Spanish and Surfing in Montezuma
Wow what a great setting to learn spanish and surfing. In a paradise like village called Montezuma on the Peninsula de Nicoya in Costa Rica. In the school “La Escuela del Sol” I take spanish and surfing classes.
A very well treat for body and mind and an awesome surf instructor who has a lot of great analogies ready to not only teach you about surfing but also about life. All this is accompanied with 30+°C and sunshine. After 2 hours surfing and 4+ hours of spanish (with two great energetic spanish teachers Wendy and Andrea) it is time to get some food.
The food in the tiny town is so delicious. They even have a restaurant where you have dinner and then they show a cinema film at 7:30pm. Here some impressions from my time in Montezuma:
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- La Escuela del Sol in Montezuma
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- Montezuma Waterfall
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- Zip-Lining in Montezuma
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- Surfing at Playa Grande, Montezuma, Costa Rica
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- Surf instructor with Lauren, Kat, Diane
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- Surfing in Santa Theresa, Costa Rica
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- Road conditons are good
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- Surf instructor explains us the beach
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- Pablo is our man to learn us surfing and about life
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- Yeah this is fun!
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- Hello dude!
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- Dinner Time in Montezuma
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- With our spnaish class we are waiting for the fisher man to make …
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- Cervici, “cooked” in Limon juice
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- Dinner time
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- After 4+ hourse of spanish it is time for surfing in the afternoon
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- Surfing in the morning
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- Our surf safari to Santa Theresa
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- This was part of our way to the surf beach
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- Movie night at the restaurant
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- Be emphatic towards others
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- my surfboard
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- time to do some waxing before we ride the waves
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- On our way to Playa Grande
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- Ready to surf!
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- Yeah thumb up for the great surfing at Playa Grande
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- Mmmhhh delicious pizza in Montezuma
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- Ok another fellow in Central Park
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- Sushi night
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- Sushi is sooo delicious
Meeting great friends far away from home
Traveling is awesome and I love to meet new people in new places but after some time, traveling gets tiring as well and for me this time has arrived after more than 3 month on the road. And then I arrived in a tiny town on the Peninsula de Nicoya in Costa Rica and was welcomed from great friends from Germany. Awesome! We had a great day talking and they made me feel home away from home. Thank you Janett and Jörg!
Waikiki and O’Ahu Island, Hawaii
Waikiki was the start and the end of my Hawaii experience. It’s a very good city to stock up your gears, e.g. snorkel mask, new camera (old camera got to much salt water on the Na Pali Coast) and enjoy the city life. When you get out of the city the true Hawaii begins, with amazing Nature. Here some impressions from Oahu, Hawaii:
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- Waikiki Beach at night
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- Fireworks at friday night on Waikiki Beach
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- Hanauma Bay
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- Hanauma Bay for some snorkeling
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- Beach promenade in Waikiki
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- Delicious Acai Bowl
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- Live healthy and in a balanced way (here Hawaii with Acai Bowl)
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- Opposite of Fastfood, so true and so delicious
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- Sunset Waikiki
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- Surfing at Diamand Head
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- Surfing at Waikiki Beach
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- Waikiki from the Sky
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- Pali Highway lookout
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- Makapuu Point
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- Coastal line near Kailua
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- Love this scenery
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- Surf beach on the North Shore
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- Wow big waves at the North Shore
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- Mmmhhh some more delicious Acai Bowl
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- Bridge in Haleiwa
Surfing in Hawaii
After surfing in Finland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia, I got the chance to surf with Ambrose, a surf guru here in Kaua’i, Hawaii. And what a great surf lesson. After arranging the surf lesson the day before we met at 7am at the beach to check out the weather and he was already starting the surf lesson there, explaining me the weather conditions and a lot of other great life lessons.
Then it was time to find a suitable beach for our surf lesson. And what great waves we found, for my surf abilities: awesome!!! Check out the video and some pictures.
