Simola Hotel Country Club Knysna

... mention one incredibly drunken evening myself and Billy(Aaron) spent on the town in Knysna. After a day of sight-seeing and beach-combing we started drinking at about 2 pm on Thursday afternoon. We soon decided that the two pregnant girls should stay at home while we went out and did guy stuff. Carla does spend 75% of her day reclining on any comfortable surface available so we didn’t think she’d mind doing the same with the other 25%. The ...

I spent all day on the Baz Bus from Cape Town to arrive in Knysa by late afternoon. I had heard that there was tons of stuff to do so I was looking forward to a fun Saturday night. How does the saying go? 'Believe half of what you see and nothing of what you hear." Well that was my experience in Knysa. On this particular Saturday night it was quite dead. That was quite suprising as Knysa is the most popular stop on the Garden Route. The Garden ...

... 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.

... n, hogy az Atlantiba sehol nem mentünk bele… – csak azt tudtuk megállapítani, hogy nem túl meleg (hiába az Agulhas melegáramlat), amire nyilván hatással volt, hogy a hőérzetünk nem volt eleve túl magas. Ugyanis sajnos ma viszonylag keveset sütött a nap, ami persze az autós utazásnál kifejezett előny, de a helyszínre megérkezés után már örültünk volna egy nyáriasabb időnek. Pláne, hogy az átlag napsütéses óraszám itt 1 órával több naponta mint New ...

... The gardens are at the foot of the mountains and are stunning. They have bred special yellow bird of paradise flowers to honour Nelson Mandela – beautiful.

The next part of our day took us back into Cape Town Railway station where we boarded the train which would take us to Port Elizabeth. 84 passengers all in small cabins with beds and a tiny sink. We were welcomed with champagne and cake and set off at 4pm. The journey is scheduled to last 24 hours ...

... rocky coastline - we enjoyed morning runs along it both mornings, admiring the views. We spent one day on Grotto beach, which is actually a misnomer as it is not a grotto but the most spectacular 11 km stretch of fine white sand and rolling surf I have ever seen. We stayed an extra night in Hermanus, hoping to go on a shark cage dive (yes, that's right - go to Youtube and enter shark cage diving South Africa if you don't believe me). Sadly, or perhaps ...

... idea. we left the backpackers at 12, we then had to wait at a service station for our bus and I got into Port Elizabeth at midnight. I then left this morning at 7, although I got woken up at 6 :( and arrived in Knysna at lunchtime. Knysna is on the graden route so it is supposed to be a pretty little seaside town. however it is cloudy and cold. I have wandered round the shops and managed to find a new memory ...

... I remember we went swimming in the lake. I was the same age as Kirsten, and Megan was younger. I didn't have a swimsuit at the time, so I had to borrow one from them!! I was so embarresed that Megan was younger than me by quite a few years, yet I fit into one of her bathing suits.

I had been saying from before I left England 'I'm going to do a bungee jump whilst I'm away....'. Now I find that I'm passing the worlds highest one.. it had to be done... but more of that in a bit, here's all of what we got up to in this random little jungle town in the middle of nowhere: - played poker all night and got drunk (recurring theme is starting to set in) - Watched the mighty ...

Howdy! You'll notice there are some images next to the old posts now. This has taken us ages and we are stressed so you'd better appreiciate them!!! There shall be another update later but we might move down to the beach soon and lie down, some people in the dorm managed to talk nonstop! Later