Civil welcome in Costa Rica

This item appears on page 38 of the July 2009 issue.

We took a 2-week trip to Costa Rica in February-March ’09 with Overseas Adventure Travel. The airport security staff in San José were polite, efficient and thorough, in direct contrast to the way we were treated as we left Miami airport.

Does the TSA go out of its way to hire rude individuals? Certainly, they are no advertisement for the USA.

CHRISTOPHER HARTLEY

Ormond Beach, FL