Boesmanskop Oudtshoorn

Efter en uge i Plettenburg og et par dage i George tog vi til Oudtshorn hvor vi er nu. Oudtshorn er verdens strudsehovedstad, hvilken titel.<br>Vi er blevet taget godt imod paa vores nuvaerende hostel. Bartenderen her har saagar taget os med i byen to gange. Saa servicen er i top. Der er ogsaa gratis strudseaeg til morgenmad, hvilket jeg dog er blevet ret traet af. Nu har jeg saa ogsaa vaeret her i 6 dage, saa er vel undskyldt.<br>Paa Loerdag tager vi til ...

This morning we visit the Cango Wild Ranch. It's just a few minutes drive<br>up the road. There is a big crocodile mouth for an entrance. Inside<br>they have lots of animals, including crocodiles, big cats, birds and<br>meerkats. You are taken on a guided tour round the park and the guide tells you about all the different animals. Eden espcially likes the<br>meerkats. She also liked the tortoises, one was bigger than her, and<br>she roared at all the big cats.<br><br><br>Afterwards we took a ...

... grazing. I am hoping to film the springboks coming to drink, but I guess they are camera shy because they don't show. The light is fading and I am going to pack up when we see a hippo come out of the water and onto the dam. I have my camera ready and film it, but the National Geographic cameraman is too busy drinking his gin and tonic and misses it.<br><br>We head back into town and have some dinner before calling it a night to get ready for another exciting day in Oudtshoorn.

Yesterday I met up with my parents in Cape Town, rented a car and drove out to Oudtshoorn which is about a 5 hour drive east. I hadn't driven a car in quite sometime and it was really quite the experience since I had to drive on the left side of the road. Driving on the left took a while to get use to and so far I haven't gotten into an accident. Yesterday afternoon I went to an ostrich farm where I had the distinct pleasure of getting to ride an ostrich. The ...

... Cango Wildlife Ranch. We saw Meerkat, Crocs, Emus, Snakes, Lions, Tigers, Cheetahs etc. and decided to pay R150 for a Cheetah encounter. The midday heat meant that they were pretty docile but I liked the fact that they could tear my face off at any moment, not likely but it added a bit of danger (they weren't sedated at all). It was definately worth it, they purred like crazy when we stroked them. It was also great to ...

... we picked up our hour long shuttle bus up through the Outeniqua Mountains to Oudtshoorn, which is complely surrounded by mountains. We were dropped at the backpacker hostle in the centre of town where we had to wait for our private shuttle bus to Buffelsdrift Game Lodge, owned by Andre's uncle. What a surprise we had when we arrived! We were greeted by Elton - our field guide who relieved us of our bags as soon as we had got out of the bus (not sure the huge backpack really ...

Today I headed inland about 80 kilometers to the town of Oudtshoorn in the Karoo province. The drive through the mountain pass was amazing as there was low lying clouds covering the green, treeless hills. It kind of reminded me of Scotland. My first destination today is the Kango Caves. These caves are about 5 km in length, but only 2 km of the caves are open to the public. There are two tours ...

... Irish pub right over the road so I can't sleep - hence I'm online! There's also a fire raging through a nearby forest that seems to be in control now, but has been going for about 9 hours already. Helicopters were flying overhead with buckets of water that seemed to do nothing. <br><br>I probably won't write agan until I get back to England. Would be lovely to hear back from you all and see what you're doing these ...

... There were very strict rules for petting both the tigers and the cheetah. Certain kinds of touching could provoke them to bite or swat at you. I had a bandana on my head using it as a hair tieback, it was only about 2 inches wide, I had to remove it when we went into the cheetahs. Anything that might appear different to them might cause them to react to it. It was nice to pet them, but I was kind of glad ...

... card when he had really knicked it! Such a horrible thing to happen but I must say K handled it all really well, she was very calm, collected and pragmatic about the whole thing where I would have been in tears. The git managed to use her card a few times before she got it cancelled but she is going to get the money back when she gets back to the UK so it's not too bad. But it still put a dampner on things and we were all quite angry and upset about it. Next stop Knysna!