Tuesday 20 November in Tamarindo

A magpie jay coming to breakfast

It has been nice to stay in the same place for 6 nights so we can unpack all our clothes and get laundry done. The Capitan Suizo hotel is very nice with individual bungalows and the restaurant is right next to the beach and garden.

Sunset on the beach at Tamarindo was beautiful

At breakfast we saw lots of wildlife close up, and identified them using the good reference books here. We saw a pair of white-throated magpie jays, a family of variegated squirrels and the regular visitor, the ctenosaur iguana. We read the guidebooks and played crib outside our room. In the afternoon I had a pedicure with my spa discount, and we swam in the pool.


At twilight we walked along the beach and took pictures of the beautiful sunset. At dusk it gets suddenly and completely dark and is tricky to walk, especially on the unpaved roads. We had dinner at Copacabana - tuna carpaccio and Indonesian chicken - and listened to a band playing.