Travel Blogs from Gordon's Bay, South Africa
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Finally in Cape Town and Gordon's Bay
Day 10 - Cape Town. The Mother City and Gordon's Bay What a site and an introduction to Cape Town: Table Mountain from the train window. All of a sudden one of the train staff came into our berth and asked if we know Ona. Immediately, ...
Day 4 - The little wooden house
Today, we had the usual start with the children and the activities and lessons went well. We always pray with the children before they have their mid morning snack and lunch, and I noticed that they always had bread and something, be it an omelette, ...
En route to Gordon's Bay
... At the airport I met the driver and another volunteer who had just arrived from Sweden. It was about an hours drive to Gordon's bay which again is a beautiful coastal town partially surrounded by hills but very windy. There were 5 other volunteers in the ...
Day 2 at the orphanage
If someone with children below the age of 5 had told me about the amount of work and energy it involves, I would have appreciated it from a distance and only from a logical point of view. Today at the orphanage was a case in point and one with additional ...
Up the Whale Coast without a whale
... breakfast helped overcome the hangover and, after a bit of hanging around we headed off with some friends to our next stop, Gordon's Bay. We decided to take another spectacular coastal drive - heading to Hermanus with the hope of seeing some whales. We'd ...
Last day and penguins
Last day of a great trip and South Africa seemed determined to prepare us for home, after being baking hot yesterday it rained and then drizzled. We decided to visit the penguins at Betty's Bay. I'd felt a bit ripped off at Boulders Beach and after ...
reunion island 2006
it's almost been a year since i've been to that wonderful french island in the indian ocean. i was seduced by its charm again in december 2006, 10 years after my last visit. what do i like about the place? it's raw, rough, primeval. it's mountainous ...
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