Spent the morning on the beach. Scratch that, spent the whole live long day on the beach. David, Jen and I took a surfing lesson in the morning. We learned how to stand on the board and how to get up on top of it. These things are all easier said than done, you realize, and once we were in the water getting up on the board became rather challenging. The waves here are remarkable, there are some friendly waves suitable for beginners and then there are some big ones farther out that only the very skilled ride.
Waves: I remember being a little kid and being fascinated with the waves, standing on the beach in North Carolina pretending that I was conducting the tide, raising my arms and then lowering them when the waves came crashing down.
Anyway, we spent an hour or so on our boards, and I think we got the hang of it. There were certainly some memorable tumbles and I was hit repeatedly with my own board as I tried in vain to clamber up on top of it in the middle of a wave. I caught some really big ones. Being propelled forward atop one of those was exhilarating to the point of paralysis, in the sense that it seeemed totally absurd to try and actually get up on the board in the middle of all that. Still, very very fun.
Marco and Nico arrived just after noon and we all had lunch on the beach. Then, an intense beach day commenced in which we surfed, sat and watched the waves, built a sandcastle and generally took in the Busua scene.
Made a decision about our next destination today. Jen and Marco have to get back to Cote d'Ivoire as soon as possible, they have to get back to work and life. In light of that, we've decided to make the journey to Abidjan tomorrow. Things seem calm enough for us to go and according to Jen and Marco's contacts, things are going to remain 'ca va' for the next little while at least.
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