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Santa Cruz is a place that attracts a great number of tourists and visitors. The biggest attraction of the town is undoubtedly its great surf beaches. On Sunday, Birthe, Carsten and I counted more than 250 people surfing on the waves. The conditions were apparently perfect because the waves were rolling perpendicular to the shore. We also saw people playing drums and playing with hula-hoop rings. What a great atmosphere!

For the three of us the greatest attractions were all the winged creatures from the thousands of monarch butterflies to  pelicans and hummingbirds. We probably saw close to 100 hummingbirds in the arboretum. On the hills behind Santa Cruz there are impressive forests with redwood. Because everything was forested in the area some 100 years ago the trees haven’t reached their full size yet although some of them are already reaching 70-80 m above the ground.