Holidays Continued

A few interesting things have happened over the week... I’ve been in contact with Carolien as she traveled the South Pacific on her most recent adventure. She has been crashing at my place for the past few days. It’s been cool to hang out with her again in country #4 (the others were Chile, Argentina and Holland).

Surfing with Krista

My brother and I have been going to the beach a lot to body surf. Growing up in the Eastern US and vacationing in the Atlantic/Caribbean, you don’t get real waves like you do out here. We can go out in chest deep water and catch a wave for 20 yards by just paddling as it approaches and then stretching out. Sometimes you get tumbled over the top of the wave if you don’t catch it exactly right which can be scary if you don’t get a full breath. Then you come up for air and another wave is slamming down on top of you. But once you’re used to the wave periods and intensity, you can figure out the best place to catch them. It’s almost as fun as surfing, but 1000 times easier.

Other than that, I have been seeing Krista pretty regularly over the past few weeks. The way I looked at it, we have nothing to lose. The chances of us staying together after I leave are pretty slim, but it’s still worth the effort. It took some convincing on my part to give this a shot, but I think she feels the same way I do. Besides, she’s a cool chick and it’s nice to have someone around that knows how to surf.