Nutters in Biarritz
Yep that guy got rescued and then resuscitated just minutes after we had been rolling around in the water at that spot (too dangerous to swim). Massive surf in a small cove with waves breaking in all directions...
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This is Peniche, Supertubos through a crazy filter And now i'm back..from outer space.. I've got that stupid song stuck in my head from last night out in Brick Lane with some of Ellie's mates, they just kept singing it over and over. You also know when you're back in London when you're cycling down the street and people feel they can shout out to you about not having lights on your bike - two old ladies at a crossing 'We could hardly see you without lights, mate!'. I know, there is no need to tell me - just get over it. So...made it back in one piece from Maroc, and then from Spain where Sevilla was amazing, lost my shoes in Tarifa, lost my towel and a pair of boxer shorts in Fes, and then spent about 10 days lazing around on various beaches of Portugal and France! Was pretty good. Kept a little bit of a journal for a while in Maroc when I was on my own but satopped that in France, so will try and post a few comments from that up as well. Also have put some ...
Tarifa - Cadiz - Seville - Lisbon - Peniche
Dear mum, it has been a long time since I last wrote, and I know how you have all been missing it (all three of you that actualy read this crappy page), so here goes... I am now in Portugal and have met up with a mae from EBOP and we are travelling up the coast from Lisbon in a rental car loking for gnarly tubes to ride. I mostly watch because it has been to big for us learners, but it is still fun all the same. We have found some reallt nice beaches, and they are mostly deserted or have only a few people on them as it is past the main tourist season - definitely the best time to come over to Portugal. I have taken heaps of photos but the little Flickr badge that you normally click on to go and see tem has disappeared...even this is too complicated for me. Little known facts: - 1L of Wine can be bought for 50 Euro cents from the supermarket and it actually tastes ok - travelling on your own is great as you can do whatever the hell you want, whenever the hell you want to do it - unless ...
Dear Mum and Dad, I am getting rather fond of these letters home, as you know it is good for the soull, and peace of mind to write away your thoughts. I am currently in Casablanca at the moment, where absolutely no scene of Bogart's film of the same name was shot here. Disappointing. In actual fact, unless you are wanting to visit the Ministry for Exploitation (it does exist, but i'm sure it has some alternative meaning) and conduct your bisiness in expoiting the wealth of natural resources, labour that is on offer here in Mazroc, there is not much to see. Yesterday, i let one of these government sponsored guides from the Tourism Syndicate Initiative office take me around the old medina, the Hassan II mosque (the world's 2nd or 3rd largest depending on who you talk to and what you read) which is built on the edge of the Atlantic to fulfil what it says in the Koran, the museum which housed....absolutely nothing apart from some very ornate tiling (i would definitely hire a Mo...
Maroc impressions
Dear mum, I had my first, second and last cigarettes yesterday. I don't know what the fuss is all about. In a moment of weakness it was all over. I thought I looked cool hanging around the pizza shop in Essaouira Morocco for a while though... For a change its been quite cool at the coast, its been 45 degrees plus inland in Marrakech which for those of you that dont know is incredibly hot. The sweat just doesn't stop. In the desert, on the edge of the Sahara, the sweat evaporated straight after it came out giving my skin a very weird feeling. When it is that hot you cant do anything. So I had to leave Marrakech and Hotel Ali with its all you can eat bufet for breakfast and dinner for 100dh or 10 euros. Who says you need a job when you can live like a king in another country? The cheapest room I have had is 40dh which was a rooftop terace overlooking Djema el Fna the main square in Marrakech. The room I have now is 10dh but has the best viez in town overlooking King Phillip II of...