Sámara and the Playa Corrillo

Today we left our hotel on the Papagayo Peninsula and drove south on the Nicoya Peninsula to the small beach towns of Sámara and Playa Corrillo. It is much greener here, and much more relaxed. You have to stop your car and move a herd of horses or dogs out of the road. Some parts can be dangerous, but downtown Sámara has lots of small shops and family run restaurants. Playa Corrillo is a beach with a town more than a town with a beach. It is very small, except for the huge beach cover shaped like a horseshoe. The water is warm and has nice waves for boogie boarding, and the sand is a beautiful white color. There are street vendors selling their goods along the road with things like fresh fruit and wooden bowls and masks. We are staying in a small hotel called the tropical dream. It is very colorful and the walls are pinks and oranges. It is located about a mile or two away from the Playa Corrillo Beach, and after we were all unpacked, we went swimming at the beach to watch the sunset. It was so beautiful and warm when the sun set over the hill, and we stayed at the beach until it was dark. After that, we went to Sámara to find a Soda, which is a small, family owned restaurant. We ate at a great one right on the beach with the best fresh tacos I probably have ever had. It was very low-key there, much like the rest of Costa Rica. At the end of the night, it can get kind of dangerous if you are out alone after dark, so we had to be careful. We were fine though, and ended the night with some homemade ice cream.

An assortment of fresh strawberry lemonade and a fresh mango smoothie.

This was a cow that we had to move out of the road. She reminded us of our dog, Fern.

The sunset at Playa Corrillo Beach. We were pretty much the only people in the water.