Well now...surfing

Surfing. Surfing is awesome. We both had a blast. We went at the break of dawn (9 am for us) and then again after our Spanish Classes. We both got up almost every time we tried on the easy boards for beginners. Later we took the thinner smaller boards and it wasn't quite as easy. We both only got half-up a few times and by the time we realized what we were doing wrong we were exhausted (paddling hard before the wave comes: super-important). I also learned some additional things about surfing, besides how to ride a wave: First, surfing is way more exercise than I would have thought (kind of like people who think tennis isn't exercise, it's only chill for lazy people); Second, no need to put sunblock on the front of your legs (duh?), but definitely put it on the back of your legs; Third, I seriously wouldn't have minded having knee pads, but I would probably have gotten beaten up by the other surfers. And that's really saying something since surfers are people like Jack Johnson. Ie, my knees are beat up; Lastly, it feels super cool to ride a wave.

For any one out there thinking of surfing, you should come to Huanchaco. The waves are great here and it's close to free for lessons, boards, wetsuits, etc.