Die Ou Pastorie - De Hoop Oudtshoorn
No 13 Long Street Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, 6625, South Africa
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Backtracking
... Limestone caves and quite nice but seen better. They are dry caves now so no rivers, lakes or glow worms.
Then to a wildlife park on the outskirts of the town. A bit like a zoo but OK. Saw a few animals that i will struggle to see in the wild - Pigmy Hippos, white lions etc. Worth a visit
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Red Flags...
... maybe we had missed their call - on the way Patrick told me he had a bad dream that our car was broken into while we were diving and all of our worldly belongings (two whole backpacks and a camera) were stolen (#4). When we arrived we pulled into the parking lot and a homeless man was clearly peering into the window of a mercedes benz that was parked in the lot (#5)... not a good sign since we did have everything with us. Patrick parked the car ...
Cango caves
... box... I’d rather keep my nose intact, my trade mark! Hum!
“This is so cool!!” adds Fab, excitedly.
Even Lance has braved his fear of small spaces and follows along... the adventure tour is definitely worth it, even if the standard tour brought us through huge “rooms” filled with draping stalactites, columns and new forming stalagmites. This cave was discovered ...
Road trip, Karoo and ostriches
... pay and they were responsible for cleaning all the garbage so as a statement they ran and grabbed everyone's garbage and threw it alll over the streets so that they left a trail after they walked past. The people whose yard we walked into explained that this never happens and this is the safest part and they felt embarrasses that this was the impression we got from their town and they were ****** at the rioters. While they didn't end up being dngerous, it did add ...
Craziness continues...
... have been robbed and killed there if the road hadn’t got us first but we eventually made it to town where we had all 4 wheels – although the wheel rims were more like a circular saw – and were alive. This road should have a warning on it saying only suitable for 4WD and in perfect conditions but oh no, we take it on in the worst ever conditions in the oldest hire car ever!! What an adventure – but not to be repeated that’s for ...



