hey guapas and guapos,
in the last weeks, my parents visited me for some days and it was just amazing to welcome them here in Mancora. i had to eat lunch AND dinner in various restaurants here, really tough!
then i am working on the marketing plan to get german kitesurfers here to mancora. so i am contacting kite mags, tour operators, etc to raise awareness for this destination.
the american guy jason, i lived with in the last months, left three weeks ago and is now back in aspen, colorado. i am now living with an argentinian family. they are really nice people and i get to speak a lot of spanish (however, sometimes i still get lost...).
besides that, the windy season started a few weeks ago and i got to get on the water a lot. its nice to kitesurf in uncrowded waves and enjoy the warm water of the pacific ocean!
unfortunately, i had a kite accident last wednesday: here is what happened (maybe:-)
still dont really know, what happened, cause i cant remember anything from the accident. the guy that i live with was with me on the beach and we reconstructed the scene:
it was nice and strong wind, guess at about 20 knts. i was out kitesurfing for 2 hours and i had the feeling that the kite loses some air. so i went to the beach and my friend helped me to put the kite down. i checked the tubes and indeed there was some air missing. i saw that the deflate ventile was a little bit open, so i closed that and pumped new air into the kite...my friend helped me to launch the kite and some lines were tangled. i told him to try to untangle them....with a lot of strength, he untangled them. the powerlines straighten and i got pulled towards the fence (i expected that). everything seemed fine and i walked backwards toward the sea, kite at about 10,11 o`clock. then a sudden pull came from the kite and i made two steps towards the fence and then jumped over it (dont know if it was the kite or myself that pulled me into the air - could be a reflex to avoid getting pulled into the fence which is full of thorns).
my friend then saw me lying in the sand (face towards the house, feet towards the fence( so i must have lost control and turned around during the jump), kite lying down. i was complaining about pain in my breast and back and had some cuts on my feet from the fence. my friend took great care of me and helped me to stand up after some time, i went to have a shower (you could imagine how i looked like, wet, full of sand and bloody feet). then we drove to the medical service...
i cant remember anything from that point that my friend helped me to launch the kite until an hour in the ambulance.
however, i am getting better everyday, still sore muscles, but i hope i can get back on the water in a week:-)
i am sure, the first sessions will be strange and i will learn some lessons from that accident...great luck i had!
now i am waiting for my brother to meet him in guayaquil, ecuador at june 16th to fly to the galapagps islands for some days, before returning to mancora for 2 weeks. after my birthday, we will start our trip down the coast, visit some surfspots and machu picchu finally...then end of july, my brother leaves from lima and i am heading to santiago to get some snowboarding action in chile and argentina before returing to germany on august 6th.
of course i will keep you guys updated of this trip and what happenes in the last weeks here in mancora, peru...
to end this report, i have to admit that i miss you guys and especially my girl! hope you are all doing fine and keep writing emails!
have a good one and enjoy the pics
