Garden Court Umtata

... bin ich in Cintsa angekommen, noch weiter oestlich und die Natur wird immer wilder und unberuehrter. Gruene Walder soweit das Auge reicht. Gestern gabs eine schmackhafte Grillade, zubereitet von Pete (urspruenglich Piotr) aus Russland. Hatte die Sache bzw, die Grillzange fest im Griff. Noch kurz etwas zu den Unterkuenften: schlafe jeweils in Dorms, welche es in verschiedenen Ausfuehrungen gibt. Hatte schon in einer 2er, 4er und sogar ...

... a whole days surfing lesson in Newquay a while back and didnt get anywhere it was so frustrating! However surf lessons were free in coffee bay and I was promised that I would be able to stand on the board by the end of the 2 hours! After a lot of work I catually stood up and caught my very first wave, such a cool feeling!! Abseiling was actually terrifying but alot of fun!! No matter how safe you feel, hanging off a cliff always gets ...

... he was sitting on my pants still wet with sea water from yesterday. Another sunny, gorgeous day and it's such a pity that an hour after I take my tabs they kick in and the world is a different one, blurry, vague, and distorted and I can't keep my balance on those damn rocks.

... and shelf space to store it all. The best part of it is their camping site, though. Great shaded tenting in the forest on sanded platforms and sandy patches arranged in terraces or out in the sun on the lawn. My spot is foresty with a nice river view and I can also see the ocean through the trees and it's nicely, cozily shaded. It IS a very laid-back, cool backpackers. I was up all day exploring Bomvu and the beach and the green hills ...

Coffee Bay is set right inside the Transki, the very rural, very black area of SA, it's what you expect 'real' Africa to be like, very basic living, but a very cool, picturesque place. Here's what we got up to: - Went for a hike to 'Hole in the Wall' (see pics, bit disappointed to be fair... all those blisters for sweet FA, although the scenery was pretty sweet ...

Hello Everyone, We drove back out from Port St. John's to the main road and then back in to the next village of Coffee Bay. It is speculated that the village got its name when a ship crashed into the shoreline spilling its large load of coffee beans it had into the water. This was a great place, the beaches were beautiful. The whole area had a friendly laid back atmosphere to it. There are two backpackers right ...

Hello Everyone, We had a very long drive from the Drakensberg mountains down to what is called the Wild Coast. This is an area along the bottom eastern coast of South Africa. It is one of the last unspoilt areas of the country. A place where you can really see the local indiginous people still living as they did hundreds of years ago. The tribe in this area are the Xhosa people. Pronounced Kosa with a ...

... of people, but these guys have made that very easy. I was determined not to put my rain jacket on today, no matter what. By the end of the day we would be in a hostel, so it would be ok to be in whatever condition the day had provided by then. Oh, and the sun shinned and shinned today, almost just to warm us as we said goodbye to this stretch of the journey. We were mainly walking over green hills again today, having to go 'up and over' more than round ...

... after the nightshifts of the previous hours. Just as we were packing up, a snake fell from the tree between me and Riaan, and headed straight past my feet to the relative safety of my bag! Great! After some encouragement it slithered away into the bushes. I think it was a sand snake based on it's thin, even brown appearance. Our first task was to get some fresh drinking water, as we were completely out, so we headed up past the village and ...

... in Durban for andy to see a chiropracter, get a parking fine and get lost and drive into a township as nighttime neared-woops. We headed up to stLucia National park for some hippo and croc watching. (again with the chance of being crushed at night by hippos-fantastic) After that we drove to the Drakensberg mountains. We stayed ina place called the Amphitheatre named so because its surrounded by mountains. We met a couple of Canadian guys and hung out with them for a couple of ...