Last weekend we finally moved into our new house just right at the beautiful beach of Playa Hermosa close to Santa Teresa. In fact, there are two houses, giving us not only more space and beds, but also more privacy.

Ivy and Lucy, our dogs, really like the place - they are just a coconut throw away from the beach. This is perfect, as we can go night swimming and surfing as we like. We will publish more pictures in the next days and weeks from the our new place - it feels like we say it: pura vida!

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We asked Amelie, one of our recent guests, about her stay with us…

Zopilote: What do you think about the camp?
Amelie: Beautiful location, awesome view, deliciosus 5 star food, super clean rooms and “pura vida” people !

Zopilote: What’s the coolest thing about surfin ?
Amelie: Once you’ve tried it you’ve longing for more waves.

Zopilote: Something personal you wanna add ?
Amelie: Full time “pura vida” with you guys. I hope your vibes will go around the world and your camp will stay successful.
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Though a silent video, it’s worth to get an idea of surfing in California.

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Last week I found a travel report about two North Americans traveling to Santa Teresa. I thought that my be interesting for you, and also their housing in our small town: on a camp ground. This may be definitely the cheapest way to pass vacation in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, I’m sure there will not forget the thunderstorm in their tent.

You can read the complete story of Sarah and Garry here.

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Wah-Leeta from Fairview, Oklahoma, is a strong lady: she started her surfing career at the age of 78. Not bad! We had the privilege to instruct Wah-Leeta during her first tries on the board here at the Camp in Costa Rica. And we asked her about her interests, her life, and what does surf mean to her, …

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Costa Rica is great, not only for surfers. And we receive mails from our guests how incredible the trip to Costa Rica was. And we read stories, telling the same. As we believe that every travel will give you something back, someones think it’s Costa Rica who changed their lives. Here some stories:

• What’s so great about Costa Rica?
• School trip as life-changer
• Facing fears at jungle zip

We’re open to hear your story about travel, surf and Costa Rica. What do you think?

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March 2007, Zopilote Surf Camp

What do you think about the zopilote camp?
It’s everything we expected and loads more, such a chilled out place with a really friendly vibe!

What’s the coolest thing about surfing?
Catching your first green wave and also being able to leave here and say to people “YEAH I CAN SURF”.

What did you enjoy the most?
The company was ace. All the guys here are really sound genuine people.

Something personal you wanna add?
Thanks for everything guys (except Levin because he is a bufty) just kidding! Great people, great surf, great food and great fun! Cheers guys
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As Zopilote heads for its second spring, the weather could not be more beautiful than right now. Long, sunny days, perfect swell and a great bunch of guys in the camp.

In the time to come, we will present you some of our guests, their ideas, their surf, their adventures. Crazy like us, they love Costa Rica and the camp. Hope we’ll see you soon!
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Hey, nice surf by Stacy Ross:

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