Saturday, 20 February 2010






Hi again
I haven't had access to a computer for a few days.

Mon 15th Feb
The locals are thrilled, it has been raining! This is a severe drought area, so we can't begrudge them a little water. It is pretty grey today. We had a drive around the lakes and then went to George to Garden Route Mall....well it did stay grey all day!
Tuesday
Still overcast and grey. We are on our way to Knysna today. Because it was still overcast, we decided to drive past Knysna and go to Monkeyland. The monkeys are zoo rejects, unwanted pets or just abused. They are rehabilitated in a wonderful natural forest setting along with three species of lemur. It was wonderful. Next door was Birds of Eden , so we went there as well. It was fabulous and I think I used a whole memory card on the two.
We met Chinky, our travel agent, when we arrived in Knysna.She's very nice.
Knysna is famous for it's oyster beds, so John had to have some. We went to 34o South on the waterfront. It poured down. Again, the locals are pleased.
Wed 17th
Still overcast but we had a nice walk around Knysna.
Thursday
The sun came out as we were leaving.We drove to Knysna Heads and had coffee The tide roars through these rocks twice a day. A really dangerous harbour entrance but stunning. We are on our way to Tsitsikamma National Park today and we go past the worlds highest bungy jump! at Bloekrans River. It is 216 mtrs high...eat your heart out Mr Grey!!!. We watched two mad people do it and then left.Into Storms river cap....Wow. We are in a log cabin right at the waters edge...It is very rocky so spectacular wave crashes.
We walked to the suspension bridge through the forest and then sat on the beach for half an hour to recover. We are self catering here so we sat on the deck and had chilli watching the waves crashing and at dusk the Dassies came out to play. They are like giant hampsters, or maybe rabbits without ears, but they were running all over the place once the day visitors had gone.
Friday
What a fabulous place this is!!There are walks and trails through the forest and around the coast, but today was our R & R day and we went to the beach....John got sunburnt! The sea was pretty cold for the Indian Ocean, but we enjoyed it.
We sat on the deck and had supper again and when we were clearing the dishes we saw a baboon in the dustbin, so I went out to have a look and there was a large male on our deck pinching John's beer!!! Can you imagine...John's beer...Needless to say he was quickly chased off. I am out of time so I will say goodnight...Hugs and kisses xxxx

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