mail to Active Adevntures

Dear Adam,

I am now in Morocco and thought that after such an awesome trip I owed you and your team a letter (mail).

Firstly thank you for collecting me so promptly after such a long journey from Fuerta to Costa Teguise. It was lovely to see a friendly face and feel so welcomed. It was an awesome spot to end up in as everything was so local too, so thank you again for showing me that it made me feel at home.

When i first booked my trip I will be honest, I was going to use Waveriders for the whole journey, purely because of the Kite Safari they offered me in Eygpt. After further thoughts I decided to give Vyky a call, as I had dealt with her previously for 2 holidays and friends have also booked trips through her to other places. After all why not bow to the knowledge of a girl who lives and works these islands? She cooked be 3 weeks at a great price and I couldn't be happier. Admittedly the first encounter with Fuerta was hard going, my own fault i guess for not booking beach transfers etc and doing more research into where the apartments were in relation to the beach etc etc but it turned out great! I really enjoyed sharing with Annabel and Christmas (as explained when we met) and I think I would have had a lonely time in the evenings otherwise, so massive thank you to Vyks for thinking about that. The lessons I received on flag beach from Ben and his team were awesome, I really enjoyed the follow my leader type lesson, instead of having some 18 year old yell at me from the beach. I learned more and had alot more fun than I ever had envisaged. They are a hard working team and something that you would never see back home, the hours the conditions etc, Ben is a lucky man to have them. Red Shark could learn a few things for sure!!

Following that I moved to Lanza, where Vyky out my in touch with her house mate and he took me kiting and without him I doubt I ever would have braved the condition at Famara alone! Just to have someone at a similar level was awesome and after a long days travel it was lovely to just hang out with a good English cuppa at his / her flat like i wasn't living on the bare minimal again. On a few occasions afterwards Vyky was awesome, giving me and Caroline hints on where to visit on the island, where to eat and what to do when the wind looked too scary down the beaten track at Famara, I know we have talked over the previous months but until then she was an acquaintance and I know class her as a friend. In the evenings taking me to small Spanish places that I really love (admittedly it cost me fuel and a few drinks - dam you sales girl ;)) but well worth it to stray away from the English bars and cafes I so dearly hate. Her relationship with Miguel also pointed in the direction of some cracking surf beaches, which I got to enjoy when I had no wind, no fat pink English people and just a cracking view or 5 ;O).

It was also great to meet Greg, finally! After a few mails and a conversation here and there on the phone, his knowledge of the wind and the tides really helped when I didn't go kiting with Simen.

Adam, thank you to your team basically. I am travelling alone which sucks arse at the best of times to be honest and I can only hope that when I am working on the kite safari in Egypt I can work with them to sell this to the UK public, as more girls need to be treated the way I have been, good staff, good contacts and good advise at a good price.

I am currently in Essaouira and this is an amazing spot - Greg review will be on my blog! (as will Dakhla!)

Thanks again to you all.

Vyks - look after that arm dude, wont heal if you get cross with it.

Miss you all x