Feb 14 So this morning I called the bank and found out that some one had hacked into a merchants account and stole a bunch of people card numbers. The merchant found out contacted visa and then Visa contacted my bank and shut down my card. They wouldn't turn it back on due to the possibility of someone else trying to use it. So I had to get a new one sent to me. I debated for a while on what to do try and make it to pichilemu and have it sent to a hostel there or stay with mike and get it sent here. Although I didnt want to stay long here it seemed the smartest/safest idea. So I had to fax mikes address to the bank  and sort it all out. Unfortunately, the ... read more

Jan 26 end So I met up with the guys for dinner. Jordan wasn't feeling well so he stayed behind which was a bummer. Anyway we walked to the restaurant and were very surprised how nice it was, almost fine dining, mike and John were there waiting for us. We ordered 3 apps some calimari, grapes and BBQ provolone cheese, all of which were pretty delicious. I ordered the asado di tira (ribs of the cow), again was pretty delicious. Donkey ordered the lomito which I didn't realize was a filet, that was super tender and yes delicious. Then it was desert time I ordered the quesso e dulce (sweet potato jam and cheese) a very typical local dessert. I had forgot I had it last time I was here. It was pretty good. The jam ... read more

Jan 10  So today was the first day of my kayak course. The guys were late picking me up but so goes that in south America. Haha  When we arrived at the base I was introduced to Fernado who was going to be my instructor. He unfortunately didn't speak much english, luckily there was an ecuadorian girl who worked there but was also taking the course she was able to translate he parts I didn't know.   Anyway we took kayaks up to this small circular pool where we went over the basics of paddling and stability on the river. Then we went over how to do the roll when you flip the kayak. It's much harder than they make it look. Because you want to push down to flip you over but you need to ... read more

April 3  Well nana addo was supposed to come by in the morning with his sister and take me up to the mountains but that didn't happen. He called and said we would go around noon with his sister and I'd hang out with ken in the morning. So ken and I went and got some fresh bead and some instant coffee milk for breaky.  We then went out to do some errands. He needed some cables for his scooter and had to pick up a mirror for his friends dresser. Not exactly what I was expecting to see and do in Ghana but I did get to ride a bunch of tro-tros, local communial taxis, so that was fun/intresting and I got to see more of the city, the medina/muslim market area. After we finished ... read more

March 17 So today I headed down to muizenberg beach to get a board and suit sorted. The train/metro was decent it stopped  twice for no reason for about 10 mins but we made it there fine. I checked out a few shops and found garys surf school.  The shops gave a good deal buy back at at least 50-69% so I ended up buying a used board and wetsuit but new fins leash and board bag for 1700 Rand about 230 usd not bad at all and he said he'd but it back for about 1000 so I'd only take 100 buck hit for a board for 2 weeks sweet. I decided to go test the suit n board out. The surf was absolut crap, washing machine, but it was nice to get in the ... read more