Surf's up!

This week a few of the UK doctors left to go back home after spending up to 8 months out here working at the same hospital as Em and Izzy.  Chrissy was trying to find a home for her surfboard and Iz was interested so we went round there to have a look-see.

We've started to realise that although our house is amazing, it isn't quite up to the same level as a lot of the other housing around here.  Chrissy's house was a 3 level affair with an enourmous living area on the top floor the size of the entire top floor of our house.  They even had a swimming pool!!  Any-hoo, after much ogling of their place and a cuppa later, we went back down to the garage and bought the board.  It is a mal (7'6" epoxy board) with a rather fetching pink frangipan design which Iz fell in love with.  

Went out on Wednesday to buy a wetsuit for Iz, and for me to have a look at the boards and see if I want to get one.  Half an hour of Iz trying on wetsuits gave me ample time to decide to buy both a suit and board, basically the men's version of Izzy's (blue stripes instead of flowers!!).  Spent a good three hours in the water on Weds, leaving only when it started going dark and I realised I had to get food ready before Em went to work that night.  Managed to kneel up and half stand in between being thrown off the board, sharing waves with fish and Iz being licked to death by a passing dog when she got washed up to shore on a really big wave.

Plan to go do more this week - will see if I can get Em to come along and take some piccies to show you all.  (Yes I suddenly realised today when Dad said it had been a month or so since the last blog that I've not added anything since Tasmania!)