Paradise Found? - Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:47:47 +0000

Regular readers (or in fact, anyone who can deduce the time between two different dates) might be wondering why I haven’t updated the blog in a while. I would love to say that it’s because, in the last couple of weeks, I have been so busy doing varied and wonderful things that I simply haven’t had the time. Sadly, well it’s actually not sad at all, but it’s not the case. Puerto Escondido is an almost magical place that posseses an inate ability to simply suck away time. My principal reason for coming here was for the surf - and surfing I have been doing - but it’s impossible to escape, not that you’d especially want to, the chilled out beach atmosphere of the small town, and simply hang around, doing little other than sleeping, swimming, surfing, sitting on the beach, all mixed together with the odd cerveza or 17. The temperature is regularly in the 30’s, the sun is always shining, people are happy, and spending hours mulling over suitable words to describe the experience here is often far too much effort. Well, that’s my excuse anyway.

Poo in the sea

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:31:58 +0000

Guernsey is just about to have a debate about sewage treatment (Guernsey currently discharges raw sewage into the water).

SAS (Surfers Against Sewage) are trying to persuade the States to take their responsibility seriously and to implement full sewage treatment in the island.

It’s a bit embarrassing, isn’t it, that Guernsey has been pumping out millions of gallons of sewage each year (about 1.5 billion gallons will be discharged into the water over the next 12 months according to SAS) while Jersey has had full UV treatment for years?

Surf on Matt Thornton

Paradise Found? - Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Poo in the sea