I posted yesterday a list of things you should / could bring with you while travelling in Costa Rica and surfing with Zopilote. One gadget I shortly presented was the Palm LiveDrive, a very useful tool I love on travel. Why?

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Here a list of things we recommend to bring with you while visiting the Zopilote surf camp:

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The Green Sea Turtle is a large sea turtle wich grows to 1-1.5 m in length and can weigh 200 kg. Green Sea Turtles can be found throughout tropical, subtropical and some warmer temperate waters. Females lay their eggs on traditional nesting beaches, but otherwise this species is entirely marine.

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We reported once about surfer friendly colleges in Florida, now we tell you about surf as an academic field of sociology: Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts sends out Alexandra Cheney from Santa Monica (California) to study surf culture world wide.

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If you’re in California, you could try to win (among other prices) a Donavon Frankenreiter signed guitar. It’s a charity event in Malibu with live music by West Indian Girl and Shane Blue, a surf photo exhibition and a screening of surf movies “Destination Point” and “Islands in the Stream”.

If you’re not in California and like Donavon Frankenreiter, listen to his newest album “Move by yourself” at Amazon.de or Amazon.com.

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Ha! Who said you can’t be as good as pros? A construction worker from Hawaii, Venton Siliado of ‘Ewa Beach, won a longboard competition, defeating Ned Snow. Two months ago, Snow placed second in the “official” World Longboarding Championship at Costa Rica.

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This surf guide takes you around the world to 80 places. The book compromises “the very best breaks on the planet, as selected by many of the top surfers, dissected and explained with the aid of clever graphics and spectacular photography”.

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Did you ever see your boss surfing? No? Employees of big drug industry companies like Pfizer had this possibility this weekend: their top executives gathered on a La Jolla (San Diego Area, USA) beach for a charity event.

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In an earlier post we reported about potential health risks when travelling Central America. Today, we put together a list of things you should bring with you to minimize those health risks. This is a list which is valid for all Central America. If you want to visit other places than the Nicoya peninsula, it is worth to consider them:

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If you’re travelling it is always wise to check the local health conditions - what to bring with you, what to care about and what to do in a case of emergency. We put together the most important health information for your Costa Rica travel. Today: the potential health risks.

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