Started the day with some horse riding. Sadly the horses had been very badly treated & were clearly terrified.Trotting along the beach was lovely but when the guide tried to make the horses go up & down some scarily steep paths they got very upset. I refused to put them through it & we went back to the beach. Felt really sad & ashamed to be a tourist as we are encouraging this bad treatment. Each time have gone riding have checked with our tour gu...

After a hideous day of travelling which I find too horrific to recount we finally arrived at Oasis Surf Camp, Santa Catalina. We were so lucky to have a cabin right on the beach complete with hammock, pet crab & scorpion!