Best Western Tamarindo Vista Villas

Travel Blogs from Tamarindo

Casa Camaleon

A travel blog entry by kirklmiller

... and there is truly nothing else going on. I meet Tony, the owner, who moved here from Houston with his partner 8 years ago. He bought this place and turned it into a 10 room resort. It's a great place if you ever make your way off the beaten path to Playa Grande.

I make my way up to the bar at Bula Bula which is the tropical bar you'd imagine on a small island or beach somewhere. ...

Thar She Blows!

A travel blog entry by lauramitchell13

... Tamarindo is about 35 minutes north of us and after about 20 min of driving in the crazy rain, with people and animals STILL hanging out precariously on the side of the road, we had gotten through it. This was a really good thing, as the "road" to our house is already treacherous, littered with enormous potholes and pools of water/mud.

We pull into our driveway, hop out of the car and grab our bags and suddenly there is the loudest crack of thunder I have ever ...

I just wanna fly

A travel blog entry by crfunapalooza

When you are at the equator, the days are pretty predictable, as in 12 hours long predictable. Sun up at 5:20 AM (yes, you heard me, 5:20 AM) and the sun sets at 5:21 PM. Because of that, against all odds of what you might think we'd do on vacation, we were all up by 7:45 AM. Even Max, he of the "sleep until noon" mindset. With that in mind and low tide at 11:25 AM, we decided that we should hit the beach right about then so that we could check ...

AN AMAZING--NO, AN EERIE--ENCOUNTER!

A travel blog entry by garynbrown

... me to return to the comfort of the hotel pool lounge chairs after only an hour or so. By 2:30 PM, I was sufficiently baked to get out of the sun. Linda and I shared a sandwich poolside and I went for a discovery drive.

I first drove around the little village of Tamarindo to get oriented and then took off in search of Playa Grande. Playa Grande is the beach where Linda, Jaret, Shaun and I watched the Leatherback Turtles lay their eggs twenty years ago. That year, ...

Many New Best Friends

A travel blog entry by wartravels

... huge, pre-mixed bowl of rum and Coke. Rape pill central! No thanks!). The next day, while walking down to the beach, we ran into the girls and Mike from Canada. The girls stayed out until 3am thus missing their 7am appointment to zipline. Mike had been surfing. He asked if I wanted to try. I accepted. If you've never surfed, you probably thinks it's easy like I did. It absolutely is not. There are so many things you must take into consideration even to try and stand up. It's also a ...

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