Surf's Up!!
Yes were still alive! Sorry we haven't updated you all as to what's been up for the last few days.
We drove took two days to drive from Cape Town to tiny Cintsa, where we arrived at our amazing backpackers for the last leg of our trip. What a place. We think we told you to check it out at Cintsa.com and you should. This place is awesome; as good as the website says it is, or better.
We right on the beach and have an amazing view from our "safari tent", which is a big tent with a bed in it. Yesterday we didn't do much after we arrived accept, play in the surf with some boogie boards. But today the surfing began. We decided to take a short lesson this morning. It's been a while for me and Erin is new to "hanging ten" so we thought it would be a good plan. We had a blast! The wind was really blowing today, so the ocean was like a washing machine, but I managed to regain a little of my form from New Zealand and Erin will be a pro by the time we leave. So she can meet one of her goals of the trip. She did great! No sharks though! Maybe tomorrow.
This afternoon the African adventures continued. We decided to take part in the free activity which they offer everyday here. Today it was a "booze cruise". It's not as bad as it sounds. It's basically just a sunset trip on a little boat up the river here, in which they serve you some wine. It started out great, until we noticed a few leaks in the boat. We decided we'd pull over and sit on some rocks and watch the sun set, so that the boat wouldn't fill up with too much water and make it difficult for us to return to camp. Well, when we did get back in the boat it filled up even quicker than before, and before long, myself and two other guys were in the water pushing the boat and attemping to lighten the load, while the ladies kept high and dry, save their feet and eventually their knees. The boat filled right full and we had to drag it to shore and empty it. Everyone walked back except for another guy and I. We stayed on board just in case we had to push again. We made it all the way back, but when we got within 5 metres of shore, the entire outboard motor fell right off the back of the boat and we had to fish it out. Luckily it was only a light 5 horse, but it'll need to be taken apart before the next cruise; and I imagine they'll need to fix the boat as well.
The next two weeks promise to be quite busy for us. We'll need to surf everyday, laze on the secluded beach, rub suntan oil on ourselves, and play beach volleyball. I hope we can handle it. We've heard lots of stories from you about the big snow storm with school closers and all. We're actually a bit jealous. We both love a good snow storm.
Just try to think of how much we miss it as you shovel out the driveway!
We drove took two days to drive from Cape Town to tiny Cintsa, where we arrived at our amazing backpackers for the last leg of our trip. What a place. We think we told you to check it out at Cintsa.com and you should. This place is awesome; as good as the website says it is, or better.
We right on the beach and have an amazing view from our "safari tent", which is a big tent with a bed in it. Yesterday we didn't do much after we arrived accept, play in the surf with some boogie boards. But today the surfing began. We decided to take a short lesson this morning. It's been a while for me and Erin is new to "hanging ten" so we thought it would be a good plan. We had a blast! The wind was really blowing today, so the ocean was like a washing machine, but I managed to regain a little of my form from New Zealand and Erin will be a pro by the time we leave. So she can meet one of her goals of the trip. She did great! No sharks though! Maybe tomorrow.
This afternoon the African adventures continued. We decided to take part in the free activity which they offer everyday here. Today it was a "booze cruise". It's not as bad as it sounds. It's basically just a sunset trip on a little boat up the river here, in which they serve you some wine. It started out great, until we noticed a few leaks in the boat. We decided we'd pull over and sit on some rocks and watch the sun set, so that the boat wouldn't fill up with too much water and make it difficult for us to return to camp. Well, when we did get back in the boat it filled up even quicker than before, and before long, myself and two other guys were in the water pushing the boat and attemping to lighten the load, while the ladies kept high and dry, save their feet and eventually their knees. The boat filled right full and we had to drag it to shore and empty it. Everyone walked back except for another guy and I. We stayed on board just in case we had to push again. We made it all the way back, but when we got within 5 metres of shore, the entire outboard motor fell right off the back of the boat and we had to fish it out. Luckily it was only a light 5 horse, but it'll need to be taken apart before the next cruise; and I imagine they'll need to fix the boat as well.
The next two weeks promise to be quite busy for us. We'll need to surf everyday, laze on the secluded beach, rub suntan oil on ourselves, and play beach volleyball. I hope we can handle it. We've heard lots of stories from you about the big snow storm with school closers and all. We're actually a bit jealous. We both love a good snow storm.
Just try to think of how much we miss it as you shovel out the driveway!
posted by Brian and Erin at 1:20 PM
2 Comments:
Greetings....loved the pictures of the grapes....the vines on Hunter are still sleeping....lots of snow...woke up this morning and saw a car in the orchard across the road...snow up to the tires.....enjoy the weather and the beach....take in a breath of air for me every day...love aunt mary anne
P.S. Ben came this week with the front-end loader and clear our driveway....thought we could shovel but he knew better..
cruel, guys, cruel. i'll have you know al and i enjoyed the snow and icicles today. ;) but..wow. all ive seen are pictures of your trip and thats still all i can say. you might just inspire me to drop school and backpack around the world for the rest of my life! enjoy (i dont even need to say that, do i?) much love, danielle (the cousin variety)
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