Blogs from Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Uhuu! Time for the first weekend. We decided to go to Jeffrey's bay. We are with 11 girls so had to rent 3 cars to get there. Car rent isvery easy and cheap to do, just next to the supermarket where we always go for groceries. It took around 3 hours to get to our destination point but it was definitely worth it. The appartment is very nice, wish we could have something similar in Stenden. We arrived in the evening and had a lovely dinner in the Mexican restaurant just along the street. Next day started with a beach. It is not really possible to swim there because of the ways but it is the perfect place for surfers or people who just want to sunbathe and cool down in the water (like us). The ... read more

With the many surfer outlet stores(Rip Curl, Billabong,...) in the town and the overload of surfers on one wave, it was quite obvious we arrived in surfers paradise! Watching sunrises and sunsets, dorm with view on the sea, beachwalks, some plays of table football and some glasses of wine in the sun with a game of cards. Relax, sun, hot surfers to watch surfing and some wine, just perfect!... read more

Om 14.00 op vrijdag zijn we gelijk na de les naar het centrum gelopen van Port Alfred om onze gehuurde auto te halen. Er bleken nog een paar foutjes in te zitten, na te hebben overlegd met de mevrouw van Avis hadden, konden we dan eindelijk vertrekken. Op naar Jeffreys Bay! Iedereen had ons verteld dat we moesten boeken in het hostel “Island Vibe” Dat hadden we donderdag al gedaan, toen we om een uur of 18.00 aankwamen in het hostel, kregen we een rondleiding van iemand over het hostel en mochten we naar onze kamer. We hadden een vier persoonskamer (2 stapelbedden) in een hokje van 3 x 3. Lekker knus, maar zo ontzettend goedkoop! Het was een goed hostel, de mensen waren er aardig. De douche was redelijk koud en er zat geen stopcontact ... read more

We left Midrand on the Intercape for Jefferies bay looking for some sun (not so hot that we would sweat everywhere we walked) and to rest properly (unlike Uganda and up in northern part of South Africa where we felt we had to look over our shoulders all the time). We got on the bus, found our seats and were amazed to see that the extra money we had paid for safety had also gone towards leg room and air-con, a must on a 17 ½ hour drive. The bus was 5 minutes late but that would be the least of our timings worries, with the bus stopping 3 times in the first 2 miles of our journey each time stopping for 2 hours to look in the engine, just to move a little bit more ... read more

K - Some time ago I alluded to my newly formed elephant phobia. This is one of the causes.....this photo is not zoomed. We had just engaged in a Mexican stand-off with this large Bull elephant from about 3 meters. You do not reverse away from an elephant that close (well, you don't do it twice!) and because 3 other cars had already blocked the road in front we were unable to move past it. Instead we were locked eyeball to eyeball waiting for one of us to do something. Finally I guess the elephant blinked first - moving towards us before neatly sidestepping us and walking sedately through an improbably small gap millimeters from our wing mirror. This was our second close encounter in Etosha (Namibia) and is about the last time I saw an ... read more