Activities: Pacific Beaches
My flight back to Liberia was scheduled to depart at 2:30 p.m., and I intended to spend every moment of my last morning in Manuel Antonio in the sun and surf.
After an enormous breakfast of fruit, pancakes and scrambled eggs at The Falls Resort, I began the long walk toward the coast. I collected my French Canadian friends along the way, and the four of us set up camp near the lifeguard stand at the beach.
As I organized a game of Frisbee, the chief lifeguard sounded his whistle and sprinted to the water with a …
Location: Central Pacific, Manuel Antonio and Quepos »
Activities: Canoeing & Kayaking, Pacific Beaches »
I have yet to find another pursuit that is as simultaneously relaxing and exciting as sport fishing. Today, I had the pleasure of offshore fishing with Captain Chris and Captain Peter, owners of Go Fish Costa Rica. These two best friends love two things: the “Pura Vida” lifestyle and catching lots of fish.
Our group consisted of myself and a newlywed couple named Bill and Lisa. We met up at Tamarindo’s El Pescador restaurant at 7:30 a.m. As we hopped into the speedboat that ferried us to the the yacht, Peter told us to get ready …
Location: Gold Coast, North Pacific, Tamarindo »
Activities: Pacific Beaches, Sport Fishing »
Today, Witch’s Rock Surf Camp was taking me on a ‘surf tour’ of Playa Avellanas, an excursion akin to an adult field trip (minus the permission slips). Nine students, three instructors and a photographer piled into a minibus and bumped along the dirt road to the beach – where we surfed to our hearts content for nearly three hours.
Playa Avellanas is a gorgeous, never-ending stretch of shore located about nine miles south of Playa Tamarindo. Like Playa Grande, such an incredibly long beach provides ample space for surfers, even on the most crowded days. A …
Location: Gold Coast, North Pacific, Tamarindo »
Activities: Pacific Beaches, Surfing »
