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Day 63: Tamagringo

April 11, 2006

Looks like everything we have heard about Costa Rica might be indeed true! We wake up early in the morning to go looking for a campsite, and the first thing we see right outside the camping area is a tree full of howler monkeys sluggishly moving from branch to branch following the rays of the rising sun and lazily munching on the tree leaves. What an incredible sight that was! Couldn't wish for a better start in the Tico country.

The following impressions of Tamarindo, are, unfortunately, not so positive. One hour of Internet - $3, a small beer in a bar - $3, a two-tank dive - $90… hearing the almost forgotten English everywhere around and feeling like being back to California - priceless!! :) (we miss all of you guys back there very much!). Luckily the campsite we have found is relatively pleasant and cheap ($4 per person per night) and located right on the coast, so we can hang out on the beach for a day. Off we'll be going tomorrow before we go bankrupt in Tamagringo! :)

Tip #1: There are several dive shops in Playa Tamarindo offering two-tank dives for $90, which includes a bumpy early morning bus ride to Playa del Coco. So if you feel like going for a dive or two, better stay in Playa del Coco instead of Tamarindo and go diving for less! :)

Tip #2: Word-of-mouth advertising really works miracles. Bet you every traveler who comes to Tamarindo sooner or later ends up in the Witch's Rock Surf Camp Café for the "nachos as big as your ass" served with 2-for-1 beers. Of course, we went for that too, and thought we'd let you know that the "nachos as big as your ass" is indeed on the menu! However, the size of the portion should rather be compared to a small butt, and the taste was half-assed as well :)

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Monkeytown

Howler monkeys, Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Keistieji juoduliai is tolo...

Monkey :)

Howler monkeys, Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

... ir is arti

Pura vida :)

Howler monkeys, Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Pura vida :)

Just hanging out

Howler monkeys, Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Mazius isdykauja

Is this one taking a rest, or has he just fallen from the branch above??

Howler monkeys, Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Ar jitaip atsigule samoningai, ar ka tik nukrito nuo aukstesnes sakos??

Playa Tamarindo

Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Playa Tamarindo

Pretty sunset #63

Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

Saulute nusileido...

 

Moonshine hour in Tamarindo :)

Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica

...menulis uztekejo, jauna grazi mergele... (pabaikite patys! :))

Nuvesk pelyte virs paveiksliuko, spustelk jos kaire ausele, ir paveiksliukas padides

63-oji diena: Tamagringo

2006 m. balandzio 11

Ryte keliames labai anksti, nes reikia susirasti kempinga - viesbuciai Tamarindo labai brangus (pats pigiausias kambarys, kuri vakar vakare pasiseke rasti, kainavo $22, kas mums, pripratusiems prie jaukiu, svariu ir graziu Salvadoro bei Nikaragvos viesbuciu uz $7-12, pasirode izuliai brangu!). Kempinga randam nesunkiai - ju prie pat Tamarindo yra net keli, o salia vieno is ju pastebime auksta medi, pilna keistu juoduliu. Juoduliai juda. Einame artyn issiaiskinti ju kilmes, ir randame medi, pilna bezdzioniu-staugunu!
Kai kurie "juoduliai" tingiai sildesi sauleje, kiti pusryciavo - garsiai triauske medzio lapus, o maziukai bezdzioniukai sokinejo nuo sakos ant sakos, gaudydami saulytes spindulius, arba suposi pasikabine ant uodegu... Vaje kokia ispudinga pradzia - panasu, kad viskas, ka girdejome apie egzotiska Costa Ricos gamta, bus teisybe!

Likusia diena Tamarindo stebino, deja, nebent tik absurdiskom kainom: valanda interneto - $3, mazas buteliukas alaus - $3, nardymas - $90 uz du oro balionus... - tokios kainos yra 3-4 kartus didesnes, negu "neutraliose" bet kurios Centrines Amerikos salies vietose. Dar gerai, kad kempinga radom nebloga - ant pat vandenyno kranto, ir pigu ($4 zmogui), antraip siame kurorte mus greit istiktu bankrotas! Pliusai - bent jau iki soties prisiklausem jau gerokai primirstos anglu kalbos, nes kitaip kalbanciu cia nelabai ir buvo (Tamarindo - viena is tokiu "turistu meku", is kuriu turistines kainos seniai isbaide visus vietinius). Ka gi, viena diena (pazinimo tikslais) daug zalos nepadarys, taciau rytoj nesdinames is sio Tamagringo atgal i Centrine Amerika :)).

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