http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Costa Rica , Guanacaste , Tamarindo en-us Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:14:33 BST Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:14:33 BST Well.... this is it... the last blog. The rain has started to pour down here in Tamarindo aka Tamagringo.... so no better time than now to duck in here and sign off. Hard to believe that our 35 day escape is about to come to an end It has been a while since my last blog and i have received a few complaints... so my apologies. When I last blogged we were in Granda Nicaragua and enjoying o http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-315431.html So as I said in the last blog we left Tortuguero at 7am for the boatbusbus combination back to San Jose. If everything arrived on time we would hit the city around lunchtime and then the plan was to see what buses were leaving to get us to the pacific coast. Inparticular we wanted to get to a small place called Playa Samara which seemed to get good reviews in the LP for being quiet and unspoil http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-310589.html Well here i im planing a special and amaizing trip to south america everithing start some month ago when life toldme that i had to go and share with my father... some times life tellsyou things in onspected way... but that is one of the especials caracteristic of this life isnt itone day living here in tamarindo working in the reception of the hotel la laguna del cocodrilo where my fri http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-305338.html Haaa iedereenHier weer een berichtje over Tamarindo nog steeds aan de westkust van Costa Rica een deel over Tortuguero national park en ben nu weer in San Jose. Ik hoor dat het weer matig is in Nederland Wel jammer in de vakantie alhoewel de meesten geloof ik wel weg gaanHier is het heerlijk weer lekker zonnig warm..maar wel plakkerig. Verder zitten we in het ''groene'' seizoen...maw he http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-303800.html Hey iedereeenEindelijk tijd om mail te beantwoorden en een bericht te plaatsen First of all ik ben goed aangekomen Afgelopen donderdag was het dan zover... 13.20 vliegen via Miami naar San Jose. De paar dagen ervoor was ik redelijk relaxt alleen af en toe gespannen bij moeilijke vragen ''waar slaap je dan hoe bedoel je je hebt nog geen kamer ik wens je heel veel sterkte daar let o http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-299811.html Hola amigosReally I should be writing this blog in Spanish as we have now started our spanish classes but I think Ill have to have a few more lessons before Im up to that standard. Maybe next week...Well we last left you when we arrived in Granada which as always when we write our blogs seems a whole world away from where we are now. After spending our first day wondering round the town of http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-273956.html Kate So we had a bit of an akward flight to Costa Rica from L.A not because anything went wrong but just because it was at 2 am and we had to stop over in Guatemala for about and hour before getting to San Jose so all in all is was around a 7 hour journey. By the time we got our luggage and hailed a taxi to take us to our hotel it was around 10am. We got to our hotel a typical Best Western tha http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-270969.html Afternoon allApologies for not updating more frequently but our time in Tamarindo was rather relaxed so thought it would be easier to give a big update at the end with all the chat. We are now back in San Jose overnight and we fly to Cancun tomorrow.Our first month was spent in Playa Tamarindo a fairly small town on the Nicoya Peninsula on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. The main reason we wen http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-259427.html Went on a retreat to Costa Rica in February '08. A friend owns a house by the beach and hosts adventure excursions there .... check out the link below. I recommend this to everyone I know...httpwww.sacredsportadventures.comdefault.htmWell arrived friday afternoon at a rundown local airport in Tamarindo thru Sansa Airlines.The itineray included La Playa Flamingo Tamarindo San Jose Borqu http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-254388.html Well hullo there everybody.Hope youre all well thought it was time for an update.We arrived in Playa Tamarindo last Sunday and weve been here for a week now and its cuuushty. Were at a Spanish school so were doing four hours lessons in the mornings then have the afternoons off. Tamarindo is a prime surf town on the pacific side of Costa Rica and everyday we walk 50 metres from our house and w http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-252001.html We arrive in the much over talked Tamarindo where we were expecting it to be LA. It was nice pricier than everywhere else but we scored a good deal. As Ross and I went to check out a hostel we sent Danny and Barbara to a hotel it recommended in our book they dont do hostels and when we met back they had no rooms only apartments and she let them have the apartment for the price of a room. So http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-246989.html I made it to Costa Rica last night. The flight was pretty unventful and uncomfortable but for 190 Im willing to sit on the floor if needs be.I expected Tamarindo to be a resort paradise but I never expected this horror. I suppose I'm still thinking of Granada full of tourism but still unspoilt apart from Hurricane Ivan. In all my years of travelling I've been to many areas affected http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-243246.html In retrospect this is what we should have called the blog.WARNING Emetophobic readers this blog contains faintly unpleasant references to nausea and the consequences of drinking to excess Costa Rican immigration is what you find in the afterlife if you've spent your days sticking pins into kittens and getting on the tube before people have had a chance to get off.Luckily it only seemed like http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-229888.html we left granada on a chicken bus headed to rivas where we shared a cab with a couple of american guys. we all loaded up in a small toyota and were on our way to san juan del sur. we drove on the worst road ive ever seen. 4 guys in a tiny car on a road with huge pot holes doesnt mix. the car actually made it in one piece. we got out went to casa oro for a room but they were booked. so we went down http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-227371.html Ok our last stop was supposed to be three relaxing days in Costa Rica....or at least that was the intention.As