Even a city kid like me doesn't get tired of this place. At this time of year, while it's quite cold back home, the weather report h...

Same place, different place. Back in Tamarindo for the Nth time but in an apartment new to us. Not walking distance to the beach by old folk...

The Crowe family will not be wasting any time breaking out of the confinement doldrums. This is Playa Tamarindo, on the northwest coast of C...

Ellie is in heaven. Our little Midwesterner loves water and has learned how to snorkel. It's hard to get her out of the pool unless...

Now if 6 turned out to be 9 I don't mind, I don't mind . . . Dig, 'cos I got my own world to live through And I ain...

Costa Rica is a good place to do nothing if you are a visitor. Not so much for the locals, who work hard to take care of us. I woul...

Today's theme song. We ain't got no surf in the Mississippi and you sure wouldn't want to spread out your towel on the ...

Yes. Playa Langosta, late Sunday afternoon. T oto, I don't think we're in Kansas any more.                ...

The scene on Tamarindo beach yesterday: agile young bodies with a golden fútbol. Costa Rica is soccer-mad and had a good run in the las...

A bit of what was going on at Playa Langosta and Playa Tamarindo beaches yesterday afternoon. We have three more days here before we ...