Playa Copal, Costa Rica
Trip Start
Oct 06, 2006
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Trip End
Sep 14, 2008
Playa Copal,
Costa Rica
Saturday, December 22, 2007
After crossing the border from Nicaragua to Costa Rica I headed straight to La Cruz, the first small town about 20 minutes south of the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border. La Cruz lies on top of the hillside that leads down to a huge bay on the Pacific Coast, called BAHIA SALINAS. It's a bay that no ordinary tourist puts on a list of places to see but the truth is, it's one of the most beautiful places I have been to, natural and untouched by mass tourism. I chose to go to this place because it's considered one of the windiest places in Costa Rica from November until May and yeah ... the statistics were right! It blew from the day I got there to the day I left and probably it is still blowing strong today. For those of you who are new to this blog and are wondering what I'm talking about here's a little confession ...
My name is Philipp, I'm an addict, I'm a kiteboarder and I live for the wind and water!
In Bahia Salinas I found a natural wild beach, fairly warm water, great conditions for kiteboarding, and most importantly awesome people! I met great people from all over the world from Europe, the USA, from Central and South America and we all shared the same passion - kiteboarding! I met a great couple from New York, Alina and Gene, who are good friends now, shared a house with them right on the beach and traveled part of Costa Rica with them because they offered to give me a ride in their rental car. Thanks again for being so fun! I shared a great time with you two! Nikola from Kiteboarding 2000 and Bob from Cometa Copal who both run kiteboarding schools in Playa Copal are both great guys as well. I have to especially thank Bob for giving me the opportunity to instruct kiteboarding in Bahia Salinas, something I always wanted to do and thoroughly enjoyed! I had a great time there and be assured that I will return some day! It was fun making my "office" be the beach so to speak! Also, I'd like to say thanks to Rupi and Dani from Germany and Canada respectively, they are awesome people and a truly inspiring couple that is living life to nature's rhythm. We shared a lot of time together on the beach and on the water and I hope our paths cross again very soon!
