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Flamingo beach resort guanacaste8/5/2023 The program itself was created in 2002 in response to the fear of beach pollution as a consequence of irresponsible tourism. Plus, Playa Flamingo is a special beach: not only does it proudly hold the designation as one of Costa Rica’s Blue Flag beaches, it is protected and conserved by the staff at the Margaritaville Beach Resort Playa Flamingo and has the softest powdery sands I’ve ever put my feet in.Īs we would later learn, the Blue Flag Ecological Program is an extremely coveted designation. After a few days of adventure travel and organic farming, we were more than ready to spend some time in the sand on our beach towels, snorkeling with the sea turtles, and swimming in the ocean. We’d spent the first few nights with TAM Travel at the base of the Arenal Volcano, the next one in Monteverde, and we’d just arrived at the Flamingo Beach Resort, where we’d be staying for the next two nights. We sat down cross-legged in the cool sand and simply watched the magnificence of nature.Īnd so began part three of our Costa Rican honeymoon. But then, the storm became a kind of fireworks in the sky, a brilliant symphony of white flashes, lighting up cloud formations, highlighting the coastline, illuminating the twinkling lights across the ocean and along the coast. This is the kind of view we saw as we kicked off our shoes, stretched our legs from the 4-hour drive from the Monteverde cloud forests, and walked in the cool sand along the Margaritaville Beach Resort Playa Flamingo.Īnd then, as we walked, the lightning storm began.įirst, it was little more than quick flashes of light breaking up the dark sky flecked with starlight. This Pacific beach sky is literally covered in stars, a lot like the star patterns I’m used to seeing up in northern Idaho, where there aren’t a lot of lights and where there’s almost nothing obstructing the view. And never any stars.īut not this Pacific Coast. Nights walking up and down the Del Mar beaches in northern San Diego, evening strolls along the boardwalk in Santa Barbara, dimly-lit drives up the coast to Carmel-by-the-Sea….they are all simply covered in coastal fog, that defining atmosphere of the West coast beaches. We arrived at Playa Flamingo to a beach full of stars.įor us, the Pacific Ocean beaches have never had stars-at least visible ones, that is.
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