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Mauritius - November 2006

A Stink Nugget Pro= duction—Special Rep= ort

WindSurfing

So what is this Paradise Island all about? The C= razy Horse takes his first Long distance Holiday to check it out.

UK – WINTER 2006

I put myself t= hrough some testing conditions in the winter of 2006, Dinas Dinlle, L= lanfairfechan, Red Warf Bay and Rhosneigr in some pretty cold conditions, g= ood character building stuff and all that twoddle. &= nbsp;

At the same ti= me friends of mine with more money/sense had been away sunning themselves, = in the lap of luxury with the sort of windsurfing conditions most of us can= only dream about. So there I am travelling from one side of blighty = to the other, in the snow driving at 5mph, hot aches in my finger tips and = rubber everywhere, when my mate comes up to me to tell me he has just come = back from a fourteen day holiday in paradise, twelve constant da= ys of 'Proper' wind, 4.7mtr weather, down the line, on a wave&nb= sp;he professed to being the Best Wave he had ever sailed on,…..anywhere= !

Now, when I sa= y the best wave I’ve ever been on it doesn’t count for= much, but were not talking about me, were not talking about my petty exist= ence, were talking about a guy who has been places, Maui, New Zealand, Marg= aret River, Australia and anywhere else you may have considered putting on = your dream hit list. The wave in question is a huge wave that w= as not just big, it was smooth, turquoise whilst being totally transparent,= well spaced between sets, with no more than 3 or 4 people to sha= re the countless sets with. Oh and it just happened to be totally SAF= E!, turn after perfect turn after perfect turn after perfect turn.&nbs= p;

Picture it,&nb= sp; your sat on its shoulder as it builds beneath you, you drop in as= the shoulder starts to go vertical, sail laid down, front arm extend= ed, the whole rail of your board buried as it picks up speed through = the bottom of the turn, smooth used water spraying out the back which= you don’t see as you concentrate on the best place to attack the lip= . You feel the wave build beneath you, a mass= of clear beautiful water, a living breathing powerhouse, a smooth pe= rfect arc, nothing tripping or slowing you down, your attention= focused on where you want to hit the lip as you are shot towards the top o= f the wave, hands now coming together, elbow high, Snap! &= nbsp; As your attention is switched back down the wave, everything moving a= t incredible speed yet seemingly in slow motion, you project a rooste= r out the back of the wave even Polakow would be envious of, only to = drop in and start all over again, momentum building alongside your co= nfidence, you’re a wave god and your on fire riding Manawa off the Is= land of Mauritius.

Mauritius, a&n= bsp;Tropical Island, located in the middle of the Indian Ocean, = staying at the Indian Beach resort and Spa, a palm covered hotel,&nbs= p; blended seamlessly against a white coral sand beach next transparent tur= quoise warm water, circumvented by a reef that creates a blend of different= sized waves, each one individually created to suite whatever mood your in,= umbrellared beneath the Majestic backdrop of the Mystical ‘Le Morne&= #8217; Mountain, windsurfing heaven on earth, and he was already pre-booked= for 2006, but hey, who would blame him?

I'd seen pictu= res of Mauritius a couple of years ago in Boards magazine, and the write up= was GOOD. I thought to myself, yeah right, in your dreams mate.= The same way you dream about winning the Lottery, a dream = and that's just about all's it was ever going to be. The 'friend' rub= bing my nose in it was Andy Robinson. Andy used to be on the Olympic w= indsurfing squad way back when you carried a dagger board over your shoulde= r and harness lines had still not been invented; and he’s only 42.&nb= sp; Andy was so taken by his experience's in 2005 that he immediately pre b= ooked himself in for a return trip in 2006, having returned and one ha= s to say, not scored the same result, he went back again in April 2007 and = is looking at another bash later in the year, smitten or what?

As November 20= 06 (his 1^st = return trip) drew ever nearer the nose got rubbed in more and more, so that= come September, Richard Jayes (this old git I travel to the coast and= sail with occasionally), couldn't take it any longer and tells m= e he's off to Mauritius in a couple of weeks, just like that, at the drop&n= bsp;of a hat, I wouldn't mind, but he was off to New Zealand three months l= ater for 6 weeks, barsteward. I couldn't believe it, it just was= n't fair, these

But how to do it, and how to do it cheap?

