Punta Hermosa...la station balneaire des Limenos desertee

After a week at the children's home, we went to visit a friend we got to know from Pisco. Paul. He lives near Lima and right next to a beach too!! He has kindly offered us to stay at his appartment and go surfing which Johan would love to master one day. :-)

Paul picking us up to take us to his appartment

Johan gearing up and trying to psych himself into going into the water cos it was a cold day, fairly windy and the water hmmmm... cold and pretty choppy. I decided not to try, not daring enough and didnt want to injure my knee soooo.. good excuse for me not to enter cold water. For some people the water is not even cold but to me, it is freezing. Depending where you are brought up. BBBRRRRRRR
All ready to go!!
Johan "talking" and caressing the surf board with wax and asking it to be kind and carry him on those waves. hahaha
The coast just a few meters away. Like a pro carrying the board. Need to ride those waaaaavvvveeeessssss.......

a little re-cap lesson before heading into the water.

Once in the water, you forget that the water is cold after "fighting" to get pass the waves to go deeper.

A little helping hand, a little push and OFF he goes...
aha.. first stage.. trying to get into the right position..Good attempt to get up. He got his knees up.. almost there...He is UP!! He did it but oooooo... not for long... he is down in the water.. GOOD TRY though.........

After a few tries time to get out. The waves were becoming worst and ouf.. it was tiring.

After a sportive afternoon, a good drink is always welcome. Clean up, showered and Paul prepared us Caipirina. We had a drink at the balcony, looking out to the ocean and the sound of the waves... so relaxing and calm.

Hmmmmm, Johan is wondering if he will he surf again?? Maybe he is looking out for dolphins??
Ah look hard at this photo.. and can you see a black dote in the middle??? Yes there they are.. The dophins of course! That is their fins. The next day we had breakfast with Paul and Paula and Johan looked out into the ocean and he spotted them. Such beautiful animal. They were there the WHOLE DAY!! Yup, morning till the evening. We saw them. They were fishing, playing, jumping.. what a sight! Johan and I were both very tempted to put on the wet suit and surf boards to swim out into the water to play with the dolphins. We didnt though. We thought if we swam towards them, they will surely go away so we left it at that and enjoyed them from a good distance.

We had a good time. Thank you Paul and Paula for letting us stay in their appartment.

A french song that Paul learnt when he was little and never forgot it. Incredible what we could remember when we were young. Paula also shared us a french song she learnt.Thanks for sharing the songs with us. hehehhe