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14th Feb - Day 1
Amy Patrick, Lisa Andersen, Mike
Prickett, Megan Abubo and me.
We arrived last night after probably
the longest flight I've ever done!!!
Josh (local) meet us at the airport and
unlucky for me, no bags!!!
They were still sitting in Frankfurt
airport!! It was okay though, Amee had 3
brand spanking Al Merricks for me. So,
my board bag would be arriving tomorrow
and they were still tracking down my
clothes bag. We left the airport and
headed for the hotel.
Holly Dust Bowl Batman!!!! Not a tree
insight. The island was a bit dried out.
It was kinda like a desert.
So we arrived at our hotel and after
about half an hour we were checked in.
We put our bags in our rooms and headed
to the restaurant for apps and drinks.
(It had been a long day). I passed up a
good beer as I had a bit of an itch in
my throat. We ate beautiful fish and
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Day 2 - 15th Feb
The boat was still quite far away so
Josh picked us up from the hotel and
drove us around to look for waves. The
morning was passing and I was feeling
worse and worse! (Dizziness and cough
attacks setting in). We pulled up to a
little spot along the way and found VK,
Sofi, Horny and Nick hanging out by a
surf break that wasn't quite doing it.
Hugs and kisses went round and we set
off for another surf spot. We found a
tiny wave that looked good enough so we
suited up and headed out. (I was hoping
the surf might clear my head up…..it
didn't happen) everyone caught some fun
waves; it was just good to be with all
the girls surfing.
The water was unexpectedly cold so we
weren't out there for long. On the way
Josh took us to a wharf by this
beautiful beach that had crystal blue
water and locals pulling in fish. It was
pretty crazy. There was a lot going on.
Guys cutting up fish on the deck, while
other guys were throwing more up to
them. It was cool to watch, but the
smell got the better of us. I went back
to the hotel to rest, to try and kick
off my sickness. I popped some pills and
went to bed at about 2:00pm. Meanwhile
the others were having lunch and
organising the boat. They came later to
check up on me. I was a bit out of it
but they seemed a little buzzed.
Day 3 - 16th Feb
Maggie moved into Amy and Lisa's room
that night as I was in quarantine. Yeah
baby!!!
I woke feeling much better, just a cough
lurching. I went to find the girls to
have breaky and they were a little
hung!! Yes they had partied without me!
They went to some bar in town called the
Pirate Bar, (sounds classy huh). Booty
was shaken and a good time was had. (I
wish I could have been there). After
breaky we rounded every one up to go to
the airport so we could fly to the boat.
We were pretty keen to get out of dust
bowl Ville! We had a slight delay we
couldn't find Horny and VK. A mad
scramble into town to look for them. We
found them at the internet place and
jammed to the airport to catch our
charter plane to the island that the
boat was anchored. SMACK airways all
over again! The plane was almost
identical to the planes you catch in
Indo except the pilots weren't smoking
gudangs. Surprisingly it wasn't too
scary. We landed safely after about 50
mins. Waiting for us on the other side
was the one and only GRUBBY!! Best chef
and cool cat Mick! He had 2 cars lined
up with a class board straps. Not!!
Totally!! Exciting ride to the boat. The
boards diced with death on 2 occasions.
The first was Gary Elkerton "never
surrender" model was thrown from
the blessed transport. A passing by
schoolteacher ran that board into two
pieces. Very sad but funny at the same
time. We finally reached the boat after
an extended 2-½ hour drive!!!
17th Feb - Day four
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Got some waves at a mooring point 1km
from the boat. 3ft peak. Left and right.
Went to the fish markets and the general
street market. People screaming as they
carved cow meat. Drove this afternoon
towards another wave. Found no waves but
a really calm mooring position miles
from anywhere.
18th Feb - Day five
Headed towards original spot. Got back
they're to surf 4ft right barrelling on
the inside. Couple of nice waves! Surfed
the arvo also and had some nice waves. |
We shifted spots about 1-¼ hours away
in hope of finding a better wave. No
such luck!! Beer-a-clock! We anchored
for the night. Bootie was shaken!!!
19th Feb - Day six
Eggs for breaky as we headed back to
original spot (EGGIE). On the way we
found another right-hander. Kinda windy
but we gave it a burl anyway. Pretty
funny session!! A couple of lobsters
were spotted; Lisa spotted the biggest
one, closely followed by VK. Sofi and
myself. It was a bit of burger wave but
a fun session. Had an evening sess at
original spot and then decided tomorrow
we would go for a drive about 10 hours
away to some beaches with beautiful
water.
20th Feb - Day seven
Sofi, Nick and I had a quick surf in the
morning and then we started motoring to
our new destination. I fell asleep in
the sun and woke up a little bronzed!!
About 6 hours on we pulled up for the
night.
21st Feb - Day eight
Did absolutely nothing all day. We had
to wait for the new Indo crew to arrive
so we stayed anchored at the same place.
Bronzed, watched DVDs and got harassed
by the immigration officers. Captain
realised Sofi and my visas were only for
7 days so they had to be renewed,
(woops). Basically a Lay Day!!
22nd Feb - Day 9
2 choices.
No 1. Motor to an Island to try and surf
for a day and then fly out from that
island.
No 2. Motor 24 hours back to the
mainland in hope of scoring a small
swell that was on its way! We all
decided if there was any chance of
getting waves we should head towards the
swell.
Bring out the 1 Pods. Bring on the DVDs!
