Pura Vida

What a great tiny town is Montezuma on the Peninsula of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Here I spent 5 weeks to enjoy the “Pura Vida” (Pure life, slogan used from Costa Rician people to express their laid back lifestyle).
With so many things to enjoy and do this was a great treat for body and soul: Surfing, learning spanish, beaches, waterfall hike, Poi show on Thursday night, Cinema at 7:30pm, delicious food in the restaurants, Saturday market in the central park, zip lining, running on the beach, great conversations with fellow travelers, relaxing with the sounds of waves. Here some more impressions from the paradise like town:
- Bookstore in Montezuma
- Main road
- Great talks with Nicolette
- Thumb up
- Wow what is this animal? A flying giraffe?
- Monkey chilling in a Mango tree
- Sushi night
- Saturday morning market in central park
- Beach impression
- Street impression
- Montezuma beach
- Movie night at the restaurant
- Anna creates a smile for Poi Night
- Wow how awesome is that
- Thursday night Poi show at the main intersection in town
- Kelly in her fire poi performance
- turtle hatching in Montezuma
- BBQ Tico style
- Spend at least two hours per day with physical, mental, spiritual or social activities (here with the awesome Thompson family)
- Dinner time
- Montezuma Waterfalls
- time to do some waxing before we ride the waves
- Yeah thumb up for the great surfing at Playa Grande
- Enjoying a great smoothie with Kat
- Mmmhhh my favorite drink here in the restaurants
- Montezuma Pura Vida
- Dinner time next to the ocean
- Soccer match in Montezuma
- City of Montezuma, Costa Rica
- Pura Vida
- Julia writes down a recipe for the smoothie man
- Pura Vida on the beach
- Sunrise
- Sunrise Montezuma
- Smoothies after surfing with Petra, Marc and Lauren
- Dinner at “home” with Hope, Marc, Lauren and Amanda
- Blue is preparing the BBQ on the beach
- Delicious BBQ on the beach
- BBQ on the beach
- Delicious sunday breakfast
- Swimming under a waterfall
- Center of Education in Montezuma
- Yoga pose with Nicole in my favourite italian restaurant in Montezuma
- Surfing with Paul, Marc and Petra and our surf instructor Pablo
- Pura Vida with Kat, Nico, Lauren
- Yeah thank you for visiting me in Montezuma Janett and Jörg
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
- Rain troops on a flower in Kihei, Maui
- Raw fish meal: Poke, very delicious
- Jumping baby whale
- Jumping mother whale
- Close up of the whale tail
- I met Rick, Shelley’s mother, Shelley on Maui and we did a snorkel trip together awesome. Thank you for showing me the turtles
- Green Sea turtles in action
- Tree impression
- On the road to Hana
- Amazing to watch water on lava rocks
- Delicious food: Banana bread and pineapple so fresh
- Me next to a blow hole
- Welcome to the Aloha State
- Road trip together with Rick. Thanks mate, this was awesome!
- Camping in the car
- Bambus forest
- River impression
- Waterfall
- Sales lady in shop with money from all around the world
- Yeah mate! This was a great trip!
- Impression
- Impression
- Impression
- Yeah parking slot where I slept at 10.000 feet
- Crater on top of Maui
- Silver cactus
- There we go! Posing for the picture 🙂
- Mmmhhh some delicious breakfast after the exercise
- And some more 🙂
- Black Sand Beach
- Very Black and fine sand
- Hiking in the Lava fields
- Delicous food
- Impression on the way to Hana
- Road to Hana and beyond …
- Delicious fruit stand
- One lane bridges on the way to Hana
- Wine Tour beyond Hana
- I love those big trees