Playas del Coco School Turns 100  Today!

The whole town turned out for the festivities that included and true Guanacasteco Band, Food and Drink.

Things have come a long way since Playas del Coco’s humble beginnings (see The History of Playas del Coco)

The Town of Playas del Coco has come a long way too with the addition of the beach front Boardwalk and skate park that allows families to interact in a great environment and gives kids an important outlet that keeps them doing physical activity.

The Boardwalk or Paseo del Amor de Temporada (Summer Love Boardwalk) is now a great venue for all types of group activities and civic events.

As a testament to Playas del Coco’s growth – The School currently has over 600 students.  This is a public school and many students go to private schools.

So next time you are in Playas del Coco Check out the Boardwalk and remember it is for everyone to enjoy!

Tank Tops Flip Flops Newsletter edition no. 90

The History of Playas del Coco – The reason why we did this newsletter in the first place is that our good friend Freddy Barahona just opened a new store called Solo Bueno in Playas del Coco.  Freddy was born and raised in Playas del Coco and his family settled here in 1956 as one of the founding families of what is now a modern, thriving quintessential Costa Rica beach town.

The concept of the Solo Bueno store is to only offer hand made, locally crafted goods.  He and his partner started originally producing hand-rolled cigars with local tobacco leaf and opened Artesanos Cigars that many have enjoyed over the years.  Just recently they created Cata Chocolate and decided to move to a larger facility next door that could handle the Solo Bueno store, Artesanos Cigars and now their brand new bean to bar chocolate production facility right here in Playas del Coco.

While Freddy was explaining the concept of the new Solo Bueno Store, walking us through the Chocolate making process and giving us the tour of Artesanos Cigars rolling process we realized that he was a veritable treasure trove of stories about Playas del Coco – How it was formed, what life was like in the old days and how it has changed from then to now.