A 10 km stretch of surfing beach interrupted every km or so with rock out-crops into the surf, stretching from Hermosa beach in the north, through central Santa Teresa, to old Mal Pais in the south. Great for long distance hikes, runners and of course surfing. Surfers from around the globe....Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Chile, Canada, USA,... the strand and main road are lined with surfer shops, surfer accommodations, quad & motorbike rental shops, cafes, restaurants, beach bars, Apart from surfing the other big cultural theme is non-traditional spiritualism...yoga (all forms and teachers), Mayan spirit shamans and Ayahuasa sessions -the latter two bits are too scary for me. Casa Zen, the place I'm staying at, is pretty well core stream for Santa Teresa. Life is very nice here if a bit extreme on the lazy side… 6:00am
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