Indonesia - What started out as a year-long, round-the-world surfing jol turned into a nightmare from hell for two Cape Town surfers caught up in the chaos of the Sumatra earthquakes.
Andrew Brady and Graeme de Haas had flown into Padang, Sumatra, on Wednesday via Jakarta, two weeks into what was meant to be the biggest party of their lives.
"Our plan was to stock up on supplies, mosquito nets and food and then head out to E-bay on Nyang Nyang with the ferry the following night. We left all our gear and headed into town.
"We had just drawn money from an ATM and were exchanging Facebook details with our guide, Ani, when it started... it began like a regular tremor and we expected it to end that way too. It didn't end - instead, the entire city around us seemed to turn to liquid. I locked eyes with Graeme during the most violent part of the quake and the feeling of 'oh fuckness' was mutual as the buildings around us began to collapse!"
"She grabbed us and said, 'Run, we need to run for high ground', and we ran! Everyone had switched to panic mode and the possibility of a tsunami was very, very real. Ani led us to safety, barefoot as she was. We had run roughly 5km in the direction of the hills when night began to fall."
SHOOT: Theremay have been a threat of tsunamis; it materialised in the straits around Samoa.
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