There are lots of diff erent ways to do a windsurf Holiday and I confess= to being no expert, the chums all choose to go with Sportif, b= ecause Sportif make organising your windsurf holiday easy where they i= nclude everything from the best accommodation, through kit hire to tuition,= including flights, transfers and any thing else you might care to mention.= Making it easy does not necessarily make it cheep, so I wa= s going to try and reduce the cost of the holiday by cutting out = the operator. Time ain't cheep in this live fast die young world= in which we live, so my research, I confess did not include hitch hikers g= uide, lonely planet or any of that, instead, I looked on the net for articl= es previously written about the place and talked to people who had alr= eady been there. I found two articles about the windsurfing in Mauriti= us, one by Peter Hart and another more extreme view of Mauritius&= nbsp;by John Carter, about Nik Baker and the Moreno Twins. Both articles ca= n be found on the Sportif website and they give a glowing account of the pe= rfect conditions and excellent facilities offered by the Mistral/North cent= re located at the end of the Hotel complex, which means you only really get= a one break insight into what the Island really has to offer. Unfort= unately or otherwise, and being a lazy git at heart, I opted for the same H= otel and the same break, but my impressions of the Mistral Centre were prob= ably not as glowing as their reports would have you believe. However,= if it was good enough for Nik Baker, the Moreno Twins, Peter Hart and Andy= Robinson, it was gonna have to be good enough for me.

I’ve nev= er been anywhere exotic before, let alone a Tropical Paradise Island in the= middle of the Indian Ocean, so I was going to have to include th= e missus. Truth be known, I prefer to take the missus, once released = from the asylum I call home I go kinda nuts, so it’s good to have som= eone along to keep me in check, or at least someone to make an attempt in d= oing so? Hey, I just happen to love her to bits as well. T= he first question was what was the best time of year to go? &nbs= p; If you look at the wind stats, September takes it, so why is Andy return= ing in November? I contacted Sportif to get their angle on things and= they reassured me that November was when the best combination of wind/wave= s could be expected, so, I timed the trip to coincide with Andy's= rerun in November 2006. I wanted to be there at the same time as And= y so I could feed off his knowledge of the area and have someone to share t= he experience on the water, and over a beer afterwards (probably best to ke= ep the fact that the boys are going out there at the same time away fr= om the missus at this point). Little did I know at the time that= Andy was going out as part of a Peter Hart Master-class, but more on that = later?

Mauritius

We were met on= touch down in Mauritius by the back end of a torrential downpour, bog= us dude; I hope they didn’t turn the plane back half way across? = ; I suppose we were on a ‘Tropical Island’, so I guess the= y could be slightly forgiven, but where was this Paradise I was expecting? =

The journey fr= om the airport to the hotel did not give you the impression that you h= ad arrived in Paradise, you go from the Industrial setting of the airp= ort, into urban squalor where people drive around in old Datsuns, mopeds an= d bicycles doing the Butch Cassidy thing, or was it Sundance? Old min= ibuses toot aimlessly as they worm their way through the busy streets overl= oaded with the morning shift as you skirt their every day existence to go f= rolic in the lap of luxury, sauntering off into the countryside passin= g Hindu Shrines at the side of the road that look like some kid has be= en let loose with a new box of crayons or felt tips, it’s all very ch= arming because to us it’s new.

Strange Pyrami= ds pepper the fields where the farmers have carefully arranged unwante= d volcanic boulders and lush fields grow dense with fertile crop. On t= he left is a sugar plantation factory, ugly, were despite unemployment bein= g

On the journey= from the Airport it’s an idea to ask your driver to stop off at a su= permarket. Get beer, water, local rum, juices, sun lotion and any oth= er toiletries etc that you think you are going to need for your stay, its t= ropical so you’re going to need a lot of sun lotion.

Be careful about = trying out the local beer just to see if it tastes any good, it’= s the first day of your holiday and if you’re anything like me, = one beer leads to one more beer and you won’t have slept much on your= twelve hour flight, by the time you arrive at the Hotel your go= ing to be just a little bit tiddly, or you may even stretch it to being pis= sed as a fart!

buggers go all over the world, and all I get to look forward to is= another freezing winter in blighty, stuff it, I thought, its high time I s= queezed myself into another interest free credit card.

high flagging = numbers answer the call; its hard physical labour that is well paid, but th= e upcoming generation are as keen to do hard work in Mauritius as they are = in the UK. Every now

and then= you catch a glimpse of the beguiling Indian Ocean with the reef generating= a constant breaking wave, tempting you to stop just to take a peak. = Further in you pass river beds where palm and coconut trees grow that shoul= d look so picturesque but for the unfortunate backdrop of household waste t= ipped from behind the row of makeshift houses that lines the gorge above.&n= bsp; Shacks made of corrugated tin, barely big enough to accomm= odate a car, house whole families and mongrel dogs meander across the = roads safe in the knowledge that knocking them down is tantamount to murder= ? Along the streets women walk with huge bundles of firewood on their= heads and then along the beaches were palms cast shade on weary boats moor= ed just off shore whilst their fishermen return fresh from the mornings cat= ch; this is an Island of stark contrasts.

