Blogs from Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 8

Plettenburg Bay was another place we were looking forward to as we had heard that it was one of the most beautiful spots along the Garden Route. We dedicated the first day to washing, email postcards and journals etc so the fact that it was pissing down with rain didn't matter. Albergos was the backpackers we stayed in and it was well set up for wet weather with tv rooms, games room, bar and large kitchen. The only draw back of Albergos was that it was surrounded by several construction sites, once again, rich white mans town. You could imagine the reciprocal looks as we stumble out of our tent full of morning glory to be greeted by dozens of black workmen sitting high atop the scaffolding eating their brekky only ten yards from us. Thankfully ... read more

Hi everyone, bit late at setting this up, but better late then never. I'm hoping to use this to put some pics on the internet and update you folks back in the Uk on my where abouts. In a place called Plattenburg bay at the moment. Been having some fun and relaxation in the sun. Moving onto Cape Town tomorrow. Only had time (and patience0 to put 6 images on here, from all over South Africa.... read more

Day 4: Plettenberg Bay Previously....Port Elizabeth and the Kwandwe Game Reserve :-) Back on the road...240 km to go to reach Plettenberg Bay...Once we went through Port Elizabeth again, we finally reach the garden route, one of the most beautiful road in the world...For those who spent some time in Ireland, the landscape will seem to be quite similar.... unspoiled flora, mountains, wetlands and lagoons, forests of unsurpassed beauty and always at every corner a view on the Indian Ocean...absolutely stunning...Wish we had more time to stop on the way and go for some excursions or extreme sports bungee jumping is a specialty over there) And then here you are…The view open up and unveil Plettenberg Bay with its miles of golden sand and impressive waves that break on the beach. We stayed at the Plettenger, ... read more

Well other than our harrowing encounter with the guard rail on the N2 Plett was superb. This is what we did. Went to the beach and lay in the sun during the day, went out and drank beers at night. Repeat, repeat, repeat and repeat. Fantastic. It was awesome being there with all of my boys, minus Andrew. Our house was so close to Lookout beach and had a marvelous view of the lagoon as well as the ocean. We got up to some shenanigans as could be expected, some tea bagging and funnels with our beloved Fanie. What a champ. Adam, Dave and myself made some trips to the Deck on the beach and argued over which South African beer is the best, Castle by far. I have to say though, Namibia's Windhoek takes the ... read more

We couldn't resist checking out the highest bungy jump in the world at Bloukrans River Bridge (Along the Garden Route in South Africa). The jump is 216 meters which is over 708 feet of free falling. Justin was happy just looking and being the camera man but it was my idea to go out of our way to get to the bridge, so I just had to jump. For the first part of the jump, you free fall for 5 seconds and on the rebound bungy you fall for another 3 seconds (the rebound bungy is higher than the Victoria Falls bungy at 111 meters). And then you bounce up and down a bit more swaying all over the place...It was absolutly nuts, the jump is huuuuugge! You really have no idea how big it is ... read more