Blogs from Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 8

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 8:30, 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 of town. We pulled off the road to find that we could finally see an eruption - boulders rolling down the steamy side of the volcano. That must be what we heard a few nights ago. It was a great site. The second active volcanic eruption I've seen. Pretty cool. The drive from La Fortuna to ... read more

Hey Guys, Just 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 currently sweltering in 40 degree heat here, unfortunately our room is on the second floor with no air conditioning or fans so intensly stifling heat all the time...i dont complain tho...hope you are all well and happy....I want to send out a HUGE amount of love and congratulations to my big sister Cathy who made me an aunty 3 days ... read more

More beach time... Trish rented a surfboard and played around in the waves for a few hours. I wandered around taking some photos. We spent some time working out where in Nicaragua that we wanted to go.... read more

We caught the Interbus to Tamarindo, a touristy beach town on the pacific coast. It is the most commercialized place we have been so far - they even have Burger King/Pizza Hut/Subway/etc. However, the beach is good for swimming and surfing. We checked into Cabinas Zullymar, which was close to the beach and also had a nice pool. We spent the day swimming and watched the sunset.... read more

Bring on the white sandy palm tree swept beaches of Costa Rica!!!! After an altogether painless border crossing.....lets rephrase that....The best and fastest border crossing we have had yet! We arrived in the famously touristy town of Tamarindo. We weren't sure what to expect because most backpackers are not too complementory about the place...most call it 'Tama Gringo', which says it all! Besides the accomodation being on the expensive side (not set up for backpackers at all) as the town caters very much for the smoozy holiday. Mainly Americans flying in for 10 days or so to blow alot of cash. Ken had great visions of doing a week of Surf Camp at a great place called Witchesrock, but at well over $1000 a week we soon blew off that idea! Affordable if we were just ... read more