Soul & Surf Journal
Popping back to Peru…
Jazmin is leading our trip back to Chicama, Peru, in Spring 2020. Here, she shares some words on what it is about the place that she’s fallen so completely in love with…
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Sri Lanka after the attacks…
This month, I returned to Sri Lanka for the first time since the terror attacks earlier this year. I wanted to write this blog to share my experiences.
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Soul People – Mike Wakefield
The first time we met Mike – the photographer behind Pura Vida Cornwall – he took some seriously beautiful shots of our home and surrounding neighbourhood in Sri Lanka. We couldn’t resist getting him back out to the jungle to shoot some more for us, and luckily for us he agreed to share some words […]
Portugal Winter Sessions
It might still be peak season over in Portugal, at our new home in the Algarve, but we’ve been busy behind the scenes making plans for how we’ll be spending our first winter in Europe. Officially, our season ends in November – but we’re firm believers that a little cold water never hurt no one! […]
Soul People – Adam
Meet Adam! What do you do at Soul & Surf I am the assistant manager at Soul & Surf Portugal as well working closely with all things surf across all of S&S. Where’s home? Right now, it is in Portugal. Myself and Rachel moved here in February. Before that it was 6 years in Cornwall […]
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Natalie Fox: A plastic voyage
Those of you who’ve been to stay with us at Soul & Surf Portugal already will have met Nat, our fantastic yoga teacher. Having first crossed paths with Nat a few years back in Kerala, we jumped at the chance to get her on board as our yoga teacher and some-time surf coach the minute […]
An update from Sri Lanka
Words: Ed Templeton It’s hard to believe it’s been a month since the attacks in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, that devastated the country that Sofie, Kit and I – along with a large portion of our team – have come to call home. A lot has happened in the last month. There’s the initial shock […]
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Why we love…Lombok
And why we are going back this October Words: Rachel Lingham I have the enviable position of working on some of Soul & Surf’s Pop-Ups. These mini versions of our main hotels in Portugal, India and Sri Lanka can be, within reason, anywhere in the world. There have been pop-ups in Banda Aceh, The Andaman […]
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The best Pastel de Nata in Lagos
Words: Rachel Lingham Invented by monks and enjoyed all around Portugal, a Pastel de Nata needs to be fresh, fresh, fresh. This usually means they are best first thing in the morning, but some rare gems bake them two or even three times per day. There’s not a lot better in life than a small, perfectly formed […]
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Creative Director – Surf Hardware International (FCS, Gorilla, Headhunter Sunscreen) Staying with Ed and Sofie at Soul and Surf was the most relaxing part of our whirlwind of a journey through India. The accommodation is relaxing sophisticated and simple. The perfect way to experience India.
Joshua Secomb, Australia
