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Aruba and Walt
Aruba a beautiful island
in the Caribbean - that's what one man thought when he booked his first
ticket back in 1986. His name is Walter McCann known by family
and friends as Walt. At 73 he is probably the oldest man on
the island who is still windsurfing and kite surfing, and he is pretty
good at it!
It all began in the 70's when Walt heard from friends that there was a nice
little island in the Caribbean called Aruba, a good surfing site and
that he should check it out someday. But at that time he was too busy
serving in the U.S. Air Force. In 1986 he
visited Aruba for the first time for two weeks, and from that point on
has visited regularly ever
since. Every time he stays a little bit longer and nowadays every year for
three months.
Walt is a die-hard windsurfer, but since 2005 kite surfing is also
one of his activities here on Aruba. He returns time and time again to
Fisherman's Huts for windsurfing and kiting. "Fisherman's huts is by far the best place to surf " he
says,
"easy launching, good offshore wind, easy recovery and nice people at
Aruba Active Vacations. Those are the best ingredients for a
very relaxing vacation."
So what is a typical day in Aruba for Walt?. He gets up
at 7:00 AM, has breakfast, goes to AAV start getting his kite equipment
ready. By 9:00 AM he is in the water kiting after which he hangs out with the
other kiters and windsurfers. By 11:00 AM he goes back to his
comfortable beach apartment at
Sunset Beach Studios to have lunch with
his wife and family. By noon Walt is back for about two hours of
windsurfing, after that he goes home to spend some time with his wife and
family. If the wind is good he goes out kiting again until around 6:00 PM
when he
goes back home for a beer and some cheese. Then its off to dinner at one
of Aruba's great restaurants
somewhere. By 10:00 PM it's time to turn in - tomorrow is
another day on this beautiful island!
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