After the whales we stayed for a while on the beach and we both tried surfing. Tried being the important word.
Having never even touched a surf board before I didn´t really know what to expect but I guessed it would involve a lot of time in the sea - and it did! We got some instruction on land and I realised that jumping up and landing on your feet in the right place on the surfboard, at speed and on the water was going to be much harder than it looks.
The instructions became much clearer once we were on the water and had an example and then we were trying it ourselves. It was great fun but standing up is a difficult and rare occurance! Even when you are standing you need a lot of balance and concentration and I was always more surprised that I wasn´t in the water. I managed to stand up a couple of times and get to the beach - but most of the time we definetely spent in the water and swallowing it.
It was really tiring as we were spending most of our time hoisting ourselves onto the boards and then jumping up using mostly the power in our arms. An hour was more than enough!
There are some pictures that will be posted up soon. We´re now facing a long coach ride down to Lima - plenty of time to catch up on some reading...
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