Bob Marley, "No dreadlock no cry"

I am taking a brief 2 week vacation with my friend Megan in Costa Rica. I just got here, which, it turns out, might have been contentious.
Frontier Airlines has direct service from Denver to San Jose, CR. It´s pretty darned convenient, dumping you here at 5:30 in the morning with a whole day to get the hell out of the concrete capital. However, when I was checking in to the flight, the young agent asked me if I had been there before. I told her yes, I had a few years ago. "Because you might not be granted entry into the country," she said, "because of the dreadlocks. I´m sorry- I am not trying to offend you, it´s just that Costa Rica has issued us this warning that people displaying Hippie-style clothing, hairstyles and paraphenalia will be denied access."
"Excuse me?"
"Yeah, we laughed when we read that a year and a half ago. But it says here (looking at the computer screen) that things like tie dye shirts and dreadlocks are grounds for refusal of entry into the country. Do you have a hair tie or something? You can have mine if you need it so you can put your hair back." A sweet offer, indeed!

Still, I was a bit confounded about the whole deal. I breezed through immigration (with my locks hidden under a straw hat) and have seen no fewer than 6 other dreadies in the 4 hours that I have been doing anything here. So I guess their screening process is a little less than perfect? WTF, Costa Rica, you overpriced bigotfest of a country- I can see that all those hippies are really doing way more damage to the place than the fat ass geezer americans who are destroying the shores building gated communities where the only Ticos allowed are the servants. Maybe you might reasses your priorities...

(Please note that the above post was written by a person with dreadlocks. Do not believe anything that this hippie is saying!)