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This Blog has been created by an adventurer,traveler and fun-junkie.An English woman living in Spain,who runs a British sailing school with her gorgeous husband and is passionate about adventure sports and the environment - and willing to share the good stuff with you.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

We Love The Summer Holidays!!



Well, the summer is definitely here! Tourist numbers are right up and our accommodation providers, OPI, are all reporting high occupancy rates. Bookings for Costa Adventures are our best yet, with large numbers of families and groups doing activities.
Our top activities include sailing, power boat fun days, sea fishing, wakeboarding, scuba, quads, horse riding, air rifle shooting and archery.
It's just too hot for some of the other activities, such as pole dancing, although we are taking bookings for the winter now.
So far it has been very hot, with temperatures going right up in to the 40's, so we are always advising people to replace not just fluids but salts and minerals. Heat exhaustion is caused when you are exposed to the high heat and do not look after yourself properly, it is very dangerous and can lead to heat stroke. If you think you have it (symptoms include sickness, diarrhea and fever), then get straight to a doctors or accident and emergency at your nearest hospital. Don't forget your E111 and passport.
The beaches are packed and fiestas are happening all over the Costa, so people are making the most of the culture and entertainment while partying till the sun comes up.
Being so busy means less time for my own adventures, but I will be trying out wakeboarding next week! That should be a laugh, for everyone watching me. I'll be writing about it for my next article in the Round Town News and posting the article and pictures here so keep your eyes open.


Wednesday, July 1, 2009

The summer is here!

The weekend has been busy with lots of enquiries for a range of activities. We are now starting to see more movement in the market as people check out what is available over the holidays. Watersports are always a favourite in the summer - for obvious reasons! But now we are seeing more bookings for multi-adventure days where the whole family can get stuck in. I have some spectacular locations for my clients so they really are given the wow factor.

Today we had clients horse riding and quad biking and are expecting the yacht back after being away in Tomas Meastra on a 2-day course. Yesterday we gave a new client a small introduction to power boating. It's always great to see people really getting in to a new activity, knowing that we are giving them a good service with plenty of input on safety. This client has now booked up for his power boating license (ICC - Internacional Certificate of Competence) in August.

It's a busy week ahead with more and more ladies joing the pole dancing classes, and even a couple of guys too! I'll be checking out some more activities so I can write about them in the Round Town News, one being jet skiing. I've never done it before and as a bit of a petrol-head, I'm emmensly excited. Once again taking the educational slant, I will be learning the safety and legislative aspects so I can pass my new found information and experience on to readers at some point over the summer.

Things are hotting up here but I see on the news that Britain is embarking upon a heat wave. I hope people don't get caught out and get sunburnt or too dehydrated.

The Costa Adventures picture gallery is slowly being populated and it gives me great pleasure to offer this free service to clients. Have a look, you may see someone you know!