Bit of a lazy day…waves weren’t as good as yesterday so we all
kicked around the boat walking in circles for most of it. An early
wind played havoc with most breaks so instead of perfection we surfed
near perfection. There is always something around the corner that’s
offshore – being and archipelago every optimum angle is covered.
Around 5pm the swell kicked up…talking double head high stuff
+ and it’s only going to get bigger – we think. Remember we’re in
the middle of nowhere, so swell charts are pretty hard to find out
here. No internet (apart from Satelite…thanks telstra), no mobiles reception, no land lines… pretty
much dozens of palm tree lined islands surrounded by razor sharp
coral reefs. The Mentawaian people are happy as Larry with pretty
much no possessions living in thatch huts on some of the world’s
most beautiful beaches. They have their own dialect which varies
from island to island. Hard to believe only 45 years ago they were
cannibals.
Other info – no Mannie hasn’t hurt himself (yet) but
he’s burnt to a crisp from sunburn. The chief from the local village
is still looking for our board thief who grabbed a stray board yesterday
after a leggie snapage. Indies 4 has a all star cast up here…Cameron
Diaz (what tha? will try for swimmercam if I see her), Jack Johnson
and Laird Hamilton all drifting around the south end of the islands…
Yesterday at sunrise, 140 miles away, we saw Kurinc
Volcano (3805m) erupting. Check out the shot taken by our skipper
Ashton Robinson at 6am. This area is precariously balanced on moving tectonic
plates….sooo vunerable as we saw in last December’s tsunami devastation (which is only down the road)
::Uge (typing on a rocking
boat ain’t the best)
