Relaxing at the beach in San Juan del Sur!

When arriving San Juan del Sur we found a hotel just a few blocks from the beach. This is the road to the beach.

On the way to the beach I saw a nice little house with a matching car outside ;)

My mother got her first taste of the Pacific coast of Central America!

San Juan del Sur also has a little top with a statue of El Cristo de la Misericordia that is 26 meters tall.

Along the beach are restaurants side by side. We found a nice place to eat a tasty lunch with a relaxing view of the beach ;)

After lunch we stayed at the beach to swim and relax until sunset!

For the sunset we found a bar with some seats on the beach. Of course we had to try out some new drinks :)

They had happy hour, 2 for 1, so why not try some more different drinks?

The sun was just so big and round that evening!

After the sunset we went back to the hotel to freshen up and get ready for dinner. I did not bring my camera for dinner, but we had an amazing dinner with entertainment. The restaurant had a cultural nicaraguan night where we got to hear live music and watch traditional nicaraguan dances.

More surf, different beach!

Troels was invited by his danish friend living in Costa Rica to go to Tamarindo, and since we had the week off before our first performance with Tempos, surf and relax on the beach would be the best warm up ;) In addition to the two danish guys already in Costa Rica Troels got a visit from another danish friend, so I was going to travel with 3 danish guys :)

Because of two different online bus schedules we arrived the bus station 3 hours before the bus was leaving. During our wait I showed our new danish guy, Martin, downtown San José. Obviously they started to celebrate the new year and they had a parade with a lot of their traditional carretas.

After several hours on a not so comfortable bus we finally arrived Tamarindo to see the sunset!

There were more people on the beach to watch the sunset :)

Christian is living in Costa Rica and he loves to go to the beach and surf. Every morning we would walk to another beach he knew, Playa Langosta, which was better to surf and with less people.

The first morning we got up to surf at about 6am! It was soo early, but soo worth it. When we were warming up on the beach we saw a huge whale jumping up from the water!!

There were a few good waves to practice my surfing ;)

When there were no waves we would just have fun in the water...

...or practice sitting on the board waiting for the waves :p

In the evenings we would make a bon fire on the beach and enjoy the sunset ;)

It was amazing, and to give you a sense of what I'm experiencing I made this time lapse.

Surf's up in Santa Teresa!!

After 3 days with gymnastics in Palmares Troels and I decided we wanted to relax at the beach. We drove to Puntarenas to catch the ferry for the Nicoya peninsula, and continued to Santa Teresa! 

Santa Teresa is newly known for its white-sand beaches and world class surf ;) Our first day we walked kilometers of the white beach from Playa Carmen all the way up Playa Santa Teresa, and it was so nice and relaxed!

Of course we had to do some gymnastics on the beach. Further up you find Playa Hermosa and Playa Manzanillo!

After a long walk we found a perfect spot to hang up my hammock and rest at the beach :)

Most of the days were spent on the beach relaxing and surfing, so we didn't bring valuables. That's why we don't have too many pictures from this trip. Never the less we met with some locals who invited us to dinner and a party. It was lots of fun, and the next day they invited us to Montezuma!! We walked into a jungle and found a nice waterhole where we could swing and jump. At the edge there was a waterfall where we could jump off and into the next waterhole 16 meters down!! :D Thank you so much Raquel and Berneth for taking us here!!

After some amazing days at the beach we had to return to San Jóse where a performance and a workshop was awaiting. On the ferry going to Santa Teresa I tried to do the plank, but the captain blew the horn. Going back I tried again, and a bit more discreet ;)

¡Vamos a la playa!

A weekend in San Carlos :)

The last few weeks I've been travelling a lot around, so I haven't had time to update my blog. Earlier in october I went with Maja, Jorge and Troels for a weekend in San Carlos! We left early on a Friday morning to get away from morning traffic. On our way we had a nice stop in Zarcero where they have a nice church with an unbelievable park in front. The trees were cut out in many different figures and shapes :)

The drive was really nice and we could see so much beautiful nature, but with sharp eyes we also got to see a sloth in a tree close to the road. Sloths are normally just hanging still and difficult to get an eye on, but this guy was streching out to eat some leaves ;)

After about 2-3 hours we got to La Fortuna, the first plan was to go se the waterfall "Catarata La Fortuna". Driving up to the waterfall we got really lucky, the clouds around Volcán Arenal opened up so we got to see the top of the vulcano :D We heard that this was not so common for this season.

The waterfall was just amazing! Standing right next to it we could feel the power of the water falling 75m!

We also went for a swim below the waterfall. The water was pretty cold compared to the oceans I've tried. Troels and I even tried to swim into the waterfall, but the powers pushed us back. 

After cooling down in the waterfall we moved on to check in where we would stay for the weekend. We dropped off our luggage and moved on to relax in some natural hot springs heated by the vulcano. Unfortunately I left my camera, so I have no pictures to share from this great experience. We just parked the car by the road and walked down into the forest and found the hot running water :) It was so nice and relaxing! Getting back to La Fortuna we went for dinner and planned our next day going to Rio Celeste. On our way to Rio Celeste the next morning we made a short stop to see a huge tree, Arbol de la Paz!! 

When we got to the national park we parked our car and started our walk to se the light blue river. Walking through the rainforest we saw many different animals.

Rio Celeste also has a waterfall, but because of an accident 3 years ago which lead to one person dying it's not allowed to swim there anymore.

I have so many pictures from this hike, but I really like this picture that shows where 2 separate rivers connect and become one light blue river. The light blue color is from a chemical reaction between sulfur and calcium carbonate which each of the 2 rivers contain seperately.

Rio Celeste runs through the Tenerio Volcano National Park so we also hiked up to a viewpoint and got a great view to the volcano as well.

After a long day of hiking we had decided we wanted some luxury, so we went to Baldi Hot Springs Spa! They have 25 different pools with 12 different temperatures. It was nice and relaxing, and a dinner and dessert buffet was included :)

Our last day in La Fortuna was spent relaxing at the pool in the nice weather, and when we packed our bags and were about to leave the clouds lifted once more from the vulcano!

It was one more unforgetable weekend in new parts of Costa Rica!!
¡Pura vida!

Beachtime! Flamingo, here we come :D

Last weekend Mette had her Birthday, and we headed to the beach to celebrate her!
We drove for about 5 hours from San Jóse to our destination, Flamingo.

We tried to get there in time to see the sunset at the beach.

Before the sunset the birthdaychild wanted a little swim in the warm ocean ;)

We didn't really see a perfect sunset, but eventhough it was cloudy it was nice and colorful!

Not to many bars or restaurants were open because it was off season, so we enjoyed a birthday meal at the hotel. We also had the party on our own terrace we got with our Captain's suite, at Mariner Inn ;) Eventhough the bar was closed at the hotel we got a welcoming drink. We had to turn around and bend our heads back, and the bartender would pour from a bottle of local sugar cane liquor, Cacique Guaro. All in all it was a good birthday celebration!

The next morning we tried out some different beaches. First we went to Sugar Beach, but after a while it started raining. Later we had lunch at Potrero Beach, where we got kinda sunburnt :P

The next day we woke up early and went to lie down in the sun at Conchal Beach, a long and white beach ;)

It was so nice and relaxing!

So we tried out four new beaches in just a few days, with parties and relaxing :)

¡Gracias por un buen fin de semana, amigos!