Great design, and good tasting beer
Cheese nachos - the tomatoes were so good and fresh
Fried chicken fajitas to share
Decorations
Back to the streets
Who let the dogs out???
Workers pouring concrete with buckets upstairs
Painted palm trunks
Reminds us of an Easter Island moai
These beach grounds would be full of locals during the high season
Cooler under the trees
Good use for leftover paint
Street lined with pubs and cafes
Love the colors
One of several closed-up bars
A hotel across the street
Every school was fenced
Local police station
Old mature tree
The souvenir stands begin closer to town
Rooms for rent
The seed pods were giant – don't recognize them however
Now you can see both ships
Look…..Pizza Hut
Typical bar
Toys for the little ones
This square is normally full of vendors
We would leave by 5pm, but we do not know where the Mariner is headed
Sarongs blowing in the wind
Swaying palms
A fairly new concert venue
Coffees of Costa Rica
Famous birds of the mangroves
Treasures
Beach towels
Shopping
The rain was beginning to fall
Most souvenir stands were covered
Here comes the wind
Bowls of Costa Rican hardwoods
Colorful dresses
Costa Rican flag
Heading back through security
Greeters
Saying goodbye now
The beach was empty now
The tide was coming in
Costa Rica has the very nicest buses
Two ships….lots of passengers
Sailaway Pictures
Regent's Mariner
Looking across to the spit
Now these are nice for sunbathing
Puntarenas is surrounded by water
High mountains in the distance
End of the spit where we walked
Still some locals swimming
The opposite end where the penisula connects to the mainland
All balcony ship
An officer on the navigation deck
Officer on the Mariner
The end of the pier
Communications tower
The tip (no swimming here)
Remember the painted palms? We are seeing them from the other side.
Coast guard boat
We are getting ready to leave
Mariners waving goodbye to us
We backed up and turned around
Suites that wrap around the aft of the Mariner
Perhaps they stayed overnight?
Leaving Puntarenas
A frigate follows
This is a nice ship
Vendors were leaving as it was raining now
Several veranda rooms on the aft of the Mariner
Lights under the navigation deck forward
Making speed
We may be back next year on another ship
Clouds heading for the mountains
Goodbye Costa Rica
The only high rise building in town
A tower in town
Small cities down the coast
Some ships at anchor
Ships close to Puerto Caldera, the other port
Puerto Caldera…..the commercial pier
