In the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Liberia, Costa Rica. The scroll on the bottom means Jesus, I trust in you . It's a bi...

Back in the farmers market in Liberia, Costa Rica. I did not notice until I started editing photos that this man was wearing a St. Loui...

Liberia is the principal town of Guanacaste Province in the northwest of Costa Rica. Wikipedia says it has about 58,000 people. We took...

After our walk around in Liberia we found that there was a local festival starting. Not sure what it was about but there was a parade a...

The power was out here last night for about four hours during the time I usually edit photos. We were lucky to find a small restauran...

We took a tour yesterday of Liberia, a city of 57,000 and the capital of the province, Guanacaste. It has a Walmart now. (Sigh.) ...

No surprise, but we arrived back in Costa Rica yesterday afternoon. Since the  condo in Tamarindo isn't available until later today...

Two Costa Rican entries for the price of one, which is a really great deal since they're free. The first is the old castle where ...

Graffiti can be awful, an insult, a desecration. See, for example, Nathalie's recent post about some sad destruction in Avignon .  ...

You could say that pura vida is the national motto of Costa Rica. It has a simple literal translation - pure life - but the levels of m...

There is an outdoor farmers market in Liberia. It seems to get going about mid-afternoon and run into the evening. There was every kind...

Some final shots of the music students. The first one got the most views of the set on Flickr (where there are several more - link in t...

A commenter yesterday mentioned that the students looked so serious . Well, not completely. Besides, it is not possible tor a trombone ...

Liberia is the provincial capital of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The international airport is there. The center of town has an old fort tha...

. So why bother to come all this way? The images above were shot a couple of minutes apart on opposite sides of the sky last night (and than...