Kurland Hotel Plettenberg Bay

... Wildside this time around as I am not sure I’ll ever be back down that way again. The first time I visited this piece of heaven was with a good friend of mine (Gary Nicholson- soon to be a dad), we came for two days and stayed for two weeks. Our bar bills were enormous and our livers depleted, but we were happier then than we had been for a very long time. Good times, good times.

Back to the present, having mentioned liver damage I feel I ...

... asztalt egy wildernessi étterembe, ami szinte az óceán fölött lebegett. Kicsit kaotikus volt a kiszolgálás, de a strucc szték és a garnélás bélszín megmentette a helyet. Egyébként a kaja meglepően olcsó Dél-Afrikában, egy otthoni erős pizzázás árából itt fejedelmi borvacsorát csap az ember szuper alapanyagokból, sok tengeri és vadkajával, holland eredetű desszertekkel, minőségi borokkal és néha kissé zsákbamacskaszerű felszolgálással.

... working locally in the area's township - is set in the most stunning gardens with a beautiful mountain for the main view every morning you wake up. Just perfect. Due to the beauty of this place, the price (about 5 quid a night) and a few very drunken nights where we were unable to move the next day, we actually ended up staying at Rocky Road for 9 nights. We had our own room to so no dorm to worry about potential thieves etc etc. In fact when we first ...

... re-created eco-systems such as rainforest and parkland. There are too many species to name and also a couple of monkeys and tortoises. Monkeyland is home to hundreds of rescued monkeys from all sorts of backgrounds, including a spider monkey addicted to junk food, he had to be kept separate from the restaurant, of course. We didn't see the White Gibbon which would have been cool as it's the rarest species they have ...

... dinner and returned to the restaurant just as it was begining to turn dusky. We had a table that had a great view of the hills and river. Our meal was very good. I had fillet steak with bearnaise sauce; I actually prefer rump or ribeye as I think as a cut it is tastier whereas fillet although always tender lacks depth of flavour. However this fillet had perfect texture and great flavour so definite thumbs up from me. Steve tried wildebeest which was cooked perfectly. Desserts ...

... for dinner. We didn't want to spend much more after that so we headed back to backpackers and sat by the fire. The next day was slightly extreme! Me and Ella left at 9:00am to do the worlds highest bungy jump at Bloukrans River Bridge. I wasn't nervous until we got there. So we went to sign our life away and get harnessed up. The other guy who was jumping with us was from London aswell, so was chatting to him for a bit. We walked ...

... the rains came to wash away the fields and the match and all that was left to do was to party away the rest of the afternoon and evening at the tents. The next day we were on a bit of a schedule and had to fly back to Capetown to celebrate New Years with the rest of the house. Apparently, later that following afternoon the match was contested with the Springboks winning.

I remember her visit from America very clearly. I was 9 at the time, and I hadn't seen my Nana in forever. I was so excited. When she came out of the airport, I practically jumped on her!! Right after she arrived, we went to go see my second cousins, Kirsten and Megan, where they were ...

... line..and it jst so happened that luck was on my side..i predicted that score line after the first 90mins and into extra time too!obviously I never doubted that Italy would win..and voila!!! Couldn't have asked for a more entertaining day really!At this stage though, I'm shattered!!!oh and p.s...our game drive was pretty cool...Rudolph the guide was extremely informative...and fit!!!Ernest the other oak was cool too...taught us the Aafrkans tradition of spitting ...

... into the village and showed us his family hut (made up dirt, grass, and manure which is made into cement like brick), how they are all green because that is the cheapest paint ($$ never matter until recently villagers with more money showing off by painting with different color which cost more), the local medicine man, the local culture, spiritual pool, and then we have dinner at his hut. It was truly a great experience and completely away from the backpacker route of beaches ...