Looking for some places to do some slalom training before the PWA Pro Tour event in South Korea next month, I discovered my good Dutch buddy Markus Bouman’s family has a house in Dahab, Egypt. 12 hours drive from Italy later I was sitting with Markus in Warsaw airport with 400kg of windsurfing gear and ready to go stalking camels.
We got super lucky with this trip, as the wind was perfect nearly every day of our 2-week stay. The house is away from the tourist areas where the surf-clubs and hotels are located, in the Bedouin town of Assalah, so we really got an opportunity to explore this amazing culture, away from the cliche tourist perception of Dahab. We rented a very old-school and falling-apart jeep, and despite the fact we spent more time learning how to Macguiver broken engine parts back together, we got amazing opportunities to drive north through the desert and windsurf in places no tourists have likely windsurfed; our own private reefs with only desert Bedouins for miles and miles. Mix in some snorkelling, camel rides, parties with the plethora of English tourists who frequent this town and plenty of late night Vodka escapades with our Polish friends and this was a perfect way to spend two weeks. Stay tuned shortly for the windsurfing pics and some movies that we shot during our stay…
Amazing pics!!! I soooo want to go to Egypt.
Where is this video you were rambling on about…
Patience Woman!
Still editing the videos. They will blow your mind in half once more. Sitting in London at the moment trying to get visas sorted so I don’t get deported. Where’r you at?
This is absolutely amazing. I am wondering something, at the end of the day when there is no one but you and your thoughts….how do you come down from this ridiculously exciting and mentally arousing adrenaline rush???? The opportunities you are afforded come once in a lifetime, my mind and intellect is blown in ways that mere words can’t fully describe. I’m loving this blog. As you can see I don’t get out much, ha!!