Marbella Costa Rica

Incredible Marbella, Costa Rica Welcome to paradise! Yes Marbella, Costa Rica is paradise on Earth and we are so lucky to be able to spend time here with the friendly Tico people and the captivating nature that surrounds this pueblo. Every day Marbella reveals her natural beauty with incredible sunrises over the eastern mountains, colorful sunsets to the west over the Pacific Ocean and, when the conditions are right - incredible nightscapes full of bright stars and moonlit beaches. Thanks for visiting this site and browsing the blog posts and informative bits and pieces of information that make life fun and interesting here in the jungle. If you have any questions, comments or ideas please feel free to contact us . We are always one click away...Pura Vida.

Thanks to www.crsurf.com's Greg Gordon for covering the latest news about the Marbella Surf Inn on his popular surf travel web site. You can read the article here on www.crsurf.com

If you have ever been to Costa Rica you will get a good "Pura Vida" feeling when you watch this video clip. If you have never been lucky enough to visit Costa Rica watch this video and prepare to plan your next vacation. The soundtrack is excellent. According to the Tico Times this promotional clip is now being featured in many U.S. movie theaters as part of Costa Rica's promotion of tourism in North America.

Hummingbird recovering after being knocked out. Well today marks another milestone in the life and times of an armchair wildlife conservationist and surfer living in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. In fact, with the way things are going lately I may slowly be evolving into a "birder" of all things. Why? This morning while sipping my coffee I watched a Hummingbird fly full speed into one of the large windows that surrounds my kitchen. The poor thing hit so hard that it knocked itself out and made me spill my java. A rescue quickly followed, and much to my surprise this would be my second Hummingbird rescue in as many months. I ran outside and found the little creature laying flat on the ground with its wings spread and slowly fluttering. It reminded me of seeing a boxer trying to get up off of the mat having just been punched out by Mike Tyson. So I did my best impression of Steve Irwin and delicately picked the little fighter up and brought him inside the kitchen where my gi...

Check out these baby Howler monkeys. There are four species of monkeys in Costa Rica - Mantled Howler, Spider Monkey, Capuchin and the Squirrel Monkey. Guess which one is the loudest "howler" out of the four? If you are in Marbella you will hear and see the Howler species on the road to the beach and around the town. Take it easy around them and respect their space...they travel in families!

Surfer Magazine films in Marbella. From time to time we are lucky enough to do things that we love in life....unless you are a pro surfer like these guys and you surf around the world all yer long! Here are some up and coming surfers laying down some incredible surfing in Guanacaste, Costa Rica...including some great coverage in Marbella. The film crew and surfers stayed at the Marbella Surf Inn during much of the filming.

https://twitter.com/MarbellaCR Yup...we are using Twitter to Tweet about a place that has a heck of a lot of birds! Go figure. Anyway, follow us on Twitter if you use this cool way of keeping up with people, events and places. We will try to keep every Tweet worth your time to read it!

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People always ask where Marbella is located in relation to more popular tourist towns like Tamarindo and Nosara and now thanks to Google we have this cool map.

Austy putting the matrix into perspective in Marbella. Mark Austin of San Clemente getting shacked in Marbella, Costa Rica with a fun Northwest swell. Warm water, fun waves, your favorite board and lots of time to surf is true Pura Vida for this gringo!

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle in Marbella, Costa Rica In 2011 a nest of Olive Ridley sea turtle eggs was relocated to Marbella, Costa Rica and monitored by a group of environmentalist who nurtured these little beings until their maiden voyage to the Pacific. Here one of the new born turtles makes its way to the water's edge before disappearing into the surf. With some luck this turtle will someday return to Marbella to lay a nest of its own.