T= he Indian Beach Resort Hotel and Spa

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Alison and I w= ere expecting a chilled glass of pink champagne on our arrival, but somebod= y must have taken us off the VIP list. Being impatient to get to the = room and on from there to the windsurfing one of us opted for the tinned ve= rsion of the pink stuff whilst the porters carried our kit to the room.&nbs= p; Once briefly acquainted with the room you can leave your windsurfing kit= by the door and go and make your slurred introduction to Felix at the Mist= ral Centre, get a quick brief on local hazards, of which there are numerous= and then fall over a couple of times rigging up, it’s the sun and no= t the beer, pop you’re self onto your board and sail a mile off = shore to Manawa.

My wife t= ried to insist that I shouldn't go out onto the reef as I was a bit, well y= ou know, but like I was going to listen, it’s not something one = normally does when one is indestructible. On Manawa however, the= re are rip tides that drag you off into the great unknown, razor sharp reef= s god only knows how close to your fin, sea urchins and all number of sting= ing and biting things out in the Indian Ocean, but I figured what the = hell, you only live once, I am the Crazy Horse and there were at least two = other sails already out there. I wouldn't be the first idiot to have = fallen foul of his own immortality, the number of people swept out on the I= ndian Ocean currents are stuff of folk law, but on this occasion I just wen= t out there and Rocked, Sweet. Be warned though, we are not all going= to be that lucky.

In the Hotel y= ou are assured of a very warm welcome at any time, the staff are exceptiona= l. The rooms are air conditioned, well laid out and well stocked; how= ever the lighting in the bathroom is a little dim for doing your make up?&n= bsp; The hair dryers are not Vidal Sassoon and there’s no kettle, oh = and keep your patio doors closed at all times if your on the ground floor, = I nearly shot out of my skin when I saw a mouse scurrying around and it pro= ved a bugger to catch, well we all know what damage a mouse can do to your = sails, poor little blighter never did get to go to the Mouse Circus? = The food is brilliant, do go to all the restaurants and if you go as= part of one of the windsurfing courses I would advise splitting the group = up into smaller grouplets or you may find the service a little on the slow = side. Make loads of use of the Spa facilities, they are such good val= ue for money and they are fantastic at what they do. Richard found th= e place a bit stuffy when he went in September, but my wife and I had no su= ch feelings, we danced between meal courses and stripped off every half hou= r or so for a dip in the pool during the evenings dancing and frivolity, or= at least I did. We never got told off for our miss-use of the pools,= carrying cocktails to the side of the pool and beyond, and sneakily skinny= dipped in the Ocean and the Mistral Centre Pool under starlight.

We had our own= beer and cocktails for the beach to start and finish off the evening, with= a travel kettle coming in handy for a cuppa and to keep the bar bill down.= Keeping the bill down however did not stop us having a bottle of win= e and a bottle of water with every meal, then beers or cocktails whilst bei= ng entertained/dancing, just control yourself when buying every man and his= mate drinks at the bar coss it soon adds up.

W= here to Sail, the Wind and the Mistral Centre.

Unfortunately = for Andy, his flight with Air Mauritius had been delayed in Blighty, the fi= rst day of wind and surf was all mine, I never did get to pick his brains a= bout the breaks. On our first day there we met a foursome on the last= day of their holiday; they were told by their holiday company that the hot= el had its own windsurfing equipment and that it was included free of charg= e with their holiday package, Fools!! The Hotel does have a couple of= beginner/early intermediate boards and some soft sails that are fine for b= eginners, but it was no windsurf centre. It was the first time they h= ad travelled without their gear, but they had apparently had two weeks of <= /span>no wind(worrying news), however the day we arri= ved, so did the wind, only the Mistral Centre’s kit had all been pre-= booked, probably for Andy’s course, who never turned up anyway becaus= e of the flight delay. So these poor individuals were not best please= d to have not scored any proper windsurfing days for their windsurfing holi= day, its fair to say, if your gonna hire, pre-book. They did however = say that they would be back?

