Santa Teresa is a small town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. Like other coastal villages on the Nicoya Peninsula, Santa Teresa started as a remote fishing village, relying on agriculture, cattle ranching and small-scale fishing.
Celebrating Costa Rica defeating Italy in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil (to make it through the knockout stage after just two games).
The 16-hectare Smelt Bay Provincial Park is extraordinarily scenic. Smelt Bay is named after smelts, the small silver-green, sardine-sized fish that frequents these waters in huge numbers and attracts salmon.
Searching for sand dollars
Nestled at the entrance to the enchanting Desolation Sound, tranquil and friendly Cortes Island is one of the most impressive of the Discovery Islands, with its placid lakes, beaches, and rugged gorges.
The south western corner of the island offers glacial deposits in the form of fine white sand at Hague Lake.
The Salish name for Hague Lake is Kw'as Oyela which means 'hot water (lake)'. This is very appropriate as Hague Lake is flat bottomed and shallow (35-50 ft.) and warms up quickly in the summer as well as freezes first in a cold spell.
Amazing view at a great breakfast place in Atenas, Costa Rica.
The “pinto with eggs” for breakfast might not look like much but it is delicious.
And the chocolate milk is a little over the top.
The Algodones Dunes is a large [sand dune] located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of California, near the border with Arizona and the Mexican state of Baja California. The field is approximately 45 miles long by 6 miles wide and extends along a northwest-southeast line that correlates to the prevailing northerly and westerly wind directions.
Three U.S. Border Patrol vehicles patrolling the border to prevent illegal entries from Mexico.
Costa Rica reached the World Cup quarter-final for the first time in their history after beating Greece in a penalty shootout.
The streets of Atenas, Costa Rica filled with fans celebrating the national team's win.
Even the dogs were painted in the country’s colors.
