We decided the suspension bridge was enough excitement and passed on the zipline canopy adventure. At $50 it is a little too expensive for me anyway. We have definitely noticed increased hotel prices, at least for tourist-oriented places. There are also many new beach developments and gringo retirement developments all over the country - including one called Altos del Maria near my PC site. The 'Bejuco-Sora' road mentioned on the web site is the one I took to get to my town. These properties go for $200K and up. Some of my friends in Bajo del Rio got construction jobs there so I have mixed feelings about the whole phenomenon.
In El Valle we met a couple that we looking for retirement property. They had a typical story - retired on a military pension, worried that their property taxes will go higher than they can afford. Of course they also complained about Mexican immigrants (they live near El Paso) which seemed a bit hypocritical, since they were considering becoming immigrants themselves...
