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#CatTravels: Get me in the water!

By Catherine Toth Fox • August 20, 2012 • #CatTravels

People have asked me — even while we’ve been here — why would I fly halfway around the world to end up at a place that looks a lot like the place I just left.

Simple.

For the surf.

Malpais is a surfer’s dream, with stretches of uncrowded breaks and year-round surf.

It’s why a lot of people drive the rough — which, by the way, is an understatement — roads for five hours to get here. (You can fly in, by the way. There’s a airport in Tambor, which is just a 45-minute drive north.)

But I had been here for more than 36 hours and I hadn’t even gotten into the water.

Well, the wait is over.

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First things first, we needed a solid meal to get us going. Our hotel provides a free breakfast every morning. Today it was rice and beans with eggs. Perfect pre-surf meal.


Check out this video — and more — on my YouTube channel.

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8 Comments

  • Reply jaydee August 20, 2012 at 7:01 am

    Beautiful! I’m so jealous, in a good way though. Can’t wait to see the photos of your next spot.

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 21, 2012 at 4:49 am

      It’s coming — soon! I need a more consistent Internet connection :/

  • Reply M August 20, 2012 at 7:51 am

    Hello Cat!
    Nice surf breaks, any standup paddlers there?
    Fuud looks guud too!

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 21, 2012 at 4:50 am

      There are a few, actually. We’re going to stop by an SUP shop today! Stay tuned!

  • Reply David Jackson August 20, 2012 at 5:38 pm

    Nice, good place to go! The food looks awesome and the total number of people was PERFECT.

    • Reply Catherine Toth August 21, 2012 at 4:50 am

      I think so, too! But yesterday we went back to that same spot and there were more than 30 people in the lineup. 30! YOW!

  • Reply WildeOscar August 21, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    Thank you for sharing this place and your impressions.

  • Reply hawaiiobsessed August 22, 2012 at 4:55 am

    Thanks for answering that question! I was wondering the same thing. 😉 I am glad you went tho and even more glad you let us tag along. Love hearing all about it and seeing the pics. Great job!

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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