South Africa
Gym 4 times a week with a personal trainer, Carol. Ex pro Bodybuilder . Workout which gave me strength to stabilize the body of the muscels, which is not following and working during sailing, like the main muscels for example back. First time I had control through my body and where the limits were. No so much overtraining anymore, Carol was pressing the stop button for me. Kite surfing was also scheduled. A new sport which is growing very fast in the market. A great sport, which is not difficult for windsurfers to learn. The same elements, like water, sea, board and respect. Way easier than windsurfing or surfing, but I can say that many people getting in contact with it, dont know how dangerous it could be. Everyone should learn the safety rules of this sport, before ever trying it.New sport in my life, which makes me feel the same exiting like my first day of windsurfing. It makes me feel adding to my life one more pleasure, which is going to take the rest of my free time I had till now. This doesnt worry me at all, because I know the pleasure I will get from this too, will make me happy and more into the water feeling, which I need for Windsurfing. I enjoy this kind of extreme sports, and I dont compare them with other pleasures in life. South Africa, hot on the beach, very cold in the water. So cold that swimming is not possible, only for short refreshing. A thing that keeps the white long beaches empty of tourists, who want to enjoy the water and the sunshine. But for sightseeing it is the best place ever, you can get more than enough. Somehow this is good for us, the sports people, they are not in our way and we are not in their way.


Me personally I saw few things of the culture, but enough to understand how special this place is. S. Africa, a world of it's own. Way of living for European people, too cheap. You can be a king with nothing over there. People working for money you would not even think about to do in Europe. So this makes it difficult for the Africans to get away from their country. Too many unemployed people running around asking for money and some food. Too much of them, and this makes a walk in the city not always a pleasure. Seeing this sad faces and the hunger in their eyes couldnt make me to enjoy my day. There once again I could see how lucky people like me are. I wish I could help everybody, but this was impossible just one thought. Life is not easy in their eyes, and living like an animal in the street makes them thinking of anything, which will keep them alive. Most of the time drinking makes them to forget their sadness and unhappiness. Then sleeping on the streets with no shower for months, is a nightmare, which will seldom have a happy end.
Another culture, another lifestyle, another world. How different can be one country from the other. What study could be better, than travelling around and seeing all this with your own eyes. What solution can be found for problems like that. Will this world stay this way, having people suffering around, when at the same time some people spend money on diamonds or just things without heart and soul. God only knows how this will end up?
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