Left Addo elephant park early in the morning and we were heading to Tsisikama. Another national park and where the garden route starts.
Before we got to our camping spot, we stopped at a very high bridge for those who wanted to do a bungee jump of 216 meters.
Nikki, Bonnie, Lindsey and Rafael wanted to do it. They asked me as well. But feet tight and heads down. Nope, just not my cup of tea.
I may have jumped out of an airplane or went on the most crazy rides in amusements park, but bungee. Was never on my bucket list.
I gave it a thought for about 3 sec and said no.
We had to wait for two ours there, but finally my new friends jumped.
They loved it. Good for them :)
Arrived at our camping spot in Tsitsikama, it was stunning. right next to the ocean!
We put up our tents and walked around before our tourleader and our driver prepared dinner.
Pork roast with butternut squash and potato salad. Very good.
Since there was no bar we had a pretty early night.
The next day we were all going for ziplining. High up in the trees gliding down on a zipline.
Some of you know, I love to fly, it's a little like flying.
And although I'm afraid of falling off high ground, I loose that fear when I'm well attached.
There was your life line and two back ups, so I was pretty confident I couldn't fall.
Still looking down 30 meters made my knees a little weak.
After the ziplining thing and lunch we could either go kayaking or have the afternoon off.
I was kinda tired and wanted to do some laundry (oh yes, even on holiday you don't really escape domestic thinks like laundry and dishes)
So I just chilled out with my book.
When dinner was almost ready, it started raining. We all got on the bus to finish our meal.
It didn't stop raining. Since it was only 8 o'clock and too early for sleeping we decided to go to the restaurant at reception and have one drink there.
Reception, being 1 km away, maybe wasn't the best plan.
I didn't take my rainjacket from back home since I didn't expect it to rain so much...
I did have a rain poncho still from Rock Werchter that I used. Thank God I brought that with me.
After our glass of wine (all wine is so good and cheap here) we went back to the tents.
Still pouring rain.
As you can guess, everything was soaking wet. You get into your tent to put on your pyama and everything is just moist.
Your sleeping back is a little wet, my pillow was a little wet.. I hated it..
Did fall asleep and waking up too early again; 5h35 the alarm clock went off, still a little dark outside as I' trying to find all my stuff in the tent.
I managed to find a few dry clothes, got dressed an packed again.
Most of us had enough of the camping so we were hoping for an upgrade in the next place: Oudshoorn.
Driving to oudshoorn, the skies were blue again an the rain was gone. The older couple and us four girls went for an upgrade. We got a litlte cabin with our own bathroom.
Gosh, you won't believe how happy I was! Finally, not setting up the tent, no more hassles with showering and dropping clothes to the floor when trying to get dressed in the shower, a bed, dry sheets, a towel en plugs to finally recharge my tablet and phone!
The last two days we were all feeling a little tired and the atmosphere in the group was a little less fun.
But with the upgrade we were all so happy again.
The fantastic four: England, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Me being the oldest of course. But hey, I feel 27 at the moment!
Oudshoorn is known for the Ostrich farms. So at dinner we had a braai with some boerewors and ostrich.
I really liked it actually. Normally I'm not too crazy about red meat. But ostrich: pretty yummy.
Then we showered and blow dried our hair.
Yey!!! no more frizzy hair for a day!
As we left again early in the morning (7am on the bus and ready to go) we are now on our way to Swellendam, also known as the wine route.
We just had our first wine tasting at 11 am :) at Joubert-Tradauw
Tasted one white chardonnay and two red wines. A pinot noir and a blend.
Not bad, but I've had better south african wines
Anyway, typing on the bus is a little hard, very wobly at the moment and we"re almost gonna stop for lunch.
So I'm gonna make it short.
Today, March 17, known as Saint paddy's day in Ireland.
Since we have an Irish bloke on board we must celebrate it tonight (God help my liver)
It's also our tourleaders Bday so I guess i'll be a fun day again. I'm gonna miss my new 'family'
In two days we are saying goodbye. A few of them flying out in the evening, and a few staying in Cape Town for a couple of days, me included.