Please support me with a donation for the “Surf for Life” project where I help to build a high school in April 2013 in Nicaragua. Thank you very much for your contribution to this project! More background information can be found here: https://www.surfforlife.org/give/Sven-Koble/
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- Surfboards packed time to hit the beach
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- Interesting garden fence
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- Wow big waves at the North Shore
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- Surf beach on the North Shore
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- Surfing at Waikiki Beach
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- Surfing at Diamand Head
Volcano National Park, Big Island
What an awesome park on Big Island. Great hikes like the Kilauea Iki Trail, including a walk thru Rain forest and a crater. Then seeing lava glowing at night time, a street covered with lava. Just awesome scenery! Here some picture impressions:
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- Dask impression in Volcano National Park
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- And the moon is out
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- Lava tube
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- Ready for the Kilauea Iki Trail
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- First some Rain Forest on the Kilauea Iki Trail
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- Trail sign
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- What a coincidence and a great talk with Katherine on the Trail after we stayed in the same hostel in Hilo, Big Island
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- Flowers in the crater
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- Wow what an awesome trail
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- Road sign …
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- Lava over the street
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- Lava flow from the past
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- Lava entering the sea
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- Big Truck for the Big Island
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- Crater impression
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- Rainbow and crater
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- Lava glow
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- Morning impression
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- Crater
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- What an awesome National Park
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- Steam
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- Flower impression
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- Flower impression
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- Flower impression
Postcard from Around the World
Wow I got so many Postcards and would love to send them out. Here is the deal:
Support the high-school building in Nicaragua with a donation and you receive a Postcard from around the world
Jumping Dolphins in Kaua’i
The Na Pali coast in Kaua’i, Hawaii was the setting for this day. With a sail boat and great crew we went to check out the Na Pali coast. And there was again great encounter with wildlife. First we saw some whales and then some jumping dolphins, awesome! Well although the cruise was great my not water proofed camera did get a bit to much of salt water and stopped working. Here the last pictures with that camera …
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- Captain Kurt
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- Sailing along the coast in Kaua’i
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- Old sugar mill
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- Na Pali Coast
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- Wow this is a great coast line
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- Sunset with a rainbow, nice!
Açai Bowl
Chris introduced me to this amazing breakfast dish. Original from Brazil it is awesomely delicious, refeshing and healthy. So after I went surfing with Chris at Diamond Head in Honolulu we went to a great breakfast place were they served us the Açai Bowl, maid mainly out of the amazonian fruit Açai. Well here a recipe I found on the web, can’t wait to try it out once I’m back in Germany.
Exploring Maui
What an awesome island is Maui. So many things to do: Snorkeling with turtles, Whale watching, Hiking into lava fields, Road trips, Camping, Stand-Up Paddling, Waterfalls, Delicious food, Sunrises.
On the way you meet always amazing people like Rick & Shelley who took me to an amazing snorkel trip with turtles or David with whom I did a two days road trip to Hana and back. Here some impressions from Maui
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- Rain troops on a flower in Kihei, Maui
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- Raw fish meal: Poke, very delicious
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- Jumping baby whale
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- Jumping mother whale
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- Close up of the whale tail
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- I met Rick, Shelley’s mother, Shelley on Maui and we did a snorkel trip together awesome. Thank you for showing me the turtles
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- Green Sea turtles in action
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- Tree impression
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- On the road to Hana
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- Amazing to watch water on lava rocks
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- Delicious food: Banana bread and pineapple so fresh
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- Me next to a blow hole
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- Welcome to the Aloha State
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- Road trip together with Rick. Thanks mate, this was awesome!
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- Camping in the car
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- Bambus forest
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- River impression
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- Waterfall
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- Sales lady in shop with money from all around the world
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- Yeah mate! This was a great trip!
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- Impression
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- Impression
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- Impression
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- Yeah parking slot where I slept at 10.000 feet
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- Crater on top of Maui
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- Silver cactus
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- There we go! Posing for the picture 🙂
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- Mmmhhh some delicious breakfast after the exercise
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- And some more 🙂
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- Black Sand Beach
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- Very Black and fine sand
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- Hiking in the Lava fields
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- Delicous food
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- Impression on the way to Hana
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- Road to Hana and beyond …
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- Delicious fruit stand
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- One lane bridges on the way to Hana
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- Wine Tour beyond Hana
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- I love those big trees
Snorkeling with turtles
In Maui and on Big Island I got the chance to swim with turtles. Very graceful creatures and very delightful to watch.
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- Some snorkeling impressions
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- A lot of yellow fishes
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- Thumb up for the snorkel ground here on Big Island
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- Can you spot the fish who is trying to hide
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- Yeah I love those yellow fishes
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- Let’s swim with them
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- Snorkeling in Maui with Shelley and Rick
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- Green Sea turtles in action
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- Resting Turtle 1
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- Resting Turtle 2
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- Resting Turtle 3
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- Black Sand Beach Impression
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- Let’s go for a snorkel with the turtles
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- Yeah Turtle in action 🙂
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- Amazing animals the turtles
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- Rob is preparing my first rainbow shaved ice