Everyday life in Tamarindo
I love the Saturday morning Tamarindo farmer/artisan market. Its held within sight of the glistening Pacific ocean and there is plenty of shelter from the sun from the 100-year-old Guanacaste trees.
To be honest I don't buy too much. I wander round catching up on gossip and seeing my Tamarindo friends. We are such an amazingly diverse group, from so many different countries, today they were: American, Canadian, Italian, Costa Rican, British and Spanish. Such a cosmopolitan bunch, all of us just livin the dream.
I think that it what its all about, everyone is so HAPPY because everyone in this town is here because they want to be. Most people don't live here year round, I am in town more than most because I have Coldwell Banker Tamarindo to run, but many are in Costa Rica a few months of the year with a plan to spend more time here as work and family commitments allow. The weather is perfect ten months of the year–it rains in September October–but being from England I like that too!
The market has a bit of everything, natural medicines from the rainforest, fruit and veggie stand with some fruits I have never seen before, handmade jewelry, local charities raising money for good causes, lots of delicious sweet goodies, locally arts and crafts, and lots of natural products.
Many people just end up standing around chatting with friends and planning the weekend. Its all about the community here. Everybody is so friendly and its really easy to meet like minded people and make friends.
To be honest I don't buy too much. I wander round catching up on gossip and seeing my Tamarindo friends. We are such an amazingly diverse group, from so many different countries, today they were: American, Canadian, Italian, Costa Rican, British and Spanish. Such a cosmopolitan bunch, all of us just livin the dream.
I think that it what its all about, everyone is so HAPPY because everyone in this town is here because they want to be. Most people don't live here year round, I am in town more than most because I have Coldwell Banker Tamarindo to run, but many are in Costa Rica a few months of the year with a plan to spend more time here as work and family commitments allow. The weather is perfect ten months of the year–it rains in September October–but being from England I like that too!
The market has a bit of everything, natural medicines from the rainforest, fruit and veggie stand with some fruits I have never seen before, handmade jewelry, local charities raising money for good causes, lots of delicious sweet goodies, locally arts and crafts, and lots of natural products.
Many people just end up standing around chatting with friends and planning the weekend. Its all about the community here. Everybody is so friendly and its really easy to meet like minded people and make friends.