But I don't want to think about that just yet and enjoy my life on the road in a land far far away...
Tania x
Before we got to our camping spot, we stopped at a very high bridge for those who wanted to do a bungee jump of 216 meters.
Nikki, Bonnie, Lindsey and Rafael wanted to do it. They asked me as well. But feet tight and heads down. Nope, just not my cup of tea.
I may have jumped out of an airplane or went on the most crazy rides in amusements park, but bungee. Was never on my bucket list.
I gave it a thought for about 3 sec and said no.
We had to wait for two ours there, but finally my new friends jumped.
They loved it. Good for them :)
Arrived at our camping spot in Tsitsikama, it was stunning. right next to the ocean!
We put up our tents and walked around before our tourleader and our driver prepared dinner.
Pork roast with butternut squash and potato salad. Very good.
Since there was no bar we had a pretty early night.
The next day we were all going for ziplining. High up in the trees gliding down on a zipline.
Some of you know, I love to fly, it's a little like flying.
And although I'm afraid of falling off high ground, I loose that fear when I'm well attached.
There was your life line and two back ups, so I was pretty confident I couldn't fall.
Still looking down 30 meters made my knees a little weak.
After the ziplining thing and lunch we could either go kayaking or have the afternoon off.
I was kinda tired and wanted to do some laundry (oh yes, even on holiday you don't really escape domestic thinks like laundry and dishes)
So I just chilled out with my book.
When dinner was almost ready, it started raining. We all got on the bus to finish our meal.
It didn't stop raining. Since it was only 8 o'clock and too early for sleeping we decided to go to the restaurant at reception and have one drink there.
Reception, being 1 km away, maybe wasn't the best plan.
I didn't take my rainjacket from back home since I didn't expect it to rain so much...
I did have a rain poncho still from Rock Werchter that I used. Thank God I brought that with me.
After our glass of wine (all wine is so good and cheap here) we went back to the tents.
Still pouring rain.
As you can guess, everything was soaking wet. You get into your tent to put on your pyama and everything is just moist.
Your sleeping back is a little wet, my pillow was a little wet.. I hated it..
Did fall asleep and waking up too early again; 5h35 the alarm clock went off, still a little dark outside as I' trying to find all my stuff in the tent.
I managed to find a few dry clothes, got dressed an packed again.
Most of us had enough of the camping so we were hoping for an upgrade in the next place: Oudshoorn.
Driving to oudshoorn, the skies were blue again an the rain was gone. The older couple and us four girls went for an upgrade. We got a litlte cabin with our own bathroom.
Gosh, you won't believe how happy I was! Finally, not setting up the tent, no more hassles with showering and dropping clothes to the floor when trying to get dressed in the shower, a bed, dry sheets, a towel en plugs to finally recharge my tablet and phone!
The last two days we were all feeling a little tired and the atmosphere in the group was a little less fun.
But with the upgrade we were all so happy again.
The fantastic four: England, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Me being the oldest of course. But hey, I feel 27 at the moment!
Oudshoorn is known for the Ostrich farms. So at dinner we had a braai with some boerewors and ostrich.
I really liked it actually. Normally I'm not too crazy about red meat. But ostrich: pretty yummy.
Then we showered and blow dried our hair.
Yey!!! no more frizzy hair for a day!
As we left again early in the morning (7am on the bus and ready to go) we are now on our way to Swellendam, also known as the wine route.
We just had our first wine tasting at 11 am :) at Joubert-Tradauw
Tasted one white chardonnay and two red wines. A pinot noir and a blend.
Not bad, but I've had better south african wines
Anyway, typing on the bus is a little hard, very wobly at the moment and we"re almost gonna stop for lunch.
So I'm gonna make it short.
Today, March 17, known as Saint paddy's day in Ireland.
Since we have an Irish bloke on board we must celebrate it tonight (God help my liver)
It's also our tourleaders Bday so I guess i'll be a fun day again. I'm gonna miss my new 'family'
In two days we are saying goodbye. A few of them flying out in the evening, and a few staying in Cape Town for a couple of days, me included.
But I don't want to think about that just yet and enjoy my life on the road in a land far far away...
Tania x
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