Sunsets. Such amazing sunsets. I am not a religious person, but walking along the beach as the sun sets here you can't help thinking you are as close to what ever god is as you can be. I almost feel like I am in some surreal non-reality. Like I am in the Trueman show where someone created this beach-bubble and dropped me in it. I can hear the control room going "queue the sunset people" as the sky starts turning into an amazing display of colours. It all happens very quickly and it is a bit of an eerie feeling with the mist rising from the ocean as dark moves in. Surfers are trying to catch that last wave before the darkness envelopes them and when the last rays of daylight just about disappear over the horizon they come out of the water like crabs heading for their nighttime shelter in the sand. Words nor pictures really do it justice, you just have to come and see it for yourself!After a day of rest from paddling I thought today was going to be a breeze. Not so much... the waves where only a couple of seconds apart and I had to use every single ounce of energy and will power to get through the break. The turtle was certainly put to the test today! Once through the impact point however there was some beauties to be had and I was on form! Alvaro now thinks I need a smaller board and we are planning the making of Juanita's brother, Juan. As he is the younger one he will be shorter, and will have a pointier nose, and will be about a zillion times harder to paddle..... good news given I barely made it out today on Juanita...
As I am writing this another sunset is starting to take shape over the ocean and I feel the beach and a cold Imperial Light (my preferred beer here) calling my name....
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