Voyages of Taliesin Rose

The adventure continues... after 3 fun weeks in Playas del Coco we departed yesterday and enjoyed a pleasant 30 mile sail to Bahia Potrero, where the old Flamingo Marina once thrived...nowadays there’s a large anchorage full of fishing pangas and charter boats and a busy road alongside, but we didn’t go ashore to explore.
We departed early to check out playa Conchal, supposedly a good shell combers beach - we expected something more like Bahia Santa Maria on the Baja peninsula, we ended up spotting a few stretches of not so fascinating shell piles. We enjoyed the soft white sand beach and the warm waves lapping the surf zone, and it’s a good thing that we packed a picnic, ‘cause both beach resorts were ‘privado’ and wouldn’t serve us a beer or a cocktail...yikes! We moved on and sailed to a swollen fishing village, now a sprawling expat community with surfing (never mind the possibility of sea snakes and crocodiles in the lineup) called Tamarindo. We are now anchored out, listening to some fun loving music loudly emanating from the beach. We will go to shore tomorrow for shopping, feasting, and surf scoping...We should be here a couple days...Read more