10. Falafel Mundo. This was my favorite restaurant in Tamarindo. Not only is their falafel delicious but the Israeli couple who run it are super cool and friendly. Their chairs are not comfy, but they say they will be getting new chairs sometime soon... and really, it's worth standing up to eat their food.
9. Watching the sun set over the water. Especially while surfing.
8. The batidos (fruit drinks).
7. Seeing wildlife all the time in random places. For example when Sean and I drove through a herd of cattle that was in the road on our way to Avellanas. Those things look *big* when their heads are right outside your car window!!
6. The coffee.
5. The rodeos! Puro Guanacasteco, baby!
4. The taxi guys. It's kind of hard to explain why they cracked me up so much, but the funniest thing was when you would walk by the taxistas and they would be chatting with each other or something, and you'd be thinking to yourself "Wow, I got past the taxis without them saying anything to me", and suddenly they would realize that one almost got away so they'd snap out of what they were doing and yell, "taxi, taxi!" Like, if someone walks by and you don't say "taxi, taxi", you will lose your job.
3. The dirt roads. Somehow they give me a (false?) sense of security. What bad thing could happen on a dirt road? The whole thing is just too bucolic for there to be muggings or whatnot.
2. Casados/gallo pinto. I complained about these a lot at first. How can white rice and black beans be the go-to dish for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, for an entire country that is not dependent on food aid? But the stupid things grew on me... especially the gallo pinto. Pinto con huevo is my new favorite breakfast. Especially satisfying after a morning of surfing.
1. Surfing!! Duh.
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It is amazing how one can get "hooked" to a place and have things that are nice to remember and to miss. The 10 things you mention really make look Tamarindo as a nice place to stay.
Hey we were just in Tamarindo last week - As you said, the falafel is great, the chairs, well... not so much... :) I told them to look me up on facebook but so far I haven't heard from them.
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