South Africa

Haha ok so here is the jest of how last night went. I am learning another great recipe from Dr. Pete the Aussie who knows jus about everything in the world because he has traveled for like two years alone. so anyways i am stirring the pot of veggies and got to watch some TV while the cook and i am sitting on the couch and some one shouts "your jacket" and i look at them thinking do u like it or something haha and then it burst into flames up the side and i start running around and flailing like a crack head. Long story short i stomped it out and now have a pretty funny story minus i nice jacket ha-ha. Just life on the road with Fairman... other than that everything is good over here. I am trying to plan a trip to a safari so you all can see the big 5.

this is the hostel coming into town
pretty hillside in jbay the local hangout, bar and Mexican restaurant the billabong s.a. headquarters is the backbone of this community. The company has pumped alot of money into the town and schools. the j bay surf museum. local school children during recess

so i got a cooking lesson a couple of nights ago from one of the aussies cooked some real good pasta with mince(hamburger meat) then last night back to the basics with baked beans on toast. If anyone wants to send me cheap and easy recipes i would love it. It stinks watching everyone around here cook like champs and i am eating ramen noodles fro dinner and lunch ha-ha. Not much going on today. Tomorrow after my surf i plan to head into town and give u all a picture tour of the town. Might head out in a few weeks to other parts of s.a., one of the airlines here has a special of 40 dollars for a flight anywhere in the country. Stoked!! Miss you all , Nick

Finally found out what to do in town besides surf. Last night some of the Israeli guys staying here brought me to island vibes, a backpacker hangout popular with the stinky Europeans. Had fun but stayed out to late especially for the projected 6 am wakeup call this morning. The surf was super fun this morning right at day break and I surfed for about 3 hours. Got my first barrel of the trip. Probably doesn’t mean that much to most of you. After the surf met some real cool people from Cape Town that are staying at the surf packers hostel. They offered a room to me within the next month if I wanted to go to Cape Town and they live right by the beach so that might be an option maybe a couple weeks down the road. I also traveled about 45 minutes down the coast with a surfer mag. photographer that was sent here to do a portrait of the area for a surf book. Real informative guy. we went to seal point to check the waves looked real good but no one out and is known top be one of the sharkiest places is s.a. so I decided to not go out. I know that just stoked my mom. I think i am starting to fight a sinus infection so i might sleep the rest of the day because i feel like crap. Town and surf is very crowded today because of a national holiday Women’s Day. What is that all about?! Haha just kidding, it is a new holiday to celebrate the hard working women in this country. Just another excuse to not do any work. Included some photos of last night and today. All around j bay except for the last one at seal point. From now on i might just put all my photos in my photo library on this sight so check that out. Well hope everyone is doing well and i know most are starting school again or getting ready top. IM SORRY that sucks i bet you you would rather be looking over the ocean and having all the time in the world to do just about nothing . Enjoy every bit of life no matter what conditions it brings. Adios nick

Just got done with a surf at the bay. As you can see I have suffered my first wound of possibly many of this trip. J-bay breaks over shallow reef and this is the result of falling over shallow reef ha-ha and South Africa is not a place you want to be bleeding in the ocean, might have pushed it a little though because the waves were real fun. So I guess my mommy skills will have to come out to doctor myself up. The surf was fun and it was a nice day. A little over cast and about 60 degrees. Swell projected for tomorrow is 8-10ft but we will see if that happens. I also posted a pick of the view I have from where I am sitting right now. That is the Indian ocean with sand dunes in the background where you can go sand boarding (snowboarding down dunes) pretty sleepy day as rain is expected might make myself a sandwich and watch a movie. Hope all is well. Nick

p.s. Kate you should see the wildlife here its crazy there is lions and rhinos and the odd baboon running down the streets every now and then like a dog or something. You would love it ha-ha oh and uncle ken I ate the worst pretzel in Germany especially compared to the elephant steaks they have here. Which reminds me there is talk of the hostel taking us on a poaching expedition soon, really get in touch with the wild animals ha-ha