surfing safari

I just returned from Jeffrey's Bay, home of world-class winter-time waves. While there, I took a week-long surfing course with another volunteer. We started lessons on the beach with little two-foot high waves (that usually turned into white-wash by the time we tried them) and perfected standing on them. By the end of the week, we had graduated to real surf boards, big waves and paddling out. When I actually caught a wave and stood (rarely, but what can I expect from only surfing for a week?) it was amazing. So fast! I got caught underneath a few huge waves and it was almost enough for me to forget how cool surfing is. To the left is me with my 'real' board and our first instructor, Andrew.

View from our backpackers.