Costa Rica Trip Report

Here is the first installment in my photographic report of Costa Rica 2014. 

Location 1 was Playa Flamingo, Guanacaste Costa Rica.  (Flamingo Beach). 

Getting to Flamingo Beach we first flew into San Jose, the capitol of Costa Rica.  On our way down we saw a few volcanoes somewhere in central america from our airplane. 

And some cool cloud formations at sunset. 

We spent one night in San Jose, then the next morning we went back to the airport.  on our way back we stopped for a photo in front of the San Jose Temple. 

Once at the airport, we boarded a plane to fly to Tamarindo, which is not far from Flamingo Beach. The plane only had 20 seats, so it was a pretty fun ride. 

The plane also only flew at about 8,000ft, so we got a pretty good view of the landscape when we weren't in the clouds.

Once we got to Tamarindo, we got into a taxi and went to our hotel.  We were on the first floor, so we had a small patio with a hammock on it. 

Right as we stepped out onto our patio, we were greeted by this large iguana.  It hung out near our room the whole time we were there. 

We spent our time walking up and down the beach. 

The beach had a lot of small snails that would burry themselves under the sand as the waves came in.

We also took a boat ride and got to snorkel. 

We went back to shore as the sun was setting.  

I enjoyed the wind in my hair.

The rest of the shots are my favorite landscapes from the couple of days on the beach.