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Hermanus Sep 23, 2009
Kruger2capetown stayed here on Sep 23, 2009 during their trip titled: Kruger2capetown.
Down the Garden Path
... the old harbour to grotto beach, gave us ample opportunity to see the whales as they come in quite close to shore. After a sunny afternoon on the beach we then got treated to a delightful night out on the town with the extremely good looking staff from the Hermanus backpackers. It was a diverse, cultured evening of live music, tuk tuk rides, whisky, motorcycle porn, graffiti and African expressional ...
Teaching at school and weekend adventures :)
... was back!
We then went to Plettenberg game reserve where the others did a 2 hour game drive. I decided not to go on it as it cost a lot and I have been lucky enough to spend two weeks travelling Botswana and Zambia with my family seeing all the animals in their completely wild habitat so I didn’t want to spoil those memories by seeing animals who are fenced into a reserve. I was happy to sit inside by the fire (it was a freezing cold day!) In the evening Chris ...
We say goodbye to you dear Zambia! And hello RSA!
... feel like we've seen it from all ways now! After walking along the top of the falls (and managing to cut my foot on GRASS, which still hurts...) we had a lovely afternoon tea. Wednesday was also Freya and Neil's last day; it was sad to see them go, and just made us all focus on how soon we, too, were leaving!
Thursday was our last full day in school, and was spent mostly starting the process of saying goodbye to everyone. My kids were, as ...
Shark Diving
After an early morning drive, we made it to Gansbaai, home of Shark Ally and the highest concentration of Great White sharks in the world. The boat ride out was only about 10 minutes and the waters weren't as rough as on the lava boat so everything was good. Within 10 minutes of anchoring and chumming the waters we had our first shark surface. Gina ...