La Aurora Hotel Montezuma

... our Spanish with Aquilles, the night guard. We decided to pack it up and move it out the next day, on to Santa Teresa, which is just on the other side of the peninsula. So I got the sunrise in Montezuma checked off my list, not it's off to the sunsets on the western side! Best of both worlds...

Overall Montezuma is a chill, relaxing place. It's very artsy and small but also has a strong surfer community..I can see how one could get stuck ...

Arrived at Montezuma yesterday after a nice trip over on the ferry in the sunshine. Montezuma is a beautiful coastal town on the pacific shore of Costa Rica. It has a really laid back bohemian feel to the place and the students are really enjoying it. We have a hostal right on the beach with rooms looking out onto the pacific. Last night we had a mad hair night and it was good to see the students ...

... in Nederland omdat er veel dollars betaald moeten worden voor transport..door de lucht of over land. Uiteindelijk omt de bevestiging vanuit Holland per mail dat ze kunnen vertrekken. Ik sjees met Hleen nog even snel naar de cabana om wat kleding te halen en wat papieren waarna ze per ambulance vertrekken. Daar staan we dan...
De verwachting is dat ze rond 21.00 uur in een prive hospital in San Jose zullen zijn....we spreken met Jan af ...

Surfed Mai Pais in the morning, again good waves but it was a ***** paddeling out stronger currents then I´m used to. After breakfest we set out to Montezuma for a hike that would lead us to waterfall that had 3 tiers and the 2nd tier allowed for some cliff jumping. Unfortunately on our way up the falls a traveller attempted the cliff jump but landed wrong knocking himself out and drowning himself. The water was too muddy ...

... lobsters, and freshwater prawns all caught by lucas and I that day. So at least my food bill will be low, saving money for the costa rican hospital bill i suppose (no not really). Ok well time to go liming (see appendix togean islands thailand trip) under the water fall. Well Feliz Navidad to all you snow loving folks, see you on the beach (but not in the water not for a few days at least). Photos to follow soon

... was nearby, just off the beach. As we walked up the path to it, we spotted a handful of white-faced monkeys moving through the trees. Soon we realized there were over 25 monkey´s all passing through, jumping from tree to tree, wrestling with eachother, and I got some footage of what should have been private moments between two monkeys as well :) We were a bit sad to leave Montezuma. Its a tiny little village surrounded by jungle, waterfalls, beautiful sandy ...

... by a jellyfish!!! It was so weird because I couldn't see, but I could feel it. I got out and had these red marks all over, but it wasn't too bad.

Another interesting experience I had was seeing a girl and guy here that I had seen more than a week before walking around Puerto Viejo. Puerto Viejo was hours and hours away, over on the Caribbean side. I was so surprised to find we had traveled the same way. This girl was so ...

... b**uehmte Einsiedl**krebs-Rennen von Samara). - Wir koennen uns endlich ein standesgemaesses Mietgefaehrt leisten - ein klapprig** Suzuki Jimmy macht bei den Dorfschoenheiten halt schon we***** Eindruck als ein klimatisi**t** Toyota-Landcruis** mit sattem Soundsystem. Einen einzigen Nachteil hat die Erweit**ung uns**es Grueppleins mit sich gebracht: Statt nur zwei balgen sich jetzt gleich fuenf Surf**-Dudes um die besten Breaks am Strand. Hang loose!

... her presenting an award at the Emmy's, so I guess I believe him. He says that he met her while giving a surf lesson, and they were married 12 days later. Mal Pais is totally different than the other beach town we were in. Although there are quite a few touists, this place still has an 'undiscovered' feel. The one road through the town isn't paved, and to get to the nearest bank we have to take a 40 min bus ride. The place we are staying ...

... knew it, it w*s Christm*s *nd we were sitting *round * decor*ted p*lm tree opening our stockings. We both re*lly *ppreci*ted h*ving Kyle's f*mily to spend Christm*s with. After * gre*t bre*kf*st, everyone he*ded to the be*ch to pl*y in * huge volleyb*ll tourn*ment. Kyle's te*m defe*ted Fr*n's *nd m*de it to the fin*ls, but lost in * very close l*st g*me:( On December 27th, Kyle offici*lly bec*me known *s Moust*che Kyle ...