Wedding in Padang

Today in Padang we assisted to a typical wedding. And so, we got our moment of fame besides the bride and the groom, and his proud family. The father of course proud of his son but also a bit proud that a couple of "Bulé" (the tourist definition in Indonesian), assisted the social ceremony of this union towards god. As the respect of the culture is still strong, it is also a new union towards the people as they only can live together after the marriage. They look beautiful on their ceremonial dresses matching the background so well that they almost disappear on it. All the best!

Jah-Shaka surf movie

This video has been made for Jah-shaka surf project. It is also from my previous trip to Indonesia. Peaceful images, with some mind freeness.Hope you enjoy it!

A caminho das Mentawais

Saímos, o Samuel e eu, de Lisboa na quarta-feira, voamos para Jakarta e de seguida Padang que fica na ilha de Sumatra. Estamos em direcção às Mentawais. Mas hoje temos que ficar até segunda-feira em Padang a espera do ferry que nos vai levar mais perto das ondas. Se as minhas contas estão certas teremos viajado quase uma semana até chegar ao skatepark aquático da Indonésia. Os Indonésios estão sempre com aquela boa dispisição típica deles. O ar está pesado, quente e humido, mas o meu senso olfativo diz-me que estamos no sítio certo!
(Na foto é o Samu e um jovem indonésio com uma camisa do Real Madrid, fan do football como quase todos os Indonesios)

Marrocos

 Fizemos uma trip a Marrocos em abril, aparentement não foi a melhor altura para o surf mas tivemos tempo livre para ir naquele momento. Alugamos um carro que nos conduziu mais de 3000 km nas pequenas estradas de marrocos de Tanger a Agadir, e de volta para Tanger. Três gajos num pequeno peugot 206, a dormir numa tenda em parques de campismo que íamos encontrndo pelo caminho. Diverção e aventura!

 We mad a trip to marocco in April, aparently it wasn't the best season for the surf but we had some free time at that moment so we rented a car and drove over 3000 km on small maroccain roads from Tanger to Agadir and back up north. Three guys on a small peugot 206, and sleeping on a tent on camping sites we'd find along the way. Fun and adventure!

Still in Byron

 So, I'm working at two different places, a restaurant where I'm a Dish washer and on a cocktail bar where I'm a glass washer! I worked a lot in the first week of the year, 55 hours. But then all the tourists left and I'm not working that much, but all is good. I have been surfing good waves. They is not specially better waves than in Portugal but the swells are much more powerful witch makes the surf more fun, but also some crazy currents. I've surfed "The Pass" a very long right hander but some times a bit fat. Now my back is stuck but I'm sure it's for only a couple of days. I bought a bicycle and ride everywhere with it. The previous week we went cliff jumping and if my calculations are right it was 18 meters hight. Pretty scary but it was so much fun.
Swell is coming for the weekend. Hope to get some more waves.

Byron Bay

Hi everyone, I'm now in Byron Bay, but the ocean is still flat. So very very small waves. I flew on last Wednesday to the gold coast and went straight to Byron Bay to meet a friend. Actually a few friends. It looks like a pretty nice place and I might stay here for a while. Let see how it goes!

Sydney

It's now the second day without surfing, no waves here in Sydney. I have the sun, but not the waves. So I went to visit the city, it was a fun trip. I got images from this cool city and have every thing I need except waves, and if there was waves I would need a job. I might live Sydney soon. For now I give you some pics.