On The Move Now

After my first 18 days in Peru I have been able to get a good idea of what one very small town on the coast is like. Rising at dawn to surf and kite everyday is not a bad existence! However, Peru has much more to offer than wind and waves. I will definitely be back to get the w´s again. I did learn a good lesson in camping while in Lobitos. Never leave your tent open when the surf camps pet dog has fleas! I thought it would be nice to listen to the waves and have some fresh air during our first nights stay directly on the beach. So I left my tent open, oblivious to the fact that the flying flea circus would be visiting that night. I woke up around 2 AM itching like crazy! At the time I though that I had just been biten by a bunch of misquitos in the night and quickly shut my tent to keep them out. It wasnt until two days later that I put two and two together when a fellow camper mentioned that the flea infested perro liked to snuggle up to unsuspecting campers who left thier tents open. But thats the fun in traveling you see! New experiences. Getting attacked by fleas, and ailments of travlers sickness on 18 hour bus rides are just a few of the fun things that go on! Now its time to have more adventures and check out the rest of this very diverse country. Tonight I am getting Sarah from the airport and we are heading to Arequipa where there are the world´s deepest canyons. From there we will head to Lake Titicaca, possibly the Bolivian salt flats, and then on the Cuzco for Machu Pichu. The pics are of Lobitos and Pacasmayo where I was kiting and surfing. The little car is called a Moto and they are quite fun to see how many people and bags you can manage to fit in them! Record for the trip so far was 5 people (including driver) and 4 surfboards.

More wind and waves!!!

I have not written in the last week because I have been staying in the small beach town of Lobitos. Lobitos consists of about 800 people and seems to be a town that time forgot. There is no internet, the lights sometime go out and as of now the water stopped working. But I love it! I have been staying in a house near the beach where I surf in the morning and kite in the afternoon. I don´t need much more than that in my life! Although I am looking forward to meeting Sarah in Lima and exploring everything else Peru has to offer. Check out my location on the google map link from my first post and you can see how isolated Lobitos is. I will probably stay here until I head to Lima to get Sarah this weekend. I find that it is always nice to take your time and not visit a new place everyday. I know most of the town by now and I am beginning to feel comfortable there. Although more than 3 weeks in Lobitos mights make anyone staying there a little loco! No hay nada in Lobitos! But thats cool because they have the wind and waves of course. Thats what keeps me going to crazy places and lugging my kites and surfboards around the world! The things we do for what we love!

Wind and Waves

Yesterday evening Nick and I made a decision to get out of Lima and head north asap. We cancled our hotel room for the night and bought a bus ticket for Pacasmayo in the north. A 12 hour overnight bus ride later we had arrived at our destination and ready to catch some waves. The bus was definitely nicer than the plane we took to get here. Plenty of leg room, large semi=sleeper seats, dinner, a game of bingo, and an on the road movie were just a few of the perks. Greyhound should take note of Perus luxury bus line. Anyway, today was what I have been waiting for. Nick and I rented boards from our small hostel located near the beach and headed out. Pacamayo is home to one of the longest left hand waves in the world but is by no means a surfing town. Pretty much the only people that surf here are the gringos that come from abroad for a shot at Peruvian perfection. After a nice surf by the beach in front of town it was time for the real reason I initially planned a trip to Peru. Wind. The thermal wind starts picking up around 12 and I couldnt wait. I headed further down the beach and rigged my kite. I was in front of arguably the best kitesurfing point break in the world and I had the entire 3 mile break to myself. This is kitsurfing heaven. After riding until my legs were numb and my torso torn I headed in. I was joined by about 4 other windsurfers during the time I was on the waves. I have been talking to one of them that is staying in our hostal and tmrw we are going to Chicama to surf. Chicama is said to be the longest wave in the world, and its supposed to be BIG. My body is shot todays watersport extraveganza and from over 18 hours of traveling the last two days. However, I will be getting up at 630 tmrw morning to go see and feel what Chicama, the longest wave in the world, is all about. As long as the conditions remain good we will stay and enjoy the incredible combination of Peruvian wind and waves.Check out the link to see me on Google Maps.

Heading North

Nick and I arrived in Lima safely last night at 10pm local time. The flight was not too bad, but it was a huge relief to be in Peru! Last night we had our first Peruvian meal consisting of a hamburger and a chicken sandwich. Im sure we will explore our taste buds a bit more in the coming weeks with cuy (geunie pig) and fermented corn beer. Tonight we will stay in a suburn of Lima by the beach and hopefully head north tmrw for some big waves in Chicama. Check out the link on my first Peru post to see where we are on a google map. Click the satelite view to see it in Google Earth mode. Hopefully I will have caught my first wave the next time that I write!

Peru!!!

Heading out early tmrw morning. I have known about this trip for 3 months and I am still up at midnight the night before doing last minute things for my trip! My friend Nick from Atlanta called me the other day and was asking a lot of questions about the trip.Long story short, Nick is on my flight tmrw and is going to be surfing and kiting with me for the first part of the trip.Its going to be great to have an old friend join the adventure! I am also going to have a GPS tracking device that will show where I am at on a Google Map. The link can be found at http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0TtPAWDKTcK5Lz0gfLDYfgxOiXozuAVJF

Got to do some packing and last minute details. The next time I write it will be from the southern hemisphere in Peru!!!!