Manor 38 Port Elizabeth

We survived and had a great time at the game reserve searching out the 'Big 5'. Leopard proved elusive though we did have some great sightings of a cheetah and her 2 cubs which more than made up for it.
We also managed to catch a sighiting of the only 2 lions on the game reserve on both our first and last day. The male is a massive fella (as you can see from the pic of ...

... at bruge hostels som overnatning. Det er jo billigt, men de tror stadig at det er et hotel. De sviner, larmer og koster rundt med folk. Det har vi set op til flere gange nu og vi var derfor lidt skuffede over at de eneste andre paa vores hostel var sydafrikanere der bare brugte det som billig overnatning. Saa derfor tager vi afsted allerede i aften. Vi skal til Plettenburg Bay. Det skulle vare utroligt flot der, men inden vi tager afsted skal vi nok lige forbi akvariet og museumet her i byen ...

I woke up feeling like **** but in a rush as I had to get onto the Bazbus. I think I was still drunk, my stomach was not at its best so I made a quick decision to make myself sick as I could not take the risk to throw up on the bus.

I was so rough, even though I had a shower; I think I probably stank of booze but all I wanted to do was to get back to sleep so I went to back of the ...

Saturday 26th September. Port Elizabeth is a disappointment as the Laundromat couldn’t do our washing and closed at midday and the water front was sad looking and jaded. We had a nice hot breKky though at a café down the road and then returned to the backpackers where I have ...

... as he drove from the car park to where he was picking me up, he'd been stopped by two of the employees who pointed out a flat tyre. Actually they pointed out a very flat tyre! Our guess is that it was a result of driving back from Shamwari along that dodgy dirt road. Given the rising temperature and the fact that Steve had pulled over right in the glaring sun, Steve had gotten very sweaty just moving the cases. We were very thankful that the two gentlemen that stopped us took ...

... sharks! But, as luck would have it, the weather was **** and we were postponed a day. We made the most of it by starting off the morning with some bloody marys and then heading out for a spot of wine tasting in the valley. 16 tasters later and 6 bottles of wine in the trunk, we decided to go shopping and spent ridiculous amounts of money on jewelry and artwork. Sweet. I was surprised to see that in Africa, you can buy a real zebra hide ...

Went on quite a few side trips from George/Wilderness. Had a lovely family weekend (12 of us) at Plettenberg Bay and rented Cammie's house for 4 days. Beautiful view of Plettenberg Bay from 3 story home - great surf, constant whale watching and I even found a treasured pansy shell. Weekend fell apart a bit after we all went off to Roberg Beach and then out to lunch, only to ...

... raining - hurrah!! Blue skys and air conditioning :-) After about 2 1/2 hours driving I came to a traffic jam . . . . after sitting there for 20 minutes I decided to turn around (I was also busting for the loo . . . . no surprise there then!) After a quick pit stop I decided to give the ostrich farm a miss and went instead to Plettenberg Bay, which as you can guess is on the coast. By now it was 2.30pm . . . . yes I'd spent a long time in the car!! I parked up and decided to ...

... we saw more then 7 Elephants, and after that we went to Schotta National Park, in which there are Lions, Springbocks , Hypo, Girafs, Zebra , Buffalos and many other animals.It was very interesting Safari, i'll upload the Pictures after my return to Vienna.Tommorow i'm going to go to Durban by BazBus.

... to think of you first! Back on shore it took a while to get myself back fully functional, but the fish was so yummy - those guys can cook really nicely if only they try. We had prawns, calamari and cob, a big deep-sea fish that they had landed after we left. Later at the fishing club, the prizes were handed out for the best catches. The rum flowed and the conversation flowed freely. These folks meet back here every year to fish and chat. Families watch each other's kids ...