Ambassador Hotel Knysna

... dinner and breakfast then lunch provided.<br><br>Scenery on route has been very varied. Many different birds, springbok, baboons and more ostriches than I would have thought possible!<br><br>We have passed the most opulent towns with huge houses and in real contrast squatter camps where people live in shacks built from corrugated metal sheeting. On some of the stations children ran to the train to sing and beg for money. Found this an uncomfortable experience.<br><br ...

KNYSNA ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES -<br>SOUTH AFRICA'S WESTERN CAPE - <br>GARDEN ROUTE<br><br>We finally woke to calmer weather Thursday morning and started the day with a lovely horse ride through the beautiful mountains behind Pletterberg Bay, where we over looked the valley and sea. 2 hours and 2 sore butts later but definitely a lovely way to see some of the beautiful scenery South<br> Africa has to offer. Not exactly extreme sports unlike what was to follow but that is a ...

... Capetown port is extremely busy , this morning i counted 4 cargo ships waiting to unload this is from what i can see from the beach. Apparently a lot of them are coming here rather than past Somalia. <br><br>Walked up table mountain today all good<br><br>Got a meeting with customs tomorrow morning so should have the bike tomorrow afternoon. then North ti Namibia. <br><br>all good

... inside and very spacious. The chalets form a loop around a swimming pool and we discover at least three swimming pools in this complex. All the individual chalet units have bird names attached to them. Ours is the white faced duck. The grounds are immaculate and well manicured, with very colorful flowers and vines framing the doorways of many of the units.<br><br>Our group meets together for an al la carte meal at the hotel ...

... turned cloudy and rain threatened so we hung out at the backpackers for the afternoon and I updated this blog and Wayne read. The bus collected us at 5pm and we headed to Storms River. Along the way it is obvious not all people live in the rich and fancy housing in the town centres, many shanty towns are dotted just outside the towns along the way. The landscape became more remote and forested and we ...

... is very happy there, they have plenty of activities and a great play area at the back overlooking the beach and sea.<br><br>We set Miss Garmin - GPS - for our destination in Swellendam and headed off for Claremont in Cape Town to collect Jason. The journey to Swellendam is through some beautiful country, first the boring bit along the motorway out towards Somerset West then over the mountains via Sir Lowry's Pass and eventually over the rolling hills of ...

... and I could no longer feel my hands. After getting over the mild hypothermia, a day later, the stomach bug set in. Not much fun, but at least I wasn't in a dorm room in a backpackers at the time! Once I recovered I joined a team of staff and 6 underprivileged kids for the second part of their marine week. The children had won a competition to come and stay at Rocky Road for a week and had many activities organised to learn about marine related things. The ...

... man von den Guides umfangreiche Informationen ueber diese wunderbaren Tiere. Das Schoene an diesem Ausflug ist, dass man nie das Gefuehl hat, wie ein Allgemeintourist abgefertigt zu werden. Es wird ausdruecklich darauf hingewiesen, dass man so lange bei den Elefanten bleiben kann, wie man will. Nimmt man dieses Angebot an, kann man sehen wie sich die sanften Riesen in ihrem natuerlichen Umfeld bewegen. Ein tiefes Raunen und ein ab und ...

... way!! Im really looking forward to Cape Town, so many people have told me how cool it is!! Am staying in a hostel in the middle of town, which balconies overlooking all the bars and clubs and stuff so think it may be rather manic!! Anyway best go, still no luck with photos im afraid as im not allowed to download from here! Im trying to formulate a plan at the mo as ive got so many photos that I really want to show you guys!! Take care guys, and will update again soon xxx

... ahead of time... Which brings us back to our present location, Plettenberg Bay, and the search for an internet. After our random wanderings, we decided yesterday that it would be wise to walk back to the island from the city instead of rehiring Taxi Man. I've since decided that hitch-hiking is safer. After almost being run over by cars driving ON the pedestrian area, guard rails in ditches and splash-happy BMW drivers taking great care to drive straight through ...