Anyone from Port Elizabeth, South Africa?

[chris the vis]

Howzit Ricochet
Right now the sea is looking rather kak (unpleasant). Over the last 48 hrs we've had some serious down pours here together with gale force winds resulting in floods, which have left the sea with a nice coffee colour and some big swell. So I guess diving will be out of the question for the next week or so...damn! Hopefully next week will bring sunshine and clean water again. Glad your staying till the end of Sept, I'm sure there'll be some good days for diving in between. I only have one gun, but I'll ask around. I'm sure one of my diving buddies can spare an extra gun for you. Until the sea clears up I guess I'll have to stick to the other more intoxicating liquids and NO! I'm not hardcore enough to actually freedive in it, I just have enough to keep warm and happy, especially after a good day of diving- I repeat: that was not my face in the newspaper article about alcoholic student hooligans.

[Ricochet]

Oh, yeah.
PE and the floodings even made it into the German TV news.
But according to the weather forecast, sunshine with 24°C peak temp returns with my arrival

Got your PM.

See you in PE.

[Ricochet]

Hiho Chris,

I'm in P.E. for exactly two weeks now.
Unfortunately I didn't have any spare time so far. 12h shifts from Monday to Saturday are, as you say in afrikaans, "kak"
But hey, it can only get better!
Yesterday... finally... we had the time to go to Jefferys Bay and St Francis.
St. Francis with its rocky coast looks pretty promising.
The sea showed its ugly (stormy) face, so I prefered to stay out of the water albeit I took my wetsuit with me.
I think I even found that property agency Bluecape mentioned. But since it was sunday it was closed. St Francis is quite a nice town, but 99% of all buildings seem to be summer residences, so I doubt that I can find a fishing shop there
But all in all it must be a nice place to hunt and its only an hour away.
Btw, I live in Newton Park. Cotswold Ave to be precise (Cape Road).
Maybe we can meet next weekend (or during the week) and have a beer or two at Barney's and plan a trip !?

[gert]

hi Ricochet

ASris said we got a few desend fish lately but as you ll see the weather
is looking great (NOT) but don 't woory it get worse on monday 4,5m swell
but then it gets good the west blows almost rest of the week and thats good it brings in the clear water
was at the wide side yesterday and its ok but it well get good with the west that coming friday
if you not bring able to get a gun i can lend you one if you want to get one mikes dive shop has got a few they ll not great but they work

well see you around

[Ricochet]

Hi Gerd!

Are you the friend of Chris that he mentioned to me?
We checked some divespots on sunday and the swell was pretty 'kak', but all in all the coast looked pretty nice.
I whould also drive a few kilometers to other spots where the vis might be better. (Luckily the rental car doesn't cost me any gasoline )

I might be going to order a gun and accessoires from Rob Allen together with some stuff that Chris wants to order.
Untill then I whould be very glad if you could lend me one!

Let me know when you want to dive, hunt or drink!
A fish-braai is still missing on my must-do list


Cheers!
Sascha

[Ricochet]

<exhausted voice>
HELP!
Must resist steaks.... Must resist wine.... Must resist Kingklip.... Must resist prawn.... Must resist temptation....
</exhausted voice>

Damn it. I'm too weak to resist!
Already gained 8 kilos and there are still a couple of weeks to go.
Someone please lock me up in a gym without food supply!

[island_sands]

ricochet i know EXACTLY how you feel right now go on enjoy it, when you get back home you will lose your weight. my ex husband put five kilos on in one month when i took him to SA

Kingklip mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Ricochet]

Oh yeah, I'm literaly getting 'out of shape'
I was already wondering why my wetsuit fits so tight lately.
However there won't be much time for me to work out and get back in shape... my next SA trip is already planned for December.
Guess I'll have to face a tough training schedule in the mean time.

[island_sands]

me too.. 2 months in iraq and jordan did me no good whatsoever. went back to gym today, and my instructor said, what the hell happened to your ass??
now you know its bad

[Wollychop]

Always remember, if you eat like a horse, you'd better crap like a Rhino! Howz this kak sandstorm bokkie?!

[island_sands]

Originally Posted by Wollychop

Always remember, if you eat like a horse, you'd better crap like a Rhino! Howz this kak sandstorm bokkie?!

Very k@k indeed! i am in Abu Dhabi the whole week and the coastguard has apparently banned all boats from going out