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Halesy's Global Adventure - the Surf Trip of a Lifetime - masses of photos from Halesy's travels and reports of good places to stay, surfing beaches and much, much more .....

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Halesy's Global Adventure
- the Surf Trip of a Lifetime




..... Halesy left behind him England, Saunton Sands, Cfer, Wedge and a great many friends, when he flew out to Miami at the start of his Global Adventure at the beginning of 2002     (see index)

He's just arrived home! - the last few trip reports will be on line soon and meanwhile we've added masses of new photos to previous reports - see bottom of page for links to Picture Libraries.


The story continues...............
JOSIE'S BEACH LODGE - ONE FOOT ISLAND - RAROTONGA


NEWS # 033


Hi everyone!

The next day I have arranged to go on a Lagoon cruise, with Bishop's cruises. The lagoon is huge at about 20 km across! It isn't very deep and is surrounded by coral reef. No-one surfs here yet and I have been unable to bring my board out as the luggage limits on the plane don't allow it. Watch this space for future surf trips out this way.

Bishop's cruise to the islands ... a different sort of bird! - photo copyright Halesy's Global Adventure Picture Library - click here to reach the PL index with links to all pictures on site

Bishop's cruise to the islands ... a different sort of bird!

We do some excellent snorkling and then visit the island on which they filmed the Castaway series. We then lunch on One Foot Island and I send some postcards home. It is a great day out and well worth the 20 quid.

the dining room - One Foot island - photo copyright Halesy's Global Adventure Picture Library - click here to reach the PL index with links to all pictures on site

the dining room - One Foot island

Over the next few days I move down to Josie's and chill as there's nothing else to do. Olivia and I cruise around and in the evening several of us get a lift down to the Crusher bar to eat and drink. The taxi costs three pounds each, return! I can just see that happening at home.

crossing Aitutake Reef on the way back to Raro - photo copyright Halesy's Global Adventure Picture Library - click here to reach the PL index with links to all pictures on site

crossing Aitutake Reef on the way back to Raro

The last night, we return to the Crusher bar and invite our landlady to join us. We leave the bar at two, unable to party any more and our landlady comes home at three!! We fly back to Rarotonga the next morning. Aitutaka is lovely but there is very little to do and I have to leave before I go mad. We move back to Vara's and Olivia and I are lucky enough to be given a studio to share with two more people, for the price of a dorm. Luxury indeed and the first warm shower for four months!

my buddy Oli - photo copyright Halesy's Global Adventure Picture Library - click here to reach the PL index with links to all pictures on site

my buddy Oli

Eventually, the wind changes and I am greeted with the sight of three foot perfection breaking on the other side of the only channel out through the reef. There is no-one out but I can wait no longer and after discussing the way out with a couple of locals I head out alone. For the next hour I score some excellent, hollow, headhigh waves and I am eventually joined by a local guy called Res, small world, seems that you find them everywhere! Res had snapped a board at the break the day earlier. We get some fun waves and gradually the crowd builds and I get out after about three hours.

Avarua Passage works at last ..... - photo copyright Halesy's Global Adventure Picture Library - click here to reach the PL index with links to all pictures on site

Avarua Passage works at last .....



..... with three guys out - photo copyright Halesy's Global Adventure Picture Library - click here to reach the PL index with links to all pictures on site

..... with three guys out

I go back to the hostal and my friend Olivia says that I appear a different guy after my surf and not as depressed looking! I have to agree and smile for the rest of the day. The break is very tide dependent and I can only surf one time that day.

The next day follows the same pattern and I am the first in again. After an hour, Res paddles out and asks if I have seen the Shark? What shark, I ask. He tells me that about ten minutes after I had left, him and another guy became the only people surfing the right as all the other people had moved over to the left, next to where you get into the water. A tiger shark had then come over to have a look at them. They had both surfed straight up the reef and got out on the island for about half an hour until the shark had moved off again. Then they had paddled like crazy across the channel. Adds a bit of spice to life!

Thankfully, I didn't get eaten, stand on a stonefish or get too cut up by the coral during my time in the Cooks. I had a great time and was sad to leave. I will miss Olivia, Crazy Jon, the Canadian and Helen the Beer monster who made me laugh! I will also miss Lilly and Poco, from Tiare Village, who were the perfect hosts.

I left the Cooks on the 0045 flight to Auckland - and wished I hadn't, as the temperature was 20F colder!

Seeya,

Halesy



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