Back to Reality
Well, after a nightmare of line-ups, delays, cramped space and slow luggage collection, I've made it back to Vancouver in one piece.
On top of my fantastic snorkelling experience, I was introduced to my new favorite sport: boogie boarding.
When I arrived in Nuevo Vallarta, I saw some people out on the waves with these smallish boards they they were using in the crashing surf. It looked like fool's play, so I decided to just stay on the beach and read my book.
Incidentally, I'm reading Robert Harris' Enigma about a brilliant British mathematician working as a member of the team struggling to crack the Nazi Enigma code.
Anyway, the 2nd day that I was there, one of the people I was with decided to try boogie boarding. After about 30 minutes in the surf, he jogged up to my place on the beach and pronounced it an enourmous amount of fun.
I decided to try.
The first few attempts were more water than wave. I got the salt water in the mouth, up the nose, in the eyes....not at all fun. But once I got the hang of when and where the waves would break, it all came together.
It was incredibly fun! I'd like to do it more, but in the near-freezing temperatures of the BC coast, I don't think I'm interested in trying it this far north.
Perhaps I'll have to book a trip to Hawaii, or the Dominican Republic.
Well, after a nightmare of line-ups, delays, cramped space and slow luggage collection, I've made it back to Vancouver in one piece.
On top of my fantastic snorkelling experience, I was introduced to my new favorite sport: boogie boarding.
When I arrived in Nuevo Vallarta, I saw some people out on the waves with these smallish boards they they were using in the crashing surf. It looked like fool's play, so I decided to just stay on the beach and read my book.
Incidentally, I'm reading Robert Harris' Enigma about a brilliant British mathematician working as a member of the team struggling to crack the Nazi Enigma code.
Anyway, the 2nd day that I was there, one of the people I was with decided to try boogie boarding. After about 30 minutes in the surf, he jogged up to my place on the beach and pronounced it an enourmous amount of fun.
I decided to try.
The first few attempts were more water than wave. I got the salt water in the mouth, up the nose, in the eyes....not at all fun. But once I got the hang of when and where the waves would break, it all came together.
It was incredibly fun! I'd like to do it more, but in the near-freezing temperatures of the BC coast, I don't think I'm interested in trying it this far north.
Perhaps I'll have to book a trip to Hawaii, or the Dominican Republic.
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