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Photo of Aberdeen Beach

The actual idea behind my trip began to take shape while I was at the University of Aberdeen in NE Scotland. As a regular surfer I met Craig and Steve (the two friends that I went travelling with) at Aberdeen Beach whilst taking the odd short study break. Although the water's really cold and the surf inconsistent, you do occasionally get the odd good session.

We all wanted to travel so that we could get to surf good, consistent waves in warm water. We talked about going on a surfing trip, and after flicking through some magazines and watching some surfing videos, picked the countries and surf spots that we wanted to go to.

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