it turned out we had a couple of nice days at the beach but the hassle of getting to and from Tamarindo made it less enjoyable than it could have been. The highlight was watching a sea turtle lay about 60 or so eggs on the beach...very cool.Anyway we are now in London and are about http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-224384.html Arrive in Tamarindo in the early afternoon and find my cameras are missing doh The town isnt even big enough to have a police station and the next town only has a small one so cant give me a report for insurance It makes writing these blogs quicker as I have no photos to upload.I sleep all afternoon then explore in the evening. Its very quiet as low season so not many people about and very h http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-212658.html Okay well i have been told that my lamo blogs lack detail...that is because they are by nature lamo...refer to title. but here goes....We set of from santa teresa on wednesday hoping to catch the 230 bus from malpais...3km up the road. after calling all 20 plus cabs and finding out that none of them were in the area em sharron new travel pal from tofino and i started to hit hike. we caug http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-212587.html hi everyone. my mom is home safe and sound now. 2 days ago we went ziplining over the cloud forest and it was one of the best days of my life my mom felt the same way. i can't even explain how it felt to be sailing through the air attached to a wire. i felt like superwoman. and it was so ridiculously beautiful there was also a tarzan rope where i jumped off of a platform and went flying so far http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-163231.html Well it was our last day today. The power and internet have been out intermittently so we havent been able to update our blog as often as we like and we cant put pictures on which sucks but we will show them to you later. Friday morning after a big breakfast of omlettes and smoothies mmmm smoothies I will miss them.... we took a SURFING lesson with Banana Surf which we all enjoyed thor http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-153297.html We are know at Playa Tamarindo also referred to by me Jenn as THE BEACH I only have 15 minutes and the computer is giving me trouble so this will have to be a little quick and not very creative.Tuesday afternoon we picked up Jess from the airport at Arenal. She was on the plane with one other person on the whole plane who happened to be Asian We knew Jess had arrived in Costa Rica whe http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-152678.html So today is March 12 and I am almost two weeks behind on this blog but I have a good excuse I was stuck in this little beach town called Tamarindo We were told by fellow travellers that once you arrive there you never want to leave or you get stuck. Well me and laura definately got stuck we spent 9 days there The thing is I dont even know where all the time went. Thus far on this trip Tam http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-137570.html After Liberia we headed to the west coast for some more picturesque beaches. First stop was Tamarindo very nice beach and another place with amazing sunsets. The only problem was it was very touristy with lots of American holiday makers which in turn made the place expensive. You can tell how much this place has changed in the last 2 years as the info in the lonely planet was very oudated and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-131779.html Our Nacho expedition came to a quick end when we mistakenly thought Joe's was closed for a company Holiday Party. Because clearly we had no idea it was Thursday and not Wednesday. From there we wandered to the much publicized Stella's who demanded a reservation despite 90 of the tables being empty. We made a reservation for Friday night while we there. We ended up at Pizzeria Portofino see http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-118007.html Life at the beach is pretty much what we expected hot chill and gorgeous. We got up on the late side this morning heading back to the Cabinas Cafe for an omelette panqueques con banana and coffee. Mmmm. On the way back we stopped at Iguana Surf to rent a couple of boards. An 8'6 board for me and a 7 footer for Wes. We spent the morning surfing although I spent more time falling off tha http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-117998.html All the exercise from the day before wiped me out. I lasted long enough for a quick dinner at the Lava Rocks Cafe yummy casados pollo and promptly got back to our room and passed out. This morning we had eaten and packed up the car by 830 hoping to get an early start on things. In a fitting conclusion to our time at Arenal we were treated to our best views of the volcano yet on our way out http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-117581.html A special thanks to everyone for the kind words posted to our blog over the past couple of months. we have been getting a kick out of them and apologize for not being able to respond individually... we simply havent learned how. i know sad. recent event....with all of the memorable new years we have had in seattle this year we were blessed to have seattle delivered to us in costa rica. colin http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-115557.html Hola EveryoneWell sorry for taking so long to update this site but you know how it is. Foreign country new language new people new places....its all to easy to get carried away and put it off one more day. But not any more. Finally got a good internet connection which suprisingly is free so here it goes time to update you to the present...So after getting into San Jose at 6 in the morni http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-104774.html Day 96....I am cold. Lonely. Have a bum on my foot. I havent eaten for days. only thing around me is nature. I have diarheaa. Its ruthless. All i can think about is....Well thought i would make my intro a little dramatic. Alot has happened since last entry so I hope i can remember it all. Well...returning from Nicarauga I headed over to Peurto Viejo which is on the Carbriean Man near the PamanaC http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-95377.html Hey GuysJust thought id chuck some more photos up to date on my blog from Santa Teresa beach and will put up some photos of Tamarindo when i can which is the beach I am at now...not as great because it is very touristy but still cant be getting too fussy now We leave for the next Cat Sanctuary today where i will be for the next 2.5weeks...so starting a new part of the journey....im current http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-91083.html