Like most good ideas, this one started over several beers. Add to this the drinking companionship of several beach loving Australians frustrated by living in double land-locked Uzbekistan and you will see that there were all the ingredients for a very interesting lateral thinking session.

But unlike most beer conceived ideas, this one actually happened. We have actually visited the Aral Sea, entered the water and have pronounced it safe for surfing - if the surf ever gets up! ... (more)