Depending on h= ow well you know the hazards and if you are on your own gear, you can launc= h from just about anywhere along the beach, but beware the tide? You = can tell where the tide is from how far the ocean is from the bottom of the= steps on the pontoon by the Mistral Centre. If the tide is low and y= our on your own gear, chances are your gonna hit coral, unbelievably howeve= r I sat one afternoon

and watched on= e guy on his own gear going out and in without any bother whatsoever, but b= e warned the water gets very shallow? As I was new to the place, I la= unched from where everybody else was sailing, down by the Mistral Centre.&n= bsp; There are bouys marking no go areas like shallow reefs and areas where= not to go, it seemed to me that people either were not told of these dange= r zones, or did not listen when they were told! If you do ask, even i= f your half cut, a brief safety outline is readily available, things like n= ot to go to the right of the yellow buoy on the little reef and only go out= to Manawa in three’s with at least one of you with a walkey talkey w= as part of that safety brief. When I asked about safety cover I got t= he impression that you paid per recovery, 400rupees for a recovery inside t= he Inner reef and 300 for recovery outside, which is different, but maybe I= heard it wrong.

Generally the = wind would start gentle in the morning and increase enough to go a little f= urther a field a little later on, but if the wind died you could find yours= elf well and truly snookered. I swam my gear all the way from the inn= er reef to shore on one occasion with out a sniff of a rescue to be seen or= heard. Later in the week a whole bunch of early intermediates got ca= ught out when the wind

died and they were stuck out before and beyond the inner reef for = ages, one of the girls on the Peter Hart course abandoning her gear on the = inner reef, some 300-400 metres off shore. She just abandoned it and = started swimming towards the shore. Ditching your only method of floa= tation is not recommended, but I have to confess I was a little surprised t= hat no rescue is sent out to assist, the wind regularly fluctuated out ther= e?!? If the tide is out, apparently you can actually walk back = to the beach, but I never did. If you do hire from the Mistral = Centre and there is a change in the wind it can be Hobson’s choice as= to what and when your going to get for your next sail and apparently they = DO NOT like you messing with the rig once its rigged, your booms the right = height whatever your measurements, so sneaky beaky if you feel an adjustmen= t is called for and be patient as no one is in a rush except you!

Luckily I was = on my own gear, RRD/Ezzy 5.8 over Wave Cult 84 or a 6.5 over FSW 102. = I don’t like the idea of taking big kit out to meet big waves, in fa= ct I don’t like big kit full stop, I would normally try and avoid big= kit like the plague, but set up right and surprised as I was, it worked fa= ntastically and I’m not just saying that to please the sponsors. = ; I moved the foot-straps forward on the FSW and it

transformed th= e way it felt underfoot. On one occasion I went out on Manawa with th= e 102 before moving the straps and the board felt stiff and unresponsive, t= wo holes forward with the front straps and the day that Andy left, I found = a really big wave forming to the right of little reef, I transitioned with = perfect timing and found myself riding the face of a mast to double mast hi= gh set, and boy did that big bugger ride well, three big sweeping bottom tu= rns with two snaps of the top, before the wave closed out right into my sai= l. I stayed upright however and was feeling quite smug until suddenly= I fell in. Unfortunately I was now way down wind of the no go area m= arked by the yellow buoy, I was in about 8 inches of water over one of thos= e razor sharp reef things, a very disconcerting feeling, you can’t ju= st jump on your board and sail away because there is not enough water under= you to float you clear of the reef, with the next wave rapidly bearing dow= n on you, you start thinking, OH SHIT and there ain’t no one gonna gi= ve you a hand, except good Oll lady luck. I managed to escape pretty = much Scott free on this occasion, with a little more respect for the predic= ament I could have ended up in!

The Conditions

Including the = day of my arrival we had a run of three good Manawa days, on a 5.8 over an = 84 Wave Cult, you needed quite a lot of wind to confidently go the mile out= to Manawa but it did get a little crowded, bad enough that you would get i= gnorant French gits who didn’t know the rules of the road and that ev= ery wave was my wave anyway, but there were a lot of kite sailors out who w= ere very able sailors who would come out just upwind of you and turn on a d= ie to put themselves in the right place to claim your wave. My advice= to anyone faced with this dilemma is to just pretend they don’t exis= t and go shred regardless, it worked for me!

