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TAMARINDO is a beautiful beach town that is equally a tropical paradise as well as a multicultural hotspot. Called by Forbes magazine Costa Rica’s most popular beach, the town has a mixture of high-end shopping, dining, and nightlife opportunities combined with Costa Rican flavor. Locals from Costa Rica, the United States, Germany, Italy, Argentina, France, and other nations, operate international gourmet restaurants, bars, casinos, clothing stores, surf shops, beautiful handicrafts stores, and more. Infrastructure abounds in banks, pharmacies, a post office, internet facilities, supermarkets, doctors, dentist, rental cars, video stores, etc. Located just inside of town, behind the TAMARINDO Diria’s private Golf Range, the TAMARINDO Airport has nearly hourly flights coming and going from two National airlines—Sansa Airlines and Nature Air. When Robert August filmed a segment about TAMARINDO in his Endless Summer II movie, TAMARINDO became internationally famous for its surfing. And for good reason: There are no less than five world-class surf breaks within driving distance of the center of town. These include: Playa Grande, Playa Avellanas, Playa Negra, Playa Langosta, and of course, TAMARINDO itself.

And TAMARINDO has been the location for other filming as well. E! Wild On Costa Rica and MTV Real World sent one of its casts down here to learn to surf in the Bay. Locals have recently filmed a movie called Fe De Agua for showing at international film festivals, and the popular soap opera Meine Wunderbare Familie—watched by millions every week—spent two weeks shooting scenes to air in Germany. The blue Pacific also offers itself to sports fishermen, sailors, scuba divers, and snorkelers, while TAMARINDO affords tourists a wide variety of tour options including horse riding, estuary tours, ATV tours, canopy tours, and more. There are also two championship golf courses nearby, as well as tennis courts for the so-inclined. TAMARINDO Beach is located next to TAMARINDO National Wildlife Refuge and and Las Baulas National Park, which encompasses Playa Grande. That is where the Leatherback Turtles nest each year and daily tours are available in season to see our national treasures. In addition, because of the natural habitat of TAMARINDO Beach, just a daily walk will allow you to see Howler Monkeys, Iguanas, Parrots, and various wild life at your every step.

TAMARINDO Diria Beach & Golf Resort sets its self apart from all others as the only hotel located on the white sand of the world famous TAMARINDO Beach. As Tamarindo´s first hotel, it has been the area’s premier lodging facility offering their guests 30 years of hospitality experience. Spread out over 5 acres, TAMARINDO Diria Beach & Golf Resort’s mixture of tradition and contemporary style and architecture is surrounded by exotic and beautifully maintained lush tropical gardens that offer our guests the natural beauty of Costa Rica right outside their doors. The majority of the rooms offer incredible ocean views, providing picturesque sunsets, and access to TAMARINDO Beach just a few steps from your hotel room.

Visit TAMARINDO and stay at TAMARINDO Diria Beach and Golf Resort, just for a limited time Destination Costa Rica offers you the opportunity of staying 4 nights for the price of 3.

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The Turrialba Volcano is located about 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) east from San Jose, in the province of Cartago.

This stratovolcano, remained peacefully quite since it last registered eruption in 1886, until 2001 when some sights of activity started to show up.

In April 2009 the Turrialba increased emissions such sulfuric gas, did raise the security measures within the national park area, especially considering that was the only national park where visitors where allowed to walk in to the crater area.

Past January 06 the volcano began spewing ashes and more than 60 local residents in a 12 kilometers ratio had to be relocated in shelters because of health safety reasons.

As of today the affected areas are those immediately near the volcano, mostly cattle fields and few plantations and a little number of villages.

Neighbor towns, like Turrialba and Cartago do go on with their normal life and tourist activities as nature hikes (except of course the hikes to the volcano), white water rafting trips, canyoning, horseback riding, and mountain bike tours among others are still operating as normal.

Experts said that the volcano will continue to act up until it has fully relieved the long built-up tension.

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Friday, April 15, 2011

TAMARINDO BEACH: A “MUST” WHEN VISITING COSTA RICA.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

TURRIALBA VOLCANO: “WITHIN NORMAL ACTIVITY”