Tahiti Diary Wrap Up |
18th MayI don't need to go into detail about the final day of the Billabong Pro. The waves showed up, as did the rain. Damien Hobgood snatched the title away from a very focused Mick Fanning by less t...
Posted by miss k on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:56:00 PST |
Tahiti Diaries - 14 May |
It's just another typical steamy night in Teahupoo. Mosquitoes buzz insistently around my ankles despite copious amounts of Mozzi cream, geckos chirp like some kind of strange bird's mating call, whil...
Posted by miss k on Tue, 15 May 2007 11:10:00 PST |
Tahiti Diaries - 9 May Lay Days & Mai Tai's |
May 9, 2007My Tahitian host Nelson barely speaks any English, but just enough to communicate with his guests and sing karaoke. A few key phrases are all that is needed to get the message across and th...
Posted by miss k on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:48:00 PST |
Tahiti Diaries 2007 |
3 May '07The rain has arrived. It hammers down on the wooden roof of our house all through the night unrelenting, uncontrollable. It wakes me up and I lie in bed listening the wild chorus of the c...
Posted by miss k on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:30:00 PST |
Tahiti Diaries 2007 |
27th AprilThe smell of burning wood seeps through the evening air. Smoke drifts lazily between the palm trees as the glorious pink sky fades away to welcome the night. Tiny waves lap gently onto the p...
Posted by miss k on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:14:00 PST |
Teahupoo Diaries 2007 |
23 April 07I jump in fright, my heart rate going up by about 1000 beats a minute. It's just my reflection in the window. I take a deep breath and remind myself that there are no hijackers or rapists w...
Posted by miss k on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:30:00 PST |
Tahiti Diaries 2007 |
Diaries from Teahupoo 2007"I have to watch the Footie game tonight", mumbles Dean Bowen, an enthused grom propped up against his board coffin outside arrivals at Papeete Airport. "I'm sorry to have to...
Posted by miss k on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PST |
Pure Addiction... |
I find perfection in carving a clean line, of digging my rails into a wall, smooth and clear. A spray of white liquid splashed across the sky. It's all over and I stroke back across the channel, hopin...
Posted by miss k on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:38:00 PST |
The Life of the Rich & Very Rich |
I have a rich friend. Not rich really, more like a mulit billionaire. My friend hit it lucky a few years after school and found love with a man who seems to own half of Durban. He's 20 years older tha...
Posted by miss k on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:52:00 PST |
Five Things You Gotta Love About France-the Uncountry |
1. French Fries
2. The sun sets at 10pm in summer so u can still get in a 4 hour surf after working a 12 hour day.
3. No beggars/tramps/street children in Hossegor unless you count the campers
4....
Posted by miss k on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:07:00 PST |
