First few arrive for the November AFR

Local beach, originally uploaded by Ticket to Ride - Worldwide Surf Adventures.

It's the day before the start of the African Road Trip, and with over half the group having arrived this morning it might aswell be the first day.

I picked up the group bright and early from Cape Town Airport, and they were all greeted with typically beautiful Cape Town weather; all seeming rather tired from the long journey they all had a bit of rest time, and then we went out to grab a bit to eat in Kommetjie.

This was followed by a tour of the Cape peninsula from Dene Botha, who has sponged up all the knowledge from his pioneering Father Paul. Taking the tour along one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world quickly cleared all the cobwebs. This is where it all begins, the start of a lifetime in surfing starts here, and it's SO EXCITING!!!

We had a quick tour, and then went down to the local beach watching all the local kids shred the waves of Long Beach after a day at school. We all watched on in eager anticipation, and its easy to see that as soon as they felt the soft Cape Town sand in between their toes they wanted to be nowhere else than in the water, learning the sport that they have travelled so far to master!

We haven't got our first surf lesson until tomorrow, so I've left them all to take 5 in front of a surf DVD, and build their ever increasing surf knowledge. Before we head out for some pizza's later, then we've got the remainder of the group coming out tomorrow, when we'll head out to the water for the first of many lifechaning surf sessions.

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