Another day or= two of moderate conditions on a 6.5 over the 102 was then all the wind god= s offered us, until the boys all buggered off, holiday of 14 days complete.= The wind then came back for one day of 6.5 followed by two good 5.8 = days were I even had to down haul the sail to de-power out on Manawa. = I was out on Manawa on the first 5.8 day with one other sailor when I went= too deep and ended up with a carbon copy of my earlier mishap on the 6.5, = only this time there was about two foot of water but no wind, you have to w= atch out for that on Manawa, if you ride too deep (to the left looking from= the beach) and you ride the wave quite a way in, you end up in a no wind z= one. The waves keep on coming and you can end up getting your kit tur= ned and tossed all over the place, get yourself out of the way of it, becau= se you do not want to end up under your gear on a razor reef with another b= ig wave on its way, sucking the water off the reef from under you as it app= roaches. The bloke who was out there with me came over to see if he c= ould help, but I told him to make his escape before he ended up a cropper a= s well. My kit ended up with the board facing the wave and the sail t= oward the beach, not good. The wave caught the board and the resulting pole= vault left me with a torn sail and a ripped luff tube, surprised that the = mast had not snapped. I finally made it back to the beach where I man= aged to duck tape a repair and then spent the better part of the remainder = of the day and the best part of the next day on my own sailing Manawa, only= returning for a cocktail to rest my weary palms, Dude.

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At the end of = that second day Peter Hart came out to join me and rubbing shoulders, we le= t the wave build right under us before dropping in one after the other to s= hare one of the best waves of the day, turn after turn after turn, happy ti= mes.

W= hen the wind don’t blow!

Free snorkel h= ire, free waterskiing and wakeboarding, surf board hire, free catamarans, a= couple of free big windsurfers with sails, canoes and pedaloes and free tr= ips out on a glass bottom snorkel trip, with table tennis, tennis, bicycle = hire and twice daily aqua-aerobics by qualified bar staff? Loads to do to drive the wanna be= windsurfer potty whilst they wait for the wind. You can hire a taxi = with a driver with unlimited mileage for 1700rupees according to some Frenc= h dude, but we paid 2500 which is about £40.00. Don’t buy= the tee shirts from off the beach because they look really nice held up in= front of you but after a day or two of seeing them on guests, you realise = how naff they are. Beach bought jewellery is absolutely crap that loo= ks nice but expect it to fall to pieces as soon as you get it home. <= /span>

If you should = share one of the bigger canoes with a like minded nut case(Andy) do not rid= e it straight down the wave once you pick it up or you’ll hit the ree= f as soon as the wave picks up the back end of the canoe and more important= ly should you decide to Hawaii Five-0 it along the wave surf style, do try = look at where your going and beware of random windsurf instructors coming t= he other way on their windsurfers, coss them canoes can sure make mince mea= t of windsurf instructors shins….sorry again Pete!!!

Should you be = tempted to go on one of the excursions that you can get sold by one of the = beach sellers, think hard about what you want to get out of them, and how m= uch you want reduced should the conditions not allow the described goods be= ing delivered. For instance, I paid a haggled down £140.00 for = a big game fishing morning, followed by a swim with the dolphins, then fres= hly caught oysters and fresh lobsters cooked for you along side your catch = on your own little part of a Tropical Islet, sounds like a bargain right?&n= bsp; Well it might have been had we actually caught a big game fish, we the= n forwent the dolphin thing to maximize out chance to catch said big fish, = so eventually ended up eating a tiddler caught by the captains son (11yrs 0= ld) whilst we caught our fresh oysters. It was a lovely day out never= the less, but having not caught the BIG fish, and having not swam with the= dolphins, we should have previously considered a reduction in what the guy= would be paid if the goods were not delivered if you get my drift, so have= a think about it before you buy, their quite open to discussion of terms, = and if your not happy in any way, don’t buy, they’ll come back = later.

