Beaches and canyons in Uvita!

At our next stop we were hoping to be lucky seeing the Humpback Whales, but unfortunately we were a little late and the season had just ended. There were still things to do and new places to see :)

Uvita is well known for having a beach that looks like the tail of a whale at low tide. This picture is taken from the tail. Later, when we were walking back, the high tide was coming and this part was getting covered by the ocean.

Along the beach were some shells I had never seen before, and it was natural art!

At the tip of the tail I found a spot to try some more gymnastics. The people below me thought I was crazy to try something like that!

The next day we decided to visit Playa Ballena. When we got there we were suggested to visit Playa Arco while it still was low tide. We walked the long beach and a short trail through a forest.

When we got out of the forest this beautiful and lonely beach was waiting for us!

There are rocky cliffs surrounding the beach, and also there is a cave to pass through during the low tide.

On our way back the high tide was on it's way, so we had to walk on the rocks to get back.

Since the season for the whales was over we had to find something else to do. A quick search on the web and we found something that looked really cool, Costa Canyoining. I asked my mother if she wanted to go canyoning, and explained that we would rapell and jump down waterfalls! "That sounds like fun" she said, and of course she wanted to join. We started out by jumping the first waterfall :)

My mother was the first to start rapelling the second waterfall. Our guide asked me if I wanted to jump this watefall as well. It looked like a nice challenge, so I said "why not?". Afterwards they told me that I was the only one who had jumped the waterfall except the guides.

It was also possible to do some gymnastics in the pool of this waterfall :)

This was an amazing Christmas gift from my family! Thank you so much!

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!

Mother's day!

Today was mother's day in Costa Rica! This is a big holiday where people have free from work and get together with their families. We were so lucky that we were invited to spend the day with a family on Monte de la Cruz.

From the cross we had a great view of Heredia down to the right, and San Jóse to the left.

We took a walk in the forrest and saw some great nature!

And waterfalls :)

Costa Rica is known for it's biological diversity, so there will most likely be a lot of pictures of the different animals, bugs and insects.

For lunch we had a great barbeque with beef, chicken, chorizo, tortilla, beans and plantain.

There were several families spending their day there, and the kids had fun playing different games ;)

 ¡Gracias por hoy!