Protea Hotel Island Club
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Down the Garden Path
... the old harbour to grotto beach, gave us ample opportunity to see the whales as they come in quite close to shore. After a sunny afternoon on the beach we then got treated to a delightful night out on the town with the extremely good looking staff from the Hermanus backpackers. It was a diverse, cultured evening of live music, tuk tuk rides, whisky, motorcycle porn, graffiti and African expressional ...
Entlang der Garden Route
... Es ist erneut extrem windig, was absolut normal sein soll für die Kapregion! Die sich auftürmenden Wellen werden regelrecht zerstäubt, was auf dem Bild gut zu sehen ist. Schon bald sehen wir dann die Skyline vom mondänen Gordons Bay. Noch ein letztes mal für 500 ZAR volltanken, das sind etwa 60.- und dann auf die N2 einbiegen, welche uns direkt nach Kapstadt führen wird. Doch dazu mehr im nächsten ...
Caledon
... is a quaint lighthouse, built in 1848. Here the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean. Lots of beautiful expensive holiday houses closed up until the holiday season. As with most towns we have seen, the shanty towns are on the outskirts of the city as they were here. We travelled through many more hectares of wheat, barley and canola country, through Napier, Caledon and then to find our farm stay for the night. Once again a most ...
Pottery, penguins and picnic
... 8221; the water and that sometimes salt crystals are excreted from their eyes as part of the process. How clever is that!!!!
We then drove on through Kleinmond to Hermanus. Its not whale watching season but we enjoyed our picnic lunch on the cliff top. We then wandered through the African curio stalls. What an array of batiks, carvings and beaded goods. I felt quite overwhelmed and ...
A bit more of Africa
... were in charge of the fire of course which is actually a wood fire built in the brick "braai" area outside. It needs quite a long time to burn and get to the right "hotness." I'm not sure what they all did outside with it but it wasn't until 1030 that we had dinner. Lamb, chicken, steak...amazing. We were able to meet some of their friends and enjoy good food and wine. Such fun despite feeling sick...and tasting 10% of what I ...
Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Fitness/Health center