Forest Lake Plettenberg Bay

... were zebra, giraffe, ostrich, waterbuck and so many different types of antelope. We drove for 3 hours with a stop for a glass of wine &#8211; wished we had taken up the offer of hot chocolate! In the evening we ate with the 8 other people who were staying and had a very sociable evening &#8211; but it was early to bed as we had a 5.30 start the next morning.<br><br>It was even colder then &#8211; if that was possible. We were lucky however that we found the ...

... amp; glide over Sedgefield, which offered panoramic views over some beautiful rivers, valleys, and the sea. A &#8220;must to do&#8221; experience in<br>anyone&#8217;s lifetime (but as a word of advice, do take motion sickness tablets in advance :-)<br><br>As you read this, we will be on &#8220;safari&#8221; - our final leg of the trip here in South Africa. Wish us<br>luck in finding the &#8220;BIG 5&#8221; &#8211; hopefully we will post some more pics soon. <br><br><br><br>

<br> Friday 25th September. We had the last of our muesli and set off towards the national park gate for a 9km walk.Our walk took us through dense bush land and over some dry creeks. We saw sojme massive millipedes but only heard some birds otherwise it was a 3 hour walk. Back in town we had lunch and then chilled out reading in the backpackers for the afternoon on hammocks, hard life eh? This trip across the garden route is really just ...

... species of Monkeys. We saw six of the eight species; the yellow squirrel monkey, white hand gibbon, vervent monkey, ring tailed lemur, black and white lemur, and the capuchin monkey. We waited for our guide at the cafeteria in the sanctuary where we watched the monkeys running around the trees in front of us. They hang around trying to get food from people eating and also from the cafe. Two keep watch from the roof overlooking the entrance to the cafe and ...

... ugg, man, fire!) and wind down. I stayed up for a while tinkering with the computer but Rach was knacked so went up to bed. Rachael - Our room is circular and may have once been the old water-tower. The decor is afro-chic with lots of tribal sculpture and art but it also has a nod to the more modern, with a CD player complete with Afrcian Jazz - very mellow. There are wooden stairs that go up the side of the room to the sleeping area ...

... br><br>In the afternoon I revisited the gorge I had been to the previous day (Oribi) with a friend I had met in Durban as she arrived at my hostel. This time I took my camera complete with charged battery! We went to the other side of the gorge to where I had been hiking, and there was a gorge swing there, so we did that. It was great fun, and the view was fantastic once you reached the bottom. Nicole was a little nervous so she made me go first. When ...

... was incredibly windy and the boat had come free of its moorings. We watched for about an hour and they still hadn't managed to get it back out to sea, so we gave up and went back to the farm for a braii. Today the weather is very hot and sunny . . . just like a typical summer in the UK, cloudy, cold weekends then hot and sunny weeks. This afternoon we are going down to the beach to do a beach clean . . . which ...

... Something else that I was amused to see was the culture of flashing the hazards to thank/acknowledge overtaking is very much alive and kicking in South Africa. The Infrastructure here is amazing, especially compared to everywhere else I've been, with exceptional roads. The N2 is 2 laned for the most part and the normal speed is 120kph, not, mind you, that that's even remotely adhered to, depite the fair amount of police cars dotted along the route. Anyway, I ...

... The government is extremely aware of this problem and is trying to do things to help. They've tried building communities of small 2/3 bedroom homes and giving them to people from the informal settlements. This worked in some cases, however some people have decided to sell their houses, take the money and move back to the informal settlement. I'm sure that the government is working on how to combat this loophole. Hopefully, they'll be diligent and help these poor people. Outside of ...

... de 20 rands qui traînent là. La suite de la balade se passe tranquillement (et froidement pour moi, surtout pour le retour à l'arrière du bakkie). Retour à l'Overlanders, où je peux enfin me sécher et me changer, et nous attendons le BazBus sur la devanture de l'hostel, avec un lunch constitué de ce qu'on a trouvé au salad bar du petit supermarché à côté. La vie est belle. Le bus arrive, il nous mènera à Plettenberg Bay, tout juste à 25 km de l ...