Tamarindo Costa Rica Photos

This was our first time traveling to Costa Rica (and Central America in general!) and we were lucky enough to not only photograph a wedding while we were visiting, but we share the adventure with our friends/neighbors, Cat & Dave! And Dave’s Spanish skills saved us a few times.

I used to speak Spanish fluently – I helped teach our nanny English when she first came to America from El Salvador and I was in a special Dual Language program from Kindergarten-4th Grade. Then I got moved to private school and as New Found Glory says “its all down hill from here”.

Jay and I, the n00bs that we were, flew into San Jose which was a FIVE HOUR DRIVE to Playa Tamarindo but an adventure in and of itself. Our Air BNB was super cool, basically everything except the bedrooms were outside! Dave cooked us breakfast every morning (and we were situated just behind the grocery store which was SO convenient). We were also right on the edge of town so we walked everywhere.

Dave & Jay went surfing a few times while Cat & I went shopping and we got lots of pretty colorful items!

After staring at the beautiful landscape that is Playa Grande across the river, we decided to explore that area too. One morning we took a boat across the river to Playa Grande: it was literally a 2 minute boat ride. You DO NOT swim across the river, crocodiles are in it and surfers get attacked all the time *shudder*. The guys surfed for a few hours before we headed back across the river, got changed, piled in the car, and drove an hour to Playa Grande to get a taco (-; Then we explored the big rock that we’d been staring at all week and I snapped a few photos of Cat & Dave – and Cat snapped one of us!

Jay & I tried pipa fria which is chilled coconut water (still in the coconut) but we didnt really like it.

On our last day before having to drive back to San Jose we decided to visit a national park and explore a cave. I dont have any photos buuuuut lets just say that its not exploring a cave here, where there are things like extreme safety measures to insure you cant sue the park. We literally climbed down 5 stories into the cave, with a rope attached to our waists and a 60 year old man holding on to the other end as a fail safe, as we climbed down literal LADDERS bolted together. Like, ladders that carpenters use. So pretty much, if you lost your grip, you’d fall to the cave floor 5 stories below you. But it was fun! Everyone was super surprised that I actually did it (Im overly cautious).