If you want a long walk on Tamarindo Beach, go early

What time should you walk the beach? Early, just after first light. I learned it in my first dry season, when I set out near midday and came back feeling like a bread roll. The sun is gentler in the morning, the sand near the water is firmer under the feet, and I am home before the crowds arrive. In the green season I also like to be finished before the sky changes its mind. Take a bottle of water, and leave the long walk for the cool part of the day.