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More Beaches & Another Sunset

I’ve already shown the main beach at Flamingo Beach. (Click to see again.) It ties with Hermosa as the two best or prettiest beaches seen. I was not excited about our Tiny Hotel Paradise Beach we walked down the cliff on steps to get to which is down the road from the real Flamingo Beach above. Here’s THREE OTHER BEACHES WE SAW:

Tamarindo Beach was my least favorite, yet it had the most people and
was the biggest and busiest beach town with most housing, shops, restaurants.
There were a lot of surfers here who I guess go out beyond those rocks or
at a different spot. This is where we saw possible rent houses, but
the last I heard from John, he is probably not going to buy one.

Playa Hermosa or “Beautiful Beach”
The one in Guanacaste – there are 3 or 4 in Costa Rica with this name!
I think it is prettier than the bigger one in Flamingo, just not as long.

Coco Beach (As sun is setting)
North of Flamingo and Hermosa with brown sand but more recreational.
It is the “Central Park” of the local community with big Catholic Church
across from it and the big soccer field. There is a long boardwalk (sidewalk)
along the whole beach with children’s playgrounds, skateboard ramp, volleyball,
basketball, and many restaurants and bars right on the beach, plus statues, showers,
water fountains, flower gardens, etc. The best beach for local people and children!

Coco Beach Restaurant/Bar
We sat in this restaurant for a drink and watched Tico families walk by with
little children on tricycles or running and playing beyond those flowers.
Further down teens were skateboarding or playing volley ball and
a few were on the beach. Sorry I didn’t make more photos! A people place!
Then back to Flamingo Beach . . .

Another Flamingo Beach Sunset
We went back to our favorite restaurant for dinner, Coco Loco & sunset!

Flamingo Beach Sunset Changes Color!
Watching the sun set while eating a great seafood meal is the perfect way to
end another day of adventure in Costa Rica! And I found another A+ restaurant!
I would even consider living on the beach just for these scenes if it were not
SO VERY HOT, VERY HUMID, VERY EXPENSIVE!
So I am sticking with my mountain sunsets, perfect weather, and lower costs.  🙂

I am thankful that John invited me to go with him to the beaches and the jungle boat ride! I got to see a whole new part of Costa Rica this week and it is as cool as all the other parts I’ve seen. Plus seeing several condos and how people live there compared to Atenas was fun and educational. Of course my favorite part was the boat trip on Rio Tempisque in Palo Verde Park! My next trip is the end of September to Manzanilla on the southern Caribbean coast where I will stay in a luxury safari tent hotel on the beach adjacent to a wildlife reserve. Hoping for more new birds and experiences. I got two new birds photographed this trip! (Crested Caracara & Crane Hawk) Now here’s one last photo from this trip, shot through the glaring windshield on our way to Palo Verde:

A Tamandua Anteater ran across this road as did an Agouti, but sorry, no photos!     🙂

For more beaches and other scenery,  see my VISTAS Photo Gallery.

Or go directly to my total Costa Rica Photo Gallery called Charlie Doggett’s COSTA RICA

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Flamingo Beach, Sunset & Tamarindo Visit

We finally find the good beach in Flamingo Beach!
It is public, 4 times this long, and with very few people!
And no hotels along here!  🙂

The occasional person even has the choice of a tree for shade,
but alas, most are sun worshipers!

And tonight at the end of this same beach we watch the Sunset!
While eating our best meal yet at Coco Loco Seafood Restaurant on the beach
in Flamingo Beach.

And our midday and early afternoon was spent exploring Tamarindo Beach and being taken around by a Realtor to see several possible rental condos for John to consider purchasing. We ended up not looking in Flamingo Beach this time because of the lesser demand and higher prices. He is waiting on some promised data before making a decision. But soon you may be able to rent a vacation condo within walking distance of the beach and lots of restaurants in Tamarindo.

Tomorrow we go to Palo Verde National Park looking for birds! My day!  🙂

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The Lehning’s Passed Through Today

Tim & Joan Lehning and all three kids passed through the San Jose International Airport today where I welcomed them and immediately said goodbye as they got on van transportation to the Pacific Coast beach town of Tamarindo where they will participate in a surfing school for the next four days. They return Tuesday afternoon for two nights in my tranquil little farming town of Atenas before returning to Nashville. They came here from Peru where they hiked up Machu Pichu as the first part of their Latin America trip. They’ve seen coffee farms before, about our only tourist attraction here, so I will just walk them through our little small town life and feed them well! And show off my little rent house and garden and visit! They are staying at Eden Atenas Tuesday & Wednesday nights.

More on Wednesday about their visit in Atenas.

And more things are happening on my CAJA application than I can explain now, but bureaucracy is hard at work in this government health insurance thing but my attorney is back in the middle of it. And I really need it! The Rx cream for my finger to help skin grow (Sufrexal) cost me about $48!