Surfpackerssupertubes Jeffreys Bay

... I might be pushing it.. The chips were most welcome as was the bar of cadburys dairy milk! Still no galaxy to be found in this country though! We arrived at Buffalo bay and checked in, then took a walk along the surfers beach to the shops.. Very pretty coastline and friendly staff, we had a braai again which was £3, it was a bit naff though! Went to bed at a reasonable time so we could be up and out and to the ...

... of mammals, especially since it was advertised to us as being 'hands on work with endangered mammals', so we contacted the agency we booked through and got them to switch us to a different project. So after two weeks at African Dawn we were being moved to a place called Kwantu.

On the monday, Percy drove us to the Port Elizabeth Airport where we were being picked up by Kwantu, but on the way there we stopped at the vet to take in a cerval from ...

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Brittany: Is this Peggy?

“Peggy”: This is Cristal Cove

Brittany: Ignore everything I just said (Hangs up phone)

Not only did we not get in touch with Peggy, but the new place we were staying was pretty sure Brittany paid for sex the night before. We pretended like this conversation never happened.

That night, we recreated our favorite Middle Eastern dish, Kushary. The professional surfers all sat around watching surf ...

... jeg jo ligge to og to sammen. Han passede bare ikke ind i den finere del af Sydafrika.
Om aften tog Collin og Helena os med ud at spise. Vi fik BOEF! Da vi kom tilbage til vores hostel var vi godt traette oven paa allle de indtryk.
Naeste morgen tog vi med en bus, som var forsinket for at komme til stationen i Johannesborg hvor vi tog et tog der var forsinket. Saa vi ankom i dag (forsinket) til Port Elizabeth hvorfra vi ...

... nach einem kleinen Spaziergang entlang der Strandpromenade dort ankam, war die Enttaeuschung gross: Tauchtour abgesagt. Angeblich sei die Sicht ziemlich beschissen, was einen Tauchgang raus aufs Meer sinnlos machen wuerde. Begeistert war ich natuerlich nicht gerade, besonders aufgrund der Tatsache, da der Ausflug der einzige Grund fuer meinen Extratag in PE (gelaeufiger Spitzname der Stadt) war. Aber immerhin sind die Typen nicht trotzdem raus und haben ...

... but the sceneray is absolutely stunning! We will be spending the weekend playing along the "Garden Route". There is a big surf competition going on here in Jeffreys Bay, and there are tons of wildlife sanctuaries and little towns to explore. On Monday we drive north to Bloemfontein and hope to spend a day in Lesotho. More to come...

... and dragged our canoe upstream towards the halfway mark. It was easy, almost too easy. Once more, we came crashing back to earth when we hit a very, very sharp branch in the water. It came straight through the side of the canoe and nearly stabbed Tim, leaving a nice neat hole for water to come rushing in. Out we jumped (at least this time we weren't pushed) to beach the canoe. Luckily Oran could give Bear Grylls a run for his money in the survival stakes and with a few ...

... The Mexican' (where all the volunteers go). They do the best ever cocktails there! We had a few shooters- a tradition at African Dawn! J-Bay is such a nice town- it's 1 of the top 10 surf spots in the world so it's a proper surfers town. They only have surf shops! I could easily live here, it's so laid back and the main beach is so nice. The next morning Me and Jayd went ...

... not bad huh? I can now catch a wave, ride it in and even stand-up, though generally I wobble off shortly after. Its great fun though and I'm now axious for my finger to be water tight so I can go again, especially since that's basically the culture in J-Bay. I even bought myself a "rashie" (for the non-surfers amongst you that's a rash vest to be worn under the wetsuit to stop chaffing, or alternatively when it's warm, just with your boardies (board-shorts) to keep a bit of heat ...

Well, I have now travelled from the wonderful Port.St.Johns to Port Elizabeth (quite a dingy town in comparison to the others), and got on the bus to Jeffreys Bay. One thing I've realised is that, being a traveller... you know how it is dahling.... you meet so many people and spend such a short space of time with them, that you miss them when you leave. But I mean... you really miss them. Jeffreys Bay is apparently " THE surf capital of ...