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Surf Near Nairobi?

Wednesday 4 September 2013 A gruelling flight through Africa, planes stuck together with tape, a customs hall comprising a tent on the tarmac? All part of the mystery surf odyssey into the Indian Ocean for brothers Conn and Greg Bertish.

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Stoked to start with a solid SAA take off. No duck tape holding this wing on.

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Boards loaded, shmokelled through overweight using the bag-under-boardbag-lifting trick and it now begins. Got some dodgy flights ahead,

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Nairobi airport burned down 3 weeks ago. First time we’ve been through customs in a tent on the runway - it was actually pretty cool, felt like a festival queue, without the beer.

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Hitting the streets for some local fare, nothing like some traditional cuts of goat washed down by Tusker beer and boiled meat soup.

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Ah the Beer

Clue #3: Nairobi? mmm