Kosta and I have already done a big part of the Garden Route but there is so much more to see that it is the best alternative for the next ten days. Our first stop is Robertson, a superb little place surrounded by vineyards. And of course that means some whine tasting is in order with me as designated driver, Ruth and Kosta as designated drinkers. : ) We end our day at a lovely restaurant. And I have to tell you, I so enjoy not to have to do anything but to savour the food on my plate in a nice restaurant. The great thing about travelling like we do is that something so normal to us at home, you know like having a nice diner out, becomes a real treat.
The drinkers
After wine it is time for some ostriches again. We head to Oudtshoorn and visit one of the show farms. A different one than we did before, but our evening ends the same as last time: we bake ourselves a nice piece of ostriches meat. Soooo good! And apart from ostriches South Africa has of course more animals to show, so we head down to Addo National Park. It is only half a day of driving to the hostel near the park. That is one of the two advantages of the Tata: not only do we have aircon but we can actually drive faster than the 85 kph we normally do with our car. : )
Our room for the next ten days
The Addo NP is a park where 500 elephants roam the area. When it was proclaimed a national park in 1931 there were only 11 elephants left. So yes, they are doing well, and we have witnessed that. At one point some of those great grey animals blocked the road. ‘Oh how cute’, we thought, ‘they are playing’. Little did we know that we are witnessing foreplay. When we past again half an hour later we got to see this LOL:
And we have witnessed other great things (Yes, I consider seeing elephants mate a great thing. Really people, it only takes about 15 seconds, how lucky were we to witness that LOL : ) ), like two lions getting chased by an elephant, a meerkat on the run for a fox and elephants drinking at a water hole. We have seen so many animals, it was just great! Truly a very nice day!
One of the chased lions
Kudu chilling in the shade
The next couple of days are all about making our way back to Cape Town without sitting in the car all day. We stop at Plettenbergh Bay, have fresh fish for lunch at Mossel Bay before going on to Swellendam and finally enjoying a nice afternoon walk in Stellenbosch. And then it is time to bring Ruth to the airport in the morning. 14 days have gone by very very quickly. It was a pity for Ruth that we lost almost three days with the car breaking down. But this is what travelling is: unexpected adventures waiting around the corner.
Mother and son in search of animals
We don’t know yet what the next days will be bringing us as we are still waiting for news of our car. Two days ago they still had not found the problem with checking a couple of things, so they were going to get the gear box out and open it completely… Fingers crossed!
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