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- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- Currency
- 3,773,057
- Population
- CR
- Country Code
Tamarindo Slideshow
Tamarindo
Travel Blogs from Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Still chillin at the beach
Hey, I'm still alive. Just relaxing at the beach. I went to go see Fabio play last night which was fun. Other than that I haven't really been doing much. Will probably hea uot to San Jose tomorrow and figure out what I'm doing from there. It has been ...
How to cut a pineapple and count Colones
... today. Jena learned how to cut a pineapple for the first time. We exchanged some US currency into the local Costa Rican money (Colones) and we are trying to keep the exchange rate straight in our heads... 500 Colones equals 1 US Dollar.. but ...
Football Playoffs in Costa Rica
Day 4: Last time I updated we were about to head to Sharky`s for football. It was very crowded and there with tons of Americans. My team was playing first,,,,GO COLTS!!! Down 17-6 in the third and of course Manning made an amazing comeback! They had ...
TAMARINDO, COSTA RICA
Wednesday December 20th, 2005 Well, here we are in a little beach/surf town called Tamarindo. It's nothing less than beautiful. We arrived in San Jose on Sunday afternoon and took the city bus into El Centro (downtown). It cost us about a dollar each. We ...
Turtle Time and Surfer's Paradise
... too popular if you did that to everybody. Jessica, who is from the USA, and Jorge used to work as lifeguards in Tamarindo but were recently fired because their employer did not have enough money to pay them anymore, but even though they are basically ...
Sand and Sun
I took a trip to Tamarindo in Guanacaste, Costa Rica this week. What an absolutely gorgeous place. I took the Tralapa direct bus for around $6.50. It was a long ride but well worth it. From the bus stop I walked a couple blocks down and then a couple ...
Tamarindo
We went with the Canadians to Tamarindo for a few days. We surfed alot and went out alot at night. The Candians got into an argument and we ended up seperating with ...
See the Sea Turtles!
... morning, checked out some tide pools at low tide, and watched the waves crashing against the rocky point at the sound end of Playa Tamarindo. We laid in the hammocks and read our books, took a couple dips in the pool while we listened to music and ...
paradise
We are going back to Playa Tamarindo for first time in 10 years to see how it has changed. WOW! has it changed expensive! and ...
Tamagringo
... English signs for land for development and construction and real estate companies filled me with foreboding. Arriving in Tamarindo confirmed for me that Costa Rica is still being conquered by the 'developed' world, and I hated that I was perhaps playing ...
Day 14 - Friday Fun Day
... cocktails. It was great to just chill out with everyone. They are super cool people. That is the great part about WRSC and Costa Rica, I meet the best people. I am already missing them...sorry, that was a bit cheesy. Anyways, Liz made a chocolate cake, ...
Day 2 - 2 sessions in and oh plus more beer
Song of the Day: Big Wave - Jenny & Johnnyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMRJmNxYK5Q Quote of the Day: “Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty-his excessive freedom. He accepts his ...
Christmas with the leatherbacks ... almost
... of going to Tamarindo. It was the rainy weather in the mountains that encouraged us to seek that which we sought - sun. Tamarindo is a nice almost hippyesque town beside the nesting grounds of the world's largest marine turtle: the leather back. Once we ...
Back to school (well surf school)
We arrived at our hotel after a four hour drive in Clive, and checked in. Current audio book is now PercyJackson and the Lightening Thief (not a patch on Harry Potter but keeps the kids quiet all the same). We woke up the next day and realized that we ...
Birthday Dinner
Started off with a Capirihnia. Followed by Ceviche (shrimp, fish, mango in coconut milk) as an appetiser and the main was Tuna grilled rare with a mint tomato compote. Very delicious and filling. I didn't have room for dessert. After ...
Via Con Dios
... by way of Brasilito. After telling Lori I couldn't imagine why anyone would travel to Mexico with such safe option as Costa Rica, an oncoming truck served out its lane trying to overtake a motorcycle. I think my quick reaction and plea of, ...
FROM RAINFOREST TO TROPICAL BEACH
... -speed rainstorms as we rounded Lake Arenal. The drive north up the east side of the lake is billed as one of Costa Rica’s prettiest, and it didn’t disappoint. But, it was dramatically different from our experience making that drive 20 years ...
Tamagringo for all the expats living there
We crossed successfully on foot between Nicaragua and Costa Rica - I was so proud of us!! We managed not to get fleeced either as lots of locals try to make you pay any number of imaginary taxes. Fair play as they are only trying to make a bit of ...
Beaches!
... are using spf 60 here! Crazy, crazy sun. Today was pretty fun. I woke up at dawn (around 5:30) and went surfing at Tamarindo beach. Some guys getting out of the water said, "It is COLD!" Compared to what? Any time I can paddle out without a ...
Rest of the trip: Tamarindo beach resort
We spent the rest of the vacation resting at the beach ...
Jason's birthday!!!
We woke up at 5am today because we fell asleep (supposed to be for a nap) at 8pm last night and didn't wake up until this morning. WHOOPS! So today, has been a long day already and it is only 2pm now. We went to the beach around 9am for ...
Day 1-Im here
... the plane really wasn't packed, i got assigned a window seat and sat next to an amazing girl Katy here and her boyfriend live in Costa Rica, she works as a teacher there, we had a wonderful talk the whole flight, I felt bad for her, we pretty much talked ...
thanks 4 the b-day love
Hello people, Thanks to everyone for the birthday love. I am feeling sad that I couldn't see anybody and hang out on my b-day, but I have good friends down here. We all miss home in some way and all of us get along soo well. One guy Rich has been here ...
One last night in Costly Rica
... up the last of my Colones, and so off I went, barely having had a glance of the beach for which Tamarindo is so popular! Another time, Costa Rica: when I'm fat and rich I'll take a three week holiday and enjoy your splendours the way they should be ...
Spanish, surfboards & iguanas
... to do a spanish school as there are enough bars and things to do to pass the time and be social. My parting gift from Tamarindo was some probable food poisoning that made for a fun night. Anyway, we then hired a car cheaply through a friend of ...
Day 6 - Avellenas and Graduation
Wow, I can't believe its Friday already, once Wed comes the whole week flies right bye. Today we are going to Avellanas as a surf school trip. That beach is really beautiful and it has the best beach bar ever....Lola's though I still haven't seen the big ...
Lazy days
Well, yesterday was a day of rest somewhat there wasn't a lot of waves and I took the afternoon off to conserve energy and give my shoulders a rest for today's swell. But more about yesterday before getting into today's events. Days here move soooo ...
TamaGringo A Go Go
Crazy paint covered argentinian lady owned a bottle of milk hostel.. tamarindo was hot and the waves not soo big... fun times were had still hanging with the americans. beach and surfing during the day... waiting an hour and half for pizza at night. ...
Day 7 - Good Bye's
Song of the Day: Bernard Fanning - Wish You Well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osurJ9FrZZ4 Quote of the Day: Rabindranath Tagore: You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Word of the Day: Ancillary Stoke Condition ...