Sunday, May 8, 2016

Report #128 Puntarenas, Costa Rica May 7, 2016 Saturday Chance of rain & 84 degrees Part #2 of 2 80 Pictures


Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2016 3:40:54 PM
Subject: Report #128    Puntarenas, Costa Rica   May 7, 2016   Saturday   Chance of rain & 84 degrees      Part #2 of 2       80 Pictures

 

More photos from Puntarenas……………

 

A smart idea….a blow-up kiddie pool on the sand

 

Cooling off

 

The water was warm too

 

A banana boat

 

There is one in the water now

 

Cleaner beach

 

The start of the shopping

 

The walkway to the ship

 

Food and drinks

 

The nearby arena will be good for business

 

Making our way back towards the ship

 

The start of the stands

 

Beach towels

 

Wndchimes

 

Great hats of Costa Rica

 

Sitting in the shade

 

Beach towels printed with Puerto Rican money designs…..clever

 

Pura Vida

 

Food vendor

 

Souvenirs

 

Handbags and small purses

 

T-shirts and tank tops

 

Swimwear

 

Painted feathers

 

Hot sands

 

Tarps were used for shade

 

Walking in the surf

 

Sailaway    Pictures  From Puntarenas, Costa Rica………

 

A lighthouse

 

You can see the spit of land with water on both sides

 

Communication towers

 

A frigate

 

Our communication equipment

 

Another sail away at the aft pool (no flags again)

 

A pelican rest or buoy

 

Waiting for the rest of the bus tours

 

The new arena

 

The town of Puntarenas

 

A tern

 

The old cathedral on the spit

 

Here comes a late bus

 

A bird on the hunt

 

Pelican

 

Diving

 

The dive quick and hard

 

Black-capped tern

 

A dangerous way to fly we think

 

A brown pelican

 

Different type of tern

 

A hotel in town

 

A tern

 

Flying over the ship

 

Oh no, are we doing that?

 

Could be volcanoes in the distance

 

The sky remained smoky

 

An abandoned building

 

Ferry to somewhere

 

Leaving the pier near sunset

 

Unusual design of a ferry

 

Twin pelicans

 

Built to be fishing birds

 

Friends maybe

 

An adult bird

 

Always looking for food

 

Leaving Puntarenas

 

Must be early dinnertime

 

Still with us

 

Odd-looking

 

Hundreds of bird indicate fish are there

 

A lone fishing vessel

 

Here goes the sun

 

Might be Puerto  Caldera

 

Close to sunset

 

Clouds blocked the sun

 

At was about 5:30pm

 

Going…..

 

Going……

 

Fading

 

About done

 

The last before the clouds

 

Done by 5:51pm