Bay Lodge Plettenberg Bay

... on the planet and it always feels good to return and show other people why I love it so much. Everything is so relaxed. Even with the hideous road works going ahead on the N2 everything and everybody still remains calm. If anger does flare, people simply glance out across the water at a sailing ship cruising between the Heads and all is forgiven in an instant.

If you want to have a real slice of heaven head out of town about ten minutes down the ...

... whole thing again virtually until you eventually come to a stand still and wait nervously, thinking your feet are slipping out of the bindings, for the dude to come down spider-like and pick you up.

The feeling of actually having jumped is amazing, we were all absolutely buzzing when safely back on the bridge, and celebrated by having a wicked BBQ, or braai as its known here, then got all the hostel out around a big fire in the garden and got leathered.

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Az úti cél Knysna, egy lagúna partján fekvő nyaralóvároska, aminek a neve egybeforrt az osztrigatenyésztéssel. Látványos sziklakapuk (Knysna Heads) között áramlik be az óceán víze a lagúnába, amely helyenként hajózható mélységű, máshol viszont (apálykor?) száraz lábbal is besétálható. Be is sétáltunk, majd ezután felmentünk a keleti head-re, ahonnan az óceán és a lagúna felé is parádés kilátás égett bele a retin ...

... de les gespeld (en een zakje chips
beloofd bij goed gedrag). Ze waren voorbeeldig en heel stil, waardoor we op een bepaald ogenblik omsingeld waren door een 13tal lemuren (aap van Madagascar: "I like to move it") en een handvol gele eekhoornbeesten. Super om te zien. Ze zijn echt niet bang en komen bijna op tenen zitten. We hebben ze zelfs kunnen aaien. Ze wandelden gewoon mee. Eten
mag je ze absoluut niet geven ...

... fairly good conditions for a beach walk: no rain, some blue sky, and occasional sunshine. The surf was rough and wild in the strong wind, however, with swells about 20 to 30 feet high! Several of us walked to the lookout along the Salt River Trail, and the views were good (B-) considering the short walk of less than 10 minutes. I think we should have walked farther to make a loop, as Richard and Sousan did. They reached a big waterfall farther up the beach ...

We drove south from Graaff-Reinet to Plettenberg Bay. At first the road was a normal tarred road but then according to the map there was a 40km stretch of untarred main road down to Plettenberg Bay on the coast. As we approached the turning to this "main" road we were dismayed to find that the road appeared to be closed which meant a 200km detour. Just as we were about to relunctantly take the long way round a car stopped and the lady said ...

... I remember we went swimming in the lake. I was the same age as Kirsten, and Megan was younger. I didn't have a swimsuit at the time, so I had to borrow one from them!! I was so embarresed that Megan was younger than me by quite a few years, yet I fit into one of her bathing suits.

... watching situation. Although still very overcast it wasn't actually raining so we joind them and skipper Lindsay (a bloke) on the Explorer for an ocean safari. It was brilliant! BUT, because we'd arrived in Plett after all the shops had shut on Saturday, and we did the ocean safari on Sunday, we didn't have a camera so we don't have any pictures of any of it! You'll just have to believe us when we tell you that we ...

... you need. It was a nice walk to town, along the way were great views of the ocean. In town there are lots of great restaurants and shops. This place ended up being a catch up place for us. We finally had to give in and do the boring task of laundry. At least here we had a proper laundromat to do it in. Hand washing gets to be a pain in the butt. We spent alomst a day on the internet doing the blog and posting pictures. Other than that we just ...

... and wear clothing. Others were trained by criminals to be pickpockets. Some are dumped off because ignorant people decide a monkey would make a good pet then realized they were wrong. They all look like they are doing well though and enjoying their surroundings now. They are learning how to be proper monkeys for the first time. The center tries to rehabilitate as many of them back into ...