It has been waaaay too long to even start making excuses as to why I haven't written anything for my zero readers! (Okay, sorry Gregg, my single reader!)
Well, I'm back in the islands and life isn't hard - although at times it is rather frustrating! Just try get anything done of an official nature - which I've been doing trying to get Puff, The Magic Mobile, licensed. Banks close at 14:30 and most government offices at 3pm! And its sharp I tell you. If fact so sharp that if you arrive at 10 minutes to closing you can count yourself lucky if you're let in! And even bribery has to happen early - couldn't pay off the car inspector myself because he knocks off at 3pm too!
Anyway, as I was saying, life isn't hard, but it is slow! Things happen at snail's pace here. Simply. Don't try and change it. It makes our 'African Time' seem like a well oiled and efficient system! Even the change of season is slower this year. And that sucks cause it means more hiding inside from the galing SE than fishing and having to guide clients in winds that leave the sea birds flustered under grey skies - not ideal when you kinda rely on at least a clear sky or windless day to spot fish!
But this late changing of season thing does still beg that question; Is climate change happening that quickly and is it as real as everyone claims?
I suppose time will tell - but lets at least try make a change in our own dirty, carbon expelling habits before we all melt in an overheating world. Jeez, afterall don't you want your kids to go snowboarding?
Well, I lie, we did have one teasing day of NWerly and the ocean took on that oil slick finish that gets one all geared up to hop on a boat and hunt milkies! However, it was late and school was tiring so I lay in my hammock and mind surfed the reef of Point Cabris - it looked fun but that paddle is sack-off far! And I mind surf so much better than I surf at the moment! The pics below are little hazy - I blame the hammock but you get the idea. Its a fun little A-Frame that wedges into a tight barrel that will happily send you along the cheese grater of a reef if you're not awake!
Anyway, enough surf porn...
Holidays in SA were EPIC! But I plan on expounding upon those adventures a little later and with a bit more detail. Short version is I got to behave like a miscreant student for half of them and the other was spent catching up with old and new and new old friends!
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