Almost every Costa Rican village has a soccer/football field in the center of the village. This photo shows yet another example. I think you could fit most of the houses of this village within the soccer field in the middle of the village. 
I can't think of a better place to walk a dog than along Tamarindo Beach. I am sure that the couple and the dog in this photo are enjoying the sand between their toes, the waves lapping at their ankles, and the view of the ocean, waves, boats bobbing in the bay, and the hills surrounding Tamarindo Bay.
The moss that I showed yesterday was growing on the flying buttress truck of this tree. The same patch of moss that I showed yesterday is the spot of green visible in the lower right center of this
This is different than the type of photo that I usually post. This is moss that certainly is not growing on a rolling stone. Tomorrow I will show where this is growing.
Here is another photo of my brother-in-law on Langosta beach, which I also showed yesterday. This photo shows the view up the beach and illustrates one of the things that we like about Langosta -- the lack of crowds. 
This is a photo of my brother-in-law from when he visited Tamarindo last year. He planted himself on Langosta Beach right behind our condo.
I have shown photos of several other beaches recently, such as Playa Panama, Playa Hermosa and Playas del Coco, so I thought I would post photos of Tamarindo and Langosta beaches for a few days.
I think the highway engineers got a little carried away when they designed the sign in this photo. I have never seen a car on a hill this steep. Not even in San Francisco.
If Costa Rica is going to start putting up signs like this around all of the curvy, hilly roads, I recommend an investment in the sign company. This signage and the guard rail look like what one would expect in the USA, not a rural Costa Rican road.
If there are condos in the hills around Costa Rican beach towns, there must be roads to reach them. Here is an example of a new hilly, curvy road to reach some of the hotel and condo deveopments in the area around Playas del Coco, Playa Hermosa and Playa Panama.
This photo shows an unfinished condo project on which there is no sign of continuing construction. Some buildings are nearly complete, but empty. Others are an unpainted shell, without roof tiles. The swimming pool is empty. The deck is a steel frame, but no deck. A very few units are completed and occupied.
This photo shows a hilltop condo development, with a view out to the ocean. During the real estate boom from about 2000 - 2007, there were quite a few ocean view condo developments. 
Here is another photo of the type of houses and condos that have been built in the hills above places like Playa Panama, Playa Hermosa and Playas del Coco. These homes have views out to the ocean. 
This photo shows some houses or condos across the bay at Playa Panama. These people have a nice view of the bay and ocean. 
Here is another view of the bay at Playa Panama, shot with a telephoto from the same spot as yesterday's photo. As this photo shows, there is lots of land around and some people have got caught up in the real estate boom of 5 or 6 years ago. In a few days I will show you the sometimes not-so-successful results.
This is a view of Playa Panama from the road approaching from the south. This shows something that I commented upon yesterday, which is there there is not much of a town at Playa Panama. 
Here is a photo of the beach at Playa Panama, looking in the opposite direction from the view that I howed yesterday. As I commented yesterday, the beach here is so sheltered by the bay that it is similar to the shore of a lake rather than the ocean.
This is a photo of the beach at Playa Panama. It is sheltered by the its location within the a bay deep in the Gulf of Papagayo, so it does not receive ocean waves or surf. It is ideal for easy swimming.
Today I will begin a short series of one more beach north of Tamarindo, close to the Gulf of Papagayo. This area is under the location where airliners fly over the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica when they make their approach to the international airport in Liberia, about one hour north of Tamarindo. 
Yesterday I showed a monkey in his natural habitat. Here are some monkeys not in their natural habitat. These monkeys have jumped onto one of the tour boats that takes visitors on wildlife boat trips in Palo Verde National Park.
This is a photo of a white-faced Capuchin monkey reaching into a hole in a tree for some food. I don't know what he thought he would find. Maybe some bugs. I don't know about you, but I would not stick my hand into a hole in a tree. This monkey is braver than me.
This photo completes my little series about our condo at the Tamarindo Diria Resort. Our building is seven stories tall, and our condo is on the fourth floor. 
This is a photo of part of the gardens at our condo at the Tamarindo Diria 
A few days ago I showed a photo of the walkway to our condo at the Diria Resort. I received more comments than usual, so I thought I would show this photo of the view from the bed in our master bedroom. Yes, a view like this does make it easier to get up in the morning.
The little dog in this photo seems to be putting on the brakes so he does not get in the way of the bigger dog. It is nice to see dogs playing together nicely.
As regular readers of this blog know, I like to post a series of photos that tell a little story. This photo shows more of the scene when the lady with the three tiny dogs walked along the beach. This little girl seems to want to follow the dogs, sort of like the Pied Piper. 
I like to walk along the beach in Tamarindo and Playa Langosta. In addition to the surf and sand, the beach offers an opportunity to observe an array of animals, such as pelicans, sea gulls, iguanas, crabs, and some non-native species, people and dogs. 
Last evening I returned from a business trip, driving from Las Vegas to our home in Scottsdale, and I stopped the car several times to take photos of the dramatic Arizona desert sunset. The thought occurred to me that I have not posted photos of a Tamarindo sunset lately. 
This is another photo that I considered posting for yesterday's Daily Photo theme day of "edge." This is the hallway leading to the front door of our condo at the Diria Resort in the middle of Tamarindo. Our condo is on the right at the end of this corridor.
The worldwide Daily Photo Theme for April 1 is "edge." Tamarindo is a small beach resort. It does not have a lot of "edges." But because the beach is the essence of the town, I selected this photo, as it shows multiple edges. 
