Queens Hotel Oudtshoorn

... Bay. Der har de et historie museum med en kopi af det skib Barthelomeus Diaz rundede Kap det Gode Haab med som foerste europaeer. Der skal vi saa vaere i en uge inden vi tager til Cape Town. I Cape Town skal vi saa vaere i 3 uger. Der dukker en gammel "soldater"kammerat, Schmidt op og rejser derefter en maaneds tid med os.<br>Saa der gaar halvanden maaned til vi er i Windhoek og det paa en straekning jeg ellers kun ville saette maks 14 dage af til. Hvis jeg ...

... back to the car we chatted with him<br>and his wife, their names were Gary and Nancy Howell, I said I would<br>send them a video of the jump when we got home.<br><br><br><br>We drove back to Karoo Soul before it got dark so that Eden could have a swim in the pool. When she got in, however, she decided it was too cold and only put her feet in. It wasn't as cold as the waterfall<br>though, probably about the same as the sea at home. Instead, we<br>relaxed on the hammocks while the sun went down.<br>

... as you can or want to... The freedom was not to last as we caught up with the group... The Outeniqua Pass was beautiful to ride but again the problem of being stuck behind other vehicles...<br><br>We rode on round the outside of George and head on down the N2 towards Mossel Bay, and onwards to Riversdale safely passing a few speed traps. A diversion off the N2 saw us again crossing Garcia's Pass.<br><br>I find the second day of riding with a group of people ...

... was more comical than anything else and I think the "riding" part was more a contest of how long I could actually stay on the ostrich before falling off (which ended up being about 45 seconds). I spent the night at a really nice guest/ farmhouse sort of place and then this morning went to the Cango Caves. The caves were really something. Although not the biggest I've been to, I think the formations here were more spectacular than those I've seen anywhere else.

... shove a bag over the ostriches head. At which point the ostrich gets very confused, trys to look round and is pushed into the mounting bit. You climb on, and grab the wings. If you a women or child the two handlers run alongside you and catch you to stop you falling off. With the men however, they just let the ostrich go and run around the paddock. I'm not entirly sure what the ostriches actually make of this, but I get the impression they don't really know whats going on. I had ...

... in pity. I cut my forearm up pretty good and when walking back to the platform felt a breeze coming up my leg. I felt the back of my leg and realized that the ostrich ripped the whole backside of my jeans. I was pretty much wearing chaps. There were 2 gay men on our tour and, luckily for me, they were the first ones to notice and were also the only others in our tour group taking pictures of my ripped jean backside alongside Rachel. The rest of the tour was cool as we were ...

... Our LP guidebook defines the Garden Route as starting in the west at Mossel Bay and ending at Plettenberg Bay in the east. Of course other towns will disagree and say they are also part of the garden route. So our next stop is Mossel Bay where besides seeing the bay we visit the Bartolomeu Diaz Museum. Next we drive to Stilbaai where there is a nice beach but it is too cold to swim and all the lodging is too expensive. We decide to change direction and drive inland to Riversdale to ...

... but mostly downhill (again thankfully). However, cycling is still ******* the ass. The first part of the ride was on gravel and a steep downhill so I think I almost burnt the brakes out just the first few kms. But you soon reach pavement and then its smooth sailing most of the way. Its even actually fun (if you can call cycling fun). I took tons of pics. About 20kms down the mountain you come to the Cango Caves where you can go on a tour into the cave. The caves are just off the ...

... got to go in and play with the cheetahs which was good fun. They were purring so loudly and you could feel them vibrating as you touched them. There were two of them and they kept fighting between themselves for my attention which was a bit intense! I spent the following day exploring the Cango Caves, which was really good. My photos didn't come out too well so there are lots on ringo that will just look like pictures ...

... long talons digging into your legs when the bird takes off running! Hence, the loud shrieking and embarrassment I made of myself. On our way back to Cape Town, we spent the night in the town of Swellendam along the Garden Route. Several of the brochures I had acquired over the previous week mentioned a place called the Fairy Garden there, yet never really mentioned any details about what the place actually was other than saying that it was "magical." I was ...