T= he Peter Hart Master Class

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It really woul= d not do if I did not mention the Peter Hart MasterClass that we observed w= hilst in Mauritius. Andy's a good sailor which beggared why he wanted= to be on a course at all, after all, he’s happy in the waves, front = and back looping and all that, so why the course? Fact is, Pete= r Hart courses are far more than just a 'How To' thang, there a social gathering of like= minded individuals, who not only get to pick Pete's brains and improve thr= ough expert tuition, they get entertained if the wind don't blow,= videoed so there technique can grow and sung songs with words they al= l should know. Yep, being on Mauritius at the same time as Pete'= s course turned out to be a real bonus, especially for the missus as she wa= s able to chat with the members of the course who weren't there for the win= dsurfing, freeing me up to sail whenever I wanted, NICE. If your= Holiday should coincide with Peter's trips, you ought to be paying hi= m for the benefit, or keep yourself to yourself, hence the reason Andy was = on the course. Alison and I kept our selves to ourselves un= less invited, but on one or two of the Masterclass's evenings we = were invited to join them at their evening meal and then on to the swarray&= nbsp;at the far end of the beach afterwards for singin and drinkin. A= s well as being a legend windsurf Instructor/Coach/Guru Pete is a very acco= mplished guitarist and a very entertaining host. I cannot recommend h= is courses strongly enough, if you haven't been on one of them th= en your missing out, they are the epitome of cool and they are very mu= ch in demand, so much so, once you've been on one you'll probably want to k= eep going back over and over again, if not for the windsurfing, then just f= or the craic. If you do manage to get on one of his courses, you = ;simply have to ask Pete to give you a rendition of 'Ain't no Lov= e'!!! (Anal Love) Funny and very cleverly put together, it had me in = stitches, while at the same time admiring the intelligent way the song was = strung together, Sweet Dude. I know windsurfers are generally quite g= enerous about other people, locations etc, but I believe in telling how it = is, if its crap, then its crap, but Pete’s courses are Brilliant R= 11; try them, you’ll probably keep going back for more, nuff said.

As far as Maur= itius goes, it is everything I have said it is and more, it has its faults,= but personally I would really like to go back and hit it on one of its bet= ter days. The first time Andy went, I reckon he got lucky with the co= nditions; our best days this time were only equal to one of their first tri= ps OK days, so when its good, its Amazing.

O= ther Stuff

Fly Air Maurit= ius! Contact rajesh.beeharry@airmauritiusuk.com&= nbsp; You get 20kgs for the carriage of sports equipment PP over the 23 kg = allowance. No single piece of baggage should exceed 32kgs as per BAA = rules. You can even get this confirmed via email.

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Get hold of on= e of those overhead locker bags with pull out handles that are on wheels.&n= bsp; These overhead bags are huge; travel light and wear the trousers your = gonna need for the evening meals, on the journey. There’s no ne= ed for a hair dryer, towels, soap or shampoo as they are provided free in y= our room, buy any posh toiletries in duty free or from the supermarket.&nbs= p;

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Cameras round = your neck, and a bum bag around your waist. Then all you’re goi= ng to weigh in is your windsurfing equipment, which is going to be ins= ide your allowance, Nice.

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Take anti mosq= uito bands from Superdrug, their cheep, effective and work whilst wet. = ; You wear one on your wrist and one on the opposite ankle and fitted with = a bit of imagination (sticky tape) they stay on all night no matter how man= y times you dive in the swimming pool.

Don’t ch= ange you money at the airport, they rip you off, change your money/credit c= ard at the hotel or the first village/bank you come to on your way to the s= upermarket when going from the hotel, better still be prepared and get it i= n blighty from a travel agents.

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Two weeks befo= re you go start using surgical spirit every morning and night on your hands= and feet to toughen the skin, I now use it for every wound, cut/graze that= I get, but beware, it’s not for the faint hearted, it smarts at firs= t contact especially on bad neck rash.

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Take fingerles= s leather gloves in case the conditions are good, your hands won’t bl= ister on the surface if you’ve done the Surgical Spirit thang, but de= ep down your gonna suffer.

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ONLY drink bot= tled water! Everyone, including Peter Ihaveneverhadadikkytummyanywherewhils= ttraveling Hart had tummy trouble at some point, every one except me and th= e missus that is.

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Arrange the ac= commodation with Faye@southtrav= el.com

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For lunch, fol= low the beach past the Mistral Centre, out past the fence and go to the But= ty Van located there. The lunches were crap at the Hotel and they are= expensive. You can eat at the van for a week for what it’d cos= t you for one day in the Hotel.

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Don’t di= ve in the swimming pool head first when you’re sozzled on the last ni= ght coss you’ll break your nose!?

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T= here you have it – ENJOY

Russ 'Crazy Horse'= Tetlow

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