Nicaragua invades Costa Rica?

Yes, Nicaragua invaded Costa Rica last week. That's what you get for thinking everything on the Web is true. Nicaraguan troops used Google Maps to determine a flag of Costa Rica was flying in their country. Never believe everything you read. The flag was in Costa Rica, and Nicaraguans removed it. Uh Oh!

The funny thing is, Nicaragua wants to blame Google Maps. What? How about double and triple checking before you invade another country. Sound familiar?

When we were in Costa Rica in January for Elaine's birthday, we used a GPS to get around. Halina, the GPS with a woman's voice, constantly was getting us misdirected. A good old fashined map seemed to work quite well. Here's the article.