Plettenberg Park Plettenberg Bay

... dinner and breakfast then lunch provided.<br><br>Scenery on route has been very varied. Many different birds, springbok, baboons and more ostriches than I would have thought possible!<br><br>We have passed the most opulent towns with huge houses and in real contrast squatter camps where people live in shacks built from corrugated metal sheeting. On some of the stations children ran to the train to sing and beg for money. Found this an uncomfortable experience.<br><br ...

KNYSNA ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES -<br>SOUTH AFRICA'S WESTERN CAPE - <br>GARDEN ROUTE<br><br>We finally woke to calmer weather Thursday morning and started the day with a lovely horse ride through the beautiful mountains behind Pletterberg Bay, where we over looked the valley and sea. 2 hours and 2 sore butts later but definitely a lovely way to see some of the beautiful scenery South<br> Africa has to offer. Not exactly extreme sports unlike what was to follow but that is a ...

... Featherbed because sailors on the many ships that spent months in the sea that made it into the quiet bay in Knynsa River said that it felt like sleeping on a featherbed compared to what they had been experiencing. <br><br>We take a 20-minute boat ride up the Knynsa River to a platform where we get on an old army tractor unit to transport us up to the top of the east head of the estuary. The Knynsa River has over 100 species of ...

<br> Wednesday 23rd September. We wandered around town for a few hours this morning after visiting the coastal point where the lighthouse is. We learnt that since 1500AD 2,000 ships have been wrecked on the coast of Sth Africa, the last 2 in 1978. This is a wild area of ocean for sure. Shark cage tours are popular here where you go out in a boat and get in a cage while white pointers are all around you. We ...

... keen on adding the big jump experience to his &#8220;been there, done that&#8221; list of achievements. And hence, he agreed to become my Jumping partner for the day! And with chronic beams of excitement radiating throughout our nerve systems, our awaited journey - towards what yet to become the biggest adventure of our lives - begins.<br>Arriving at our destination, a raving energetic music invites the freshly arriving potential jumpers further in and helps them ...

So what can you do after you've conquered your fears and thrown yourself off a 216 metre bridge?!?! Why party of course! Can't remember the name of our hostel in Plett Bay but Starling Backpackers is way, way out and is a bit eerie so don't stay there. We didn't know at the time but when the holidays hit, Plett Bay is South Africa's answer to Cancun for Spring Break. We stayed in an 8 bed dorm ...

... spent the afternoon chilling on the beach.................contemplating our flights tomorrow. Cape Town to Jo'burg, and Jo'burg to Bangkok. Well, surprizingly, we are now finishing up on part 2 of 3. Africa. So much to see, we definitely have to come back in the future. We loved Mozambique, Cape Town, Kruger National park and our short haul to Cape Point and along the Garden Route. But there is so much to see in Africa. So many ...

... did some salady stuff...yeah seemed like a waste of time to me too! Had a good night and managed to keep the drinking to a minimum following the previous nights debauchery. Next day we decided to check out the famous beach down Plett bay. Sadly the weather was pretty rubbish so we gave up on the beach after 5 minutes as we were both too cold and decided to have a bit of lunch and a good chat before having a look round Plett. It's a really nice ...

... of the photos that can be shown! After the party we all headed off to the beach and some of them went swimming. I didn't 'cos it was too cold! We then spent Sunday lying by a river and sleeping . . . . . it was quite a party!! This morning we spent dissecting a common dolphin that had stranded on one of the beaches earlier today. I got to cut off the blubber and some of her muscle - it was really strange 'cos she was still warm and ...

... that he was twenty two. This sent me into histarics as I said.. "Dude, I thought you were thirty-six. You should start free basing Oil of Olay." I don't think he got the hint. A simple shut up, would have been better. Instead, this guy launches into a tirade about blacks. Not African's... blacks. Classy. This, mind you, was in the presence of black people. After enduring this idiocy for an uncomfortable amount of time, I asked him, "Hey man, don't you know any jokes?" "Yeah ...