President Calderon showed up at our Marina in La Cruz for the international sailing race. I've never seen anything like the security. A week before he arrived there were military at every corner. Then a few days before they had dogs sniffing about and about 100 navy, army personnel carrying rifles with stern faces. The day of his arrival I went for my early morning walk. I saw divers in the water presumably looking for bombs and men dressed in white shirts and tan pants. I lost count of these men after about 150. They had the CIA look about them. Then an hour before he showed up a helicopter started flying all over the area. I looked up and noticed men with machine rifles on the rooftops. Then out of nowhere 4 helicopters came and, of course, we had no idea which one he was in. He stepped off with a white shirt and tan pants so he looked just like his staff but was also wearing a hat. He stepped aboard a yacht with all his television crew, press etc. It was fascinating to watch all the fuss. It caused me to wonder what it would feel like to have your life in danger all the time. I have never been that close to a president of a country before and found it all very interesting.