Category Archives: Costa Rica News

Day to day stuff on Costa Rica

Night Market in Tamarindo…some snapshots

This building and parking lot is just around the corner of our condo, here in Tamarindo. Someone started a night market there on Thursdays and it appears to be a huge hit judging by the crowds, the vendors and the selection of foods and offerings. We headed out last Thursday, and as usual, I like…
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Some night sky photos of Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Shot these while taking a quick ride out to Playa Grande. This area is very dark, kinda spooky at night. There was a quarter moon in the sky which makes it less than optimum for night photography, but I suppose I can go back again when the  there is no moon. Photographed these images using…
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Nachos and reggae at sunset in Tamarindo, Costa Rica

A short video from last night as we headed over to Witches Rock for nachos and reggae on the beach in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, Every time we visit Tamarindo we make sure to drop in to Witches Rock for their famous nachos "as BIG as your ass". As usual, the scene was ideal, with the…
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Some random photographs in Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Here we are, stuck in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, and as usual, I bring my camera with me everywhere I go. It's like an insane addiction of mine. I can't figure this neurotic need to photograph every single moment. I suppose there are worse addictions. It's a "fear of missing out" AKA....FOMO..... It has happened to…
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“There’s a frog in the toilet!”

True story from the realities of living down in Costa Rica.What a life. I know it's true because my wife and I heard the screams coming from the bedroom upstairs. "There's a frog in the toilet!" our daughter Danielle belted out. We ran upstairs. And all had a big laugh. I never heard of such…
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Costa Rica Blues Festival 2018

A short video from the 2018 Costa Rica Blues festival. This is our third event, and it keeps getting bigger, better every year. Not to mention the music as usual is world class and epic. Assuming you love the blues, which I do, as well as many, many others gathering by the growing numbers that…
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Costa Rica Blues Festival 2018…Smoking MO and the Blue Devils

Headed out yesterday to the 2018 Costa Rica Blues Fest....This is our third time. I do love the blues, know the blues, and find so many "blues festivals" to be a ruse and cover for what ends up in fact being more a pop rock, maybe some blues, festival. (you know who you are) Here's…
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Spices at the market Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Every Saturday we like to head down the the market in Tamarindo. It was only a few years ago they started this, and it's grown in size and vendors. I was excited to go down and buy some spices from my favorite vendors from SpiceMarketCostaRica This couple has been in Costa Rica since 1984. Their…
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