A pretty rocky ride. But it was all part
of the Crossing experience. Jock (Capt)
jumped off the boat half way through the
journey to see if he could score some
fish. No such luck! VK almost caught a
fish, which was pretty exciting; it was
the bite of the trip. She was reeling it
and about 4ft from the boat is got away.
We were devastated!!! |
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It just wasn't right!!! Honestly!! Okay
starting to tweak out…… a bit of an
afternoon nap in need! Woke in the arvo,
still 'a' rockin! We ate some more and
then introduced the boys to Sex In The
City. Pretty funny they are quite in
awe! Jock and I brought out the
Backgammon board and we started playing
our 1st of three games, acey doocey. Oh,
it's on!! Beginners luck! Just piped him
by one man. Well an exhausting day not!!
Retired to bed with hope of waking to
surf waves.
23rd Feb - Day 10
Windy, windy, windy! Early morning glass
off! Hahaha Yeah right!!! There was a
local contest being held at the surf
break we wanted to surf at so we headed
to the spot that we surfed the very
first day we arrived. Brrrrrrr!!!!!
Wetsuits on and into the tinny. Anything
was worth a try at this point. The sun
came out and as the day went on we were
all giggling and having fun. The waves
may not have been epic but when you're
in the company of these people it's
impossible not to have fun! Lisa
cracking one-liners left, right and
centre, everyone just laughing at each
other as soon as someone opens their
mouth. On the way into the boat for
lunch break, Jocko attempted to tow me
into a set wave, but it was just a bit
fat and couldn't quite get onto it.
Second sess! A couple of bigger sets
coming through, taking off on closeout
sets just for laughs. Jock towed me into
a set wave. Yippee my first ever
tow-in!!! (Even though it was with the
tinny). Well we didn't score but it was
good to get in the water and have a
laugh. Headed back around the corner to
drop the anchor for the night. The wave
where the camp was at looked good and
had apparently been fun all day so we
planned to surf there first thing
tomorrow.
Day 11 - 24th Feb
Windier than yesterday! I almost wish I
were a windsurfer (Yeah right)!! The
spot didn't quite look the same as it
did yesterday but it was breaking (just)
he he. I love the tinny rides over to
the surf break. Everyone joking around
stomach muscles sore from laughing so
much!
Oh Golly, his session was all time ha ha
BORG. Onshore 2ft breaking about 2
metres from rocks, 10 mins later back to
the boat!!! It was so good that as we
got out about 5 windsurfers went out. He
he you just have to laugh about it
reeaaallly. Went to check yesterday's
spot. Not breaking. Jock new of a spot a
little way along so we headed for it.
Acey Doocey, game number 2! Doh! Even
Steven, 1 game each. The final champion
would be decided at a later date.
We were starting to tweak out a little.
We even tried lying out but we were
scared of catching a cold! Sofi and I
were contemplating on trying to surf the
left we pulled up to. Jock took us over
to check it and it was pretty similar to
the right that we had just surfed. We
though Maybe later!! Pretty much for the
next 2 or 3 hours we all sat around the
wheel house laughing at each other
loosing our minds, staring into space
then laughing about it (no we weren't
stoned) Sofi and I couldn't take it any
longer. We suited up and started making
our way over to the left. If anything we
would get some exercise from the 10min
paddle. SCORE!!!!!!
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At first we weren't that excited. The
wave was a bit bumpy and you could only
really do one turn before kicking out
over dry rocks. About 15mins on the
swell picked up and it started breaking
further out. There were some decent 4 ft
waves coming through. For the next 3
hours Sofi and I caught wave after wave
hooting each other on, we couldn't
believe how good it got! Sofi caught
probably the biggest wave of the trip. I
got a sneaky barrel and the best thing
was we never expected to even do a turn
at all! That's what is insane about
these trips, you can paddle out at a
wave not knowing what to expect and end
up having a surf that you'll never
forget. We decided to call this break
"Potential". On the right
direction with no wind (if that's
possible) it could be a sick little
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Day 12 - Feb 25th
Mickos awesome poached eggs for breaky
(I don't think I will be able to eat
poached eggs for a while after this
trip). No waves, too small, too windy.
Yucky overcast weather. Our first cloudy
day so far! We packed our bags and
headed for land to look around and ummmm
yeah sit at restaurants on the beach and
drink lemonade mmmmmm. We hired one car
that all the girls piled into and Jock
was our driver.
Our first tourist attraction was a big
black bleeeeeeeeppp!!!. Next stop shell
service station for bubble gum, Red
Bulls, chocolate and real bottled water.
Major sugar buzz!! VK was on fire! Lisa
was almost wetting her pants from the
calls VK was making. It was pretty
hilarious, definitely a road trip to
remember. We ate lunch at a restaurant
by a pretty beach in the middle of town.
We moved onto a cool little restaurant
that was half surrounded by the ocean.
Everyone was relaxed just talking. Back
to the boat to wash off the dirt from
town (literally wash off the dirt) and
get ready to go to the airport. Sitting
in the kitchen Sofi and I once again
were tweaking out came up with a song
about our trip. I was playing acoustic
guitar and we were both on vocals. The
lyrics to this song are confidential of
course. "Lets just say you had to
be there!!"
I think that sums up our trip!!!
Boat trip Quotes
- Oh, its on!!!!
- Mole - Moley, Moley, Moley
- Where's your head at?
- It's soooo windy
- Brrrrrrrrrr
- Tweaking
- It's just not right!
- Ooooh reaaaally!
- Poached eggs?
- Constipated
- "We're on the road to
nowhere!"
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