Sand boarding

I didn't sleep well so after an uninspiring breakfast I found some Wimbledon on tv and we both promptly fell back asleep for several hours.

We went for a wander around the lake, got ice creams and booked a tour with Hotel Salviaterra (50S). All the sun loungers were taken so we couldn't do any sunbaking :(

At 4pm we were loaded into our sand buggy, all a bit disorganised and they'd forgotten to tell us we had to pay 3.80S tax (which we ended up paying after) so we were beginning to doubt our choice of tour, but it was great!

We had 8 in our buggy which raced off across the dunes, sending us flying up against our flimsy seat belts many times. After a few photo stops, we were dropped off at a series of small dunes to practice. Anna and I were the only ones with proper boards and boots - the others had cheaper short boards you could lie on or strap yourselves in if feeling brave. You had to wax the board and then lean back and not turn too much. Not as good as on snow but good fun.

Then we hopped back on the buggy and went to some bigger dunes - awesome fun despite wishing we had some goggles against the blowing sand. On the last run, one of the girls refused to slide down and walked in a bit of a tantrum - another buggy gave her and us a lift to our buggy up the hill with us hanging on for dear life off the sides.

We whizzed back to a look out over the oasis for sunset then headed home. Great fun!!

We had dinner at the same place as last night, in fact Anna opted for the same burger. I had the 'small' pesto pasta, which was hardly small but I did manage to finish it and help with Anna's chips. Then it was home to wash out all the sand, which had gotten everywhere despite not falling over!!Read more