Crab Attack Update

The irony of it all is that this is a pretty accurate representation of the days events.

Surf’s up and I got bitten

I finally got to try out my newly acquired board today on decent waves. Things went well, the board seems to be far easier to catch waves on and I actually managed to stand up today.



Here's one of the least successful drop ins. That's my board, I'm somewhere under water cursing the sea, saltwater, sand and surfboards.



The most alarming part of the day however when was while I was wading out in the waves. About waist deep in water I suddenly got a horrible wriggly sharp sensation on my foot – I got pincered by a crab. Reacting with a very swift shake of my foot and a embarrassingly girly yelp I’ve discovered I’m actually a bit soft.

Here's the evidence:

Article 1: Laceration caused by crab, outside of right foot.

Let’s get out more

We decided that we ought to be spending more time out in Cape Town – rather than being shut ins locked to American TV serries on DVD/Download – although they are quite good ways of spending the evenings if you have to watch TV. South Africa TV is pretty weak. We did have the option of watching that box office smash Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner on prime Friday night but sadly I’ve seen it. You know [Wispers from the corn]: If you build it they will come. Etc etc.

I digress. We’ve decided to tour Cape Towns restaurants on a more frequent basis.

Step 1: the much touted restaurant at the Extreme Hotel. If you can get over the fact that all the meals are labelled things like the ‘Hand 10’ burger and the ‘Ally Oop’ chicken combo then you can actually have a pretty decent meal. You have to ignore some of the décor which is a bit too ‘extreme’. The wall festooned with boarding paraphernalia including the skateboard’s with trucks on backwards. Any skater out there will explain the extremeness of this.

Botham Burgers

Made Beefy Botham Burgers. Wallop.