As we leave the mountains of Lesotho behind us we make our way down to the coast of South Africa. We start our trip towards the Wild Coast. A lot of driving brings us to a nice backpackers place, on a hill near the beach. It is just an amazing place. As it is not so easy to get there, the place is not packed and this is how we like it. In South Africa it is not really possible to wild camp anymore. It is of course always possible but not really recommended. We have always felt safe camping in the middle of nowhere along the way, but this beautiful country has a rocky past and that past still lingers here and there….
Anyway, so we get to this great hostel where we enjoy three days of walking with the Ridgebacks, going to the beach with those two dogs and cuddling the dogs, cats and even geese that stroll around. Although we are really enjoying it we leave after three days as there is so much to see along our way to Cape Town. We drive further south towards. We are invited to stay at Michnus and Elsebie’s place. They have never met us but because Kosta has a mutual friend they open there (I must say amazing) house to us. It is great to spend time with people that also like to travel like we do. Well, they travel on motorbikes but there spirit is as free as ours. : )
And slowly but surely we arrive at the famous Garden route. There is really not that much to say about it. We’ve seen amazing scenery, had nice walks and had a great laugh at an ostrich farm. Ostriches are really funny animal (and unfortunately in the wild they always run from you so you never get to see them close by). Their brain is smaller than their eye and so no, they are not the brightest of animals as you can imagine. They lay an egg every two days (only from November till March) and after they have popped 15 fertile ones out (they get rid of the non-fertile immediately) they start nesting. The ostrich actually does not even know that she has in fact 15 eggs, she does it all on instinct. An ostrich egg is as big as 24 normal chicken eggs, a little cholesterol bomb. ; )
But, THE happening here in the Garden Route was Kosta jumping of the highest bungee jump bridge in the world!!!! The bridge is 216 m high and the bungee fall itself is about 180 metres! And what profound last words does one say when he is brought to the edge just seconds before the jump and for the first time looks down: “Holy shit” LOL
Kosta and Liesbeth (from Antwerp) ready to jump
Feet tided up
Almost time
Here we gooooooo!!!!
And gooooooo!!!!
180 metres lower
Safely back on the bridge
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