Samara, Costa Rica

The dirt road to Where?? South Nicoya Pennisula

Even though Tamarindo is the closest thing to a luxury vacation we have come across lately it also has the expensive prices to go with it. So one day was enough plus we want to keep heading south along the coast of the Nicoya Peninsula stopping at several beaches along the way. Over breakfast we...

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ryan & debbrial on January 24, 2010 from Samara, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

Holiday Rush

The blight of tourism arrived yesterday. A week ago Samara was quiet, tranquilo - static pulse of seashore, the occasional motorbike, unseen birds singing Guanacaste sabanero war cries from palm trees, a tinny radio playing Marley from the bar. Now the town is roaring, barely enough room to...

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chaddeal on December 27, 2008 from Samara, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: The Great Pan-American Synchronistic Cycle Extravaganza Unlimited

Mango Transmissions from Starfruit Satellites

It was love right from the gecco electric mango sunset framed with guanabana palm tree sway shoreglow strawhut cabiñas flicker to life wise-eyed old man chases sea foam creates galaxies with the gushing cosmic OH of a didgeridoo quetzal end all iguana monkey round...

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chaddeal on December 18, 2008 from Samara, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: The Great Pan-American Synchronistic Cycle Extravaganza Unlimited

Mango Bridge

Chicken dangles from bits of string a crocodile looks on, grinning juvenile cackles of glee resound as the lizard troll splashes madly after phantom feasts just downstream, a fat mother bathes her babies in the creek without interest.

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chaddeal on December 17, 2008 from Samara, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: The Great Pan-American Synchronistic Cycle Extravaganza Unlimited

Hence the BBQ

I am living in la casa de Doña Cristina Castillo Carrillo. Everyone is fed here. It was sometime after midnight when a speeding car full of nuns collided with the cow. The sisters contacted the appropriate channels and within the hour the cow was being axed into workable chunks on our...

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chaddeal on December 10, 2008 from Samara, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: The Great Pan-American Synchronistic Cycle Extravaganza Unlimited

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