An undeveloped crescent shaped beach

If someone is looking for a pristine, unspoiled beach, this looks like just the place.  It is crescent shaped beach with no houses or other developments.  There also appear to be no roads to it, however.

I took this photo from the airplane as we were heading down the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua on our way to the Liberia Airport near Tamarindo in northwest Costa Rica.

The coast of Nicaragua is much less developed than Costa Rica.  Much of the reason is that the political climate in Nicaragua has been much less attractive to foreign investors than Costa Rica.  Costa Rica has had a stable democracy since the late 1940's.  Nicaragua's political climate has been turbulent.

This week we have photos from our cruise in Mexico's Sea of Cortez posted on our Viva la Voyage travel photo site.