Shopping in Coco Beach

Not only is Coco Beach a nice day outing, with a pleasant beach, lots of activities available, restaurants and bars, there's lot of shopping there for you. If you are in the area, there are so many souvenir shops you can buy stuff at to take home with you after your holiday. The weather was hot and my husband took me for a great lunch at the Papagayo Seafood restaurant because it was my birthday. They didn't have lobster, but they did have lagostina which is kind of a lobster.

There are clothing shops where you can buy anything from t shirts, Bahama shirts, sun dresses, shorts, and flip flops and even Panama hats. I ended up buying a Panama hat, a few t shirts as gifts, and a long sundress.

You can find lots of jewelery in the market stalls and I picked up a couple of pairs of long dangly earrings. But there are different items also, such as bracelets for men and women, rings and necklaces. You could really find whatever you wanted as well as some interesting items.


In Coco Beach, they also sell sculpture, wall hangings and art for your home. Quite a veritable collection of items for you home.


The weather was great, a steaming hot and nice to be down at Coco Beach.

Pollo Crispy in Coco Beach

We went a few times to Coco Beach because it's a really nice small beach town with a nice beach, lots of shops, tour bookings, restaurants and bars.  You can also rent boats here and go on fishing tours.  I bought some souvenirs here, some earrings, a hat, a sun dress (because it was so darn hot!) and some of those great Hawaiin shirts.  Loved the shopping here and the beach.

One day we went by ourselves and the other day, we went with our friends from the hotel.  The taxi ride was sort of $20 each way.  What that means is that "sort of", it depends on who's driving you and how well you can bargain.  Sometimes, it'll cost you only $10 each way.

One of the little eateries we came upon was this greasy spoon chicken place called Pollo Crispy.  The food is good and greasy and really cheap!  Definitely a bargain and the food wasn't that bad at all.

Costa Rica Friends Update

So, one of our good friends, I'll call him Wayne, whom we met down in Costa Rica, made the big move and actually Moved to Costa Rica. It was brave of him and, I'm secretly jealous of him. Lucky guy to be living in his paradise.

He told me he's had all the usual difficulties of moving to a new country. He said he would try it out for six months. I'm wishing him all the best. He started up a blog about his experiences of moving down there - the difficulties etc., but I'm sure he's having fun. He's moved somewhere near San Juan and started a business. Wayne is even learning Spanish which is not that difficult a language to learn. Again, I'm wishing him all the best.

Wayne even got his passport stolen in Costa Rica! Imagine that! Another Costa Rican scam. I suppose the thief is planning to move to Canada and become the New Wayne. Good for him. It's bloody cold up here now and there are no palm trees or pure blue skies.

Wayne and his business partner have started up a business. They've started a website and they're doing the business plan now for their business. I'm sure they'll do business the proper way, delivering a great service in the country they love.

Now our friend has started a business with a partner based on Costa Rican tours. I'm hoping it works out for them and my friend can really live in his Costa Rican paradise.