Tannenbaum Tuesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

To say we were impressed with the food and service would be an understatement.  One of the more civilized perks were the hot towels and steaming cups of coca tea.  Before you'd leave your sleeping bag the porters would deliver the basin with hot water and be brewing your tea.  So, you're thinking, coca = cocaine.  No, no, no!  Not quite sure how much coca you'd need to make a snort of cocaine, but probably a bunch.  An average cup of tea might have 5 to 10 leaves, depending on the size of the leaves.  As far as we could tell it wasn't as strong as a good cup of coffee.  It also didn't make you skip up the trail or leap over tall boulders...  That was kind of a letdown...

A beautiful morning with nary a cloud in the sky and 20+ miles visibility.  Winds were out of the northeast by 3.7kts and the sea surface was glassy.  The air temperature was a relatively warm 53.0 and the water dropped a couple to 58.3.  Low tide was at 9:02am +2.4' and high tide will be at 2:15pm +3.8'.  We have a WSW swell out of 255º at 2.3' and it was flat to flatter...

#2 is a photo of our guide Iban and his mom.  He grew up literally next to the trail and for years watched the flow of visitors and locals up and down the path.  Dad grows corn (since their village is pretty early on along the trail) and mom makes it into beer!  The beer is called "chicha" and is a favorite with all the locals, but especially the porters.  At any time of day you'll see bands of porters lined up to buy plastic cups of chicha.  Years ago they used to place a stick over the trail with geraniums hanging from it to signal that chicha was available.  Now that technology has caught up with them they use red plastic bags.  Chicha must be an acquired taste, since we weren't there long enough to acquire it, although it did get better with each tasting...

Here we have lunch on the trail.  Not quite roughing it.  The entree was chicken, but here we see potato latkas, fried rice, squash/corn mixture and a cucumber salad with tomatoes.  They make a big deal about their potatoes, but in the market you couldn't believe how many varieties of tomatoes there were...
 ✠
"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

Popular posts from this blog

Duke Of Wellington Wednesday Surf & Culture Report

Image
Lost Boys & Co... P rofessor, This is a shot taken last week at a secret spot that is less than 30 miles away from you guys. Any guesses?  My buddy Dave sent it from Salta Verde Point on the backside of Catalina. Only accessible by boat or if you know someone with the key. Tip: The guy in the pic is the guy with the key! Sea Wolf... S o, apparently if you decide to leave Avalon and head to the backside you might score on a south swell.  For some reason this place looks like there might be some rocks on the inside.  No indications of that other than the boils following the guy with the key... C loudless skies this morning with 20+miles visibility.  Winds were off to 2.2kts and the sea surface had a residual bump that held all day.  The air temperature was 79.3˚ and the water was 66.4˚, apparently affected by the wind and upwelling.  High tide was at 6:55am +3.9' and low tide will be at 11:46am +2.8' for a little less than a foot differential.  There's a SW swell out of
Read more

Wasting Away In Margariitaville Saturday Surf & Culture Report

Image
Lost Boys & Co... S ancho, on this morning's Sruf Familia thread said it best, "Somber rainy day for Jimmy."  J immy Buffett died Friday, September 1.  He was 76 years old and had recently been struggling with health issues.  A Lost Boy of the first order his music was the sound-track for our lives. B ut he might have said it best: "But there's one particular harbor/ So far yet so near/ Where I see the days as they fade away/ And finally disappear." S ail on Jimmy Buffett and we hope on the corner of that one particular harbor there's a wave that you can surf through eternity.  Aloha Jimmy... ✠ "When the surf breaks, we'll fix it" The Professor!!
Read more

Not Forest Hills Friday Surf & Culture Report

Image
Lost Boys & Co... W ho's behind those Foster-Grants?  Well, we'll bet that he's NEVER worn a pair of F-G's.  Are those Oliver People's?  Cartier's, Garrett Leight's?  We'll say Tom Ford's and he should be their poster boy.  Yep, it's Jetski in the arena at the US Open.  Looking rather trim in his court-side togs, we're waiting for his description of the action... W e continue our assault on some of the smallest waves ever ridden!  We'll have to check the Guinness book, but we think we're on to something.  So it was ten miles visibility under partly cloudy skies and winds were offshore by 5 to 7kts.  The3 air temp was 63.9º and the water was 70.7º at the ever popular #46221 Santa Monica Buoy.  High tide was at 11:01am +5.5' and low tide follows at 4:52pm +0.7'.  It turns out we observed that low tide and even with the afternoon south wind howling around 10kts, Sapphire still looked fairly smooth.  We had a south swell out o
Read more