Taken from customer survey form. Submitted on: 09/27/2011
To Cath Hart ,
Hi I traveled with Santa Lusia June 14th last mth and like to say I
had the most insane holiday !
Thanks so much and especially to the crew - great food/service and
'Ryan' our surf guide was awesome !
Thanks to his epic knowledge of the Mentawais - we found some of the
best waves of our lives almost every day !
On top of that Ryan was a top bloke who also got some unreal photos of
our surfin .
So I'd like a quote and to book another trip (with Ryan) Santa Lusia
same time nxt yr for 10 surfers .
Thanks
Christian Chapman
From: "jamie colley"
To: willygani
Subject: Santa Lusia
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:18:34 1000
Hi Willy
I Tried to send an Email earlier this week and not sure if it got through to you. I would like to thank the crew for all their help in making our trip a memorable one.
A special thank you to Dicko, who was one of the best Skippers I have had the pleasure of coming into contact with.
He is a real asset to Santa Lusia and anyone who asks me I will refer them to you boat, not only because of how well the boat is set up, but because of Dicko.
It was lucky that was in the right place at the right time to get the job with you, but im sure he will eventually be regarded as one of the best skippers in the region.
He put us into position for some excellent waves in an area with very few boats. I personally had one of my ever best trips to the Mentawai's this year.
Again thank all the crew for putting up with us, allways smiling and going well out of their way to make sure we were allways happy.
Thanks and All the best
Jamie
-----Original Message-----
From: d.pono@
Sent: Monday, 3 October 2005 11:35 AM
To: Alinda Bryant
Subject: SANTIA LUCIA TRIP 3-17 SEPT
Hi Alinda
Just wanted to drop a quick note giving you guys rap. We recently did a two week stint on the Santia Lucia in the Mentawias. I must commend everone involved as this was most certainly the inagural annual trip of a lifetime. All aspects ran like clockwork particulary the flight, transfer, stop over & in general all logistic arrangements. Well done
Now on to the surfing itself, two weeks solid of sick waves at about 20 different reefs. From playfull head high to more consequential triple overhead. Rick Hallet is a legend and his knowlege of the area, surf and weather conditions supurb. I am sure eveyone on board lost count of the barrels let alone waves scored after about day 3. Personally, I could have been on the plane home satisfied after day one at a firing lances left.
One suggestion I left out of the questionnaire was to let your clients know about the www.sickshots.com website. I was lucky enough to have a couple of 8 or 9 shot sequences taken of which I had no idea. This was an added bonus a week or so after returnig home after I found out about the photogs.
Commendations all round and I would recommend you guys to anybody searching for a trip of a lifetime.
Many Thanks
Damien Ponomarenko
-----Original Message-----
From: andrew williams
Sent: Sunday, 18 September 2005 5:11 PM
To: alinda@worldsurfaris.com
Subject: Santa Lusia boat trip.
Alinda
I've just returned from the trip to the Mentawais
Islands on the Santa Lusia and had to let you know how impressed I was. I found the whole package to be extremly well organized and everything went extremly well.
Rick / Josh and the crew did an amazing job to find
the right spots and also helped educate not only our guys on the edicate in the water but also many other groups of surfers out there. We found that with a little education the line up worked a lot better. Not only that but they rip as well. Also a big thanks to the crew especially Sonny who not only cooked awsome meals but looked after all of us and made us all feel at home. I think he was trying to make everyone put on wieght.
As for the other guys on the trip, I now have nine new great friends that I hope to catch again for a surf somewhere around the world.
Also a big thanks to yourself and the other staff
members for organizing every detail of the trip which will be extremly hard to better. I think only my surfing could improve. I didn't expect this much and couldn't have asked for more.
Andrew Williams
----- Original Message -----
From: Emma Staniland
Sent: Tuesday, 20 April 2004 9:30 AM
To: Alinda Bryant; tonysmith
Subject: THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!
Dear Alinda & Tony,
Just a quick note to thank you both ever so much for all your help in
arranging the boy’s trip and making it so memorable.
They had the most amazing time ever !! Perfect waves, sensational food, plentiful grog, and absolutely raved about Tony and his crew, and the boat.
Tony - apparently the website doesn’t do the boat justice. The guys were all very pleasantly surprised.
Watched some of their video footage last night and I just couldn’t stop
laughing. Hope they weren’t any trouble Tony !!!
A MASSIVE thanks to you both for making their trip so hassle free and
EVERYTHING they wished for and SOOOO MUCH MORE !!!
(Apparently its gonna be an annual trip now......Look-out Tony !!!)
Thanks again ever so much, hope to talk again soon.
Em xox