Wake Snake Cliff Jumping Queen!

Hello ALL!

I had a pretty sweet weekend. I went to Inunda Resource Reserve with Steve and some of his mates. We went water skiing, wake boarding, wake snaking, and cliff jumping! It was an awesome day. And the dam was in such a beautiful area too! as you may or may not be able to tell from my fantastic photography skills.



I would like to say that on my first attempt at wakeboarding I was so amazing that a talent scout on the lake spotted me and asking me to join a troup of performing wake boarders, but alas that would be a slight bending of the truth. I tried about 10 times to get up and tho i got very close 3 or 4 of those attempts I can't say I did any actual wake boarding :( But it was still fun, and the others were amazing! I guess when you are white and rich you go waterskiing all summer. They could do tricks and jumps and stuff, i was impressed. Ali, whose been waterskiing at her aunt and uncles in the past, also put me to shame; she got up on her 3rd attempt, and skied for ages.

This is a wake snake - its basically a small banana boat. And its a lot of fun. It is attached to the back of the boat, like you do water skiing. Basically the aim is for the driver to throw you off, so they do quick turns and stuff, and you hold on for dear life. Its also harder coz there are four of you and if you don't all lean the right way (opposite the way the boat turns i think) you will roll the snake. So its a team effort, and I had the best time! There were four girls, Ali and I and 2 South Africans, Karla and a girl whose name is currently aluduing me... At first we did pretty well, but the other girl and then Ali gave up and it was Karla and I the whole way back and when it was just the 2 of us, we didn't fall off once!

This is the cliff we jumped off. It may not look that high in the photo, but trust me when you stand up there and look down it looks A LOT more daunting. I am very proud to say that I was the first girl to jump. I waited to see if the four of us girls where going to jump together, them went of my own! It was so cool. I also went cliff jumping in Coffee Bay, but got stuck in the swell and was exhausted by the time i got out. Here it was just the river, so it was a matter of swimming to the rocks and climbing out.

This the photo of all of the boys and me jumping - Ali jumped once, then climbed up again and was goign to jump with the group but piked out! The 2 SA girls prefered to tbe camera people than jumpers! It doesn't look like it in the photo, but somehow Lyle, the guy on my right, and I collided as we hit the water! Fortunatley we were both fine! Actually its kinda hard to see me, i'm the highest person, second from the left in white boardies.

On another note, this is some of my friends on res with their sweet new looks. Doucette is Haitian and just took out her braids, she has the COOLEST natural afro at the moment, and she just got a new piercing - don't the know the real name, but the beauty spot above your lip. It looks sooo cool! And Amy got her hair braided, so it was a definite photo opportunity!


Then I celebrated my first Thanks Giving. Essentially a holiday that celebrates colonialism, what could be better! While there was no turkey as such, Amy and I went out to a kind of Turkish restaurant! Had a very nice night, drank some wine and toasted the 'civilising of the savages', what a marvelous feat! ;)