After another lie in we got up and had a little potter around the town as per usual. We sat on the beach with the others for the afternoon and Rory and I made a work of art of a sandcastle! We said goodbye to the girls around 5pm, perfectly coinciding with the waves starting! I reached a seminal moment in my surfing career as for the first time I was out there on my own surfing with the real surfers on the big waves! It was a real rush and I ended up staying out ...

We arrived in Montañita mid afternoon after some pretty hair raising driving from the bus driver. We checked into our hostel, which has beds made from bamboo and hammocks, and then just headed straight for the beach. After catching some rays we headed back to the hostel and chilled out for a bit before heading out to dinner. After dinner we went for a wander to sample what the town had to offer in the evenings. We were definitely pleasantly surprised as everyb...