but isn't the economic laws of shortage who over ruled everything?
great story Kerry, nicely illustrated with your picture
Ann...26-Apr-2011 05:24
A lot of unhappy people.
LynnH25-Apr-2011 20:31
Good reporting and a good capture of the mood. Little pocket cameras are the best!
Guest 25-Apr-2011 18:29
Hot a happy end to the holidays :(
Janice Dunn25-Apr-2011 06:22
Oh no!! Very, very frustrating...
J. Scott Coile25-Apr-2011 03:34
That is a frustration for sure.
Cindi Smith25-Apr-2011 03:33
Glad those guys are having to pay their share but I feel for the visitors. So many folks will take advantage of others and during this time that is just totally wrong! Good capture of the moment.
carol j. phipps25-Apr-2011 01:27
Excellent capture of expressions.
laine25-Apr-2011 01:25
Nothing holy in their angle on things...great that they have been stopped!!
larose forest photos25-Apr-2011 01:21
What an interesting story and illustration of frustration! Nicely caught.
Guest 25-Apr-2011 00:37
You captured the moment really well.
Dennis Warren25-Apr-2011 00:07
who where the police harrassing? the boat owners or the travelers? Small people with a little authority.
Faye White24-Apr-2011 22:39
Good capture of the frustrated mood.
John King24-Apr-2011 21:44
Kerry you captured the confusion and frustration of the situation really well.
Karen Stuebing24-Apr-2011 21:33
Great capture of these stranded tourists. I cannot believe someone would try to make money from a religious observance but I suppose people will do anything for a few bucks.
Stephanie24-Apr-2011 21:19
Off with their heads!
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