Longboarding in the sun with dolphins
Two straight days of sunshine in Lima after five straight months of fog.
Two straight days of sunshine in Lima after five straight months of fog.
There was a big turnout last Saturday at a break in Chilca for a bodyboard competition billed as part of one global circuit or another.
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Peru’s coastline, from the border with Chile in the south to the frontier with Ecuador in the north, is sandy desert, dry as a bone. So dry that there’s no running water and most people store water in buckets or drink Inca Kola, the shiny yellow soda, to quench their thirst.
i admit it. i am bowing to pressure after being called scarface and having a faithful reader demand i post a photo of what happens when someone’s fin kisses your cheek as you are dropping in on a wave…
A couple of weeks ago, Carlos and Ligia tied the knot, amongst the flurry of wedding preparations, family etc, Carlos had a little time to nip off to west coast of South America - Peru to be exact and compete in South America’s most prestigous big wave event - the Pico Alto Invitational.
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