http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , South Africa , Western Cape , Plettenberg Bay en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:32:48 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:32:48 +0000 Well I can't quite believe I only have a couple of weeks left now literally 2 weeks today and I'll be back in the UK. It's been totally amazing with so many different adventures and loads of photos to bore everyone senseless withWell I'm now in Plettenberg bay at the end of my second volunteer project so very different from the first. This time it has been with an organisation called Orca http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-449870.html I've travelled along the southern coast of South Africa to join a lovely group of people and here I am diving with the sharks and falling in love with them. Here are just a few pics to give you a flavour but I will add more as soon as I can. Love to all Bex http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-446441.html 280109 Today we decided to backtrack to Plettenberg Bay as there were a couple of things we wanted to see Tenikwa cats and Monkeyland. Both were great.The Tenikwa cats is a conservaton park which looks after wild African cats. You can walk right into their areas with a guide and even touch some. They were gorgeousMonkey Land is a huge forest area where monkeys live in safety. A guide takes http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-376399.html From Addo Elephant National Park we travelled to Plettenberg Bay Plett. Itrsquos a much shorter stretch than any of the other road journeys so we stopped at a few places along the way. We stopped at the Bloukrans Bridge. The bridge is the highest bridge in Africa and the Southern hemisphere height 216m. It is also the highest commercial bungee jump in the world Only one of us was brave enou http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-372180.html Our first stop from Cape Town was Plettenberg Bay. We hopped on the Baz Bus which is a backpackerrsquos bus that you can hopon and hopoff all the way along the coast right up through Swaziland and up to Johannesburg. Our first journey to ldquoPlettrdquo started at 8am and was going to take around ten hours. We were dreading it the night before but in next to no time we were over half way http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-371651.html Well it wasnrsquot my first Caprese of the holiday last night but I did opt for the mozzarella salad to start Dinner was nice and again amazingly cheap about 20 for 2 courses each and drinks and afterwards we went to see the Xmas lights in George strange to see Santa in a boat and then had an unsuccessful search for an internet cafe to put on yesterdays blog George does not appear to http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-355849.html Today I spent in Plettenberg Bay.The hostel was very nice very clean and super comfy beds. But I didn't sleep in I was up and off early. It was about a 15 minute walk down to the water to Central Beach. As soon as I turned a corner and could see the shore I literally spoke aloud to myself No way because it was so beautiful. Traveling alone I frequently find myself speaking aloud to http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-347734.html Volunteer visions visiting the DARWIN PRIMATE GROUP a vervet monkey rescue centre based along the Garden Route that helps South African indigenous primates. To find out more about the DARWIN PRIMATE GROUP visit httpwww.darwinprimategroup.blogspot.com http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-338506.html Little MonkeysWe woke up to a fantastic if slightly overcast view of a forest with mountains behind it. We eventually wandered off to breakfast which was definitely a contender for knocking our Jorsquoburg breakfasts off their throne.Hog Hollow is a fantastic place to stay the main house is filled with African artefacts and wooden furniture all housed in orange brown and black tones. Our room http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-316366.html Leaving Kwa MadwalaThe bleep of Annabelrsquos wristwatch alarm heralded the start of a gruelling day of travelling we rose and packed promptly and loaded our stuff into the game vehicle where it waited until we had finished breakfast and checked out. Manyatta rock camp was a beautiful place with friendly staff and we were sad to leave when the transfer car arrived. Today was still not a money http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-316365.html July 18 2008PLETTENBERG BAY S.A.Our adventures in South Africa continued today with a drive from Oudtshoorn to Plettenberg bay on the Indian Ocean coast of southern South Africa. This was an easy day on the road passing from the Ostrich farms and sheep and goats Mohair Goats farms through the mountains and back to the coast on a beautiful road through the mountain passes. We enjoyed some in http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-304092.html Since leaving the Wild Coast we've been working our way down the sunshine coast. Our stops have included East London Port Elizabeth Jeffrey's Bay and Plettenberg Bay.East London and Port Elizabeth although very nice cities were just a couple stops to break up the driving and do some shopping and laundry. We stopped at Jeffrey's Bay on the morning of the 10th to check out the first day of co http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-298727.html MORE PHOTOS HEREEN FRANCAIS PLUS BASNB Internet connection in Africa is quite slow which is why I haven't been able to upload photos and also quite expensive which is why I haven't written in a while. I have just arrived in Hong Kong and am hoping to get up to date and upload photos. Check back in soonAlong the Garden Route Saturday June 1st is rainy and cold lucky for me I'm on the B http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-291137.html In Plettwe stayed on the lagoonvirtually on the beach sand. Opposite the seagull sanctuary island. We had a good time watching the seagulls in their natural environment. we rented a canoe and rowed across to the island where there are literally hundreds of seagulls and the sea is on the other side.You can go pretty far down the river on canoeand local fishermen row out early in the morning and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-286062.html Hey Folks Just booked ourselves onto a Mini Safari at a game reserve near Plettenberg Bay to see the Big 5 Lions Giraffes Rhinos Elephants and some other beast I can't remember.Will update this entry with some photos as I see some of you are eager to see something of over here.Enjoy the day and keep eye out for an updated entry at some point today or early tomorrow......Neil x http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-277742.html Bit of a lazy day we drove to Naturersquos Valley a small local beach set at the bottom of the mountains could have stayed here for hours. We then took a drive towards Plettenburg Bay and had a walk along Arch Rock Beach in the scorching heat.This is the life there are so many stunning houses around this area it would be quite nice to own a wee holiday home here in our dreams http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-275505.html So waking up at 4am is never fun but when you have a 14 hour drive in front of you just have to stuck it up and hope noone talks to you Lots of stunning scenery and finally getting out of the fog of joburg later we find ourselves at the start of a road that says road closed flood damage of course we still go down it following a slightly insane afrikaans guy who said it should be fine and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-264731.html Camped in a soil quarry compound lots of giant millipedes around camp and scorpions so have to make sure my imitation crocs stay inside my tent chilly night but slpt very well.Drove to Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park but no space for us to camp so we looked for a campsite and found one 45 minutes away hot and dry desert terrain. the water is salty so its very slimy and hard to come off http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-261969.html Our first night of the trip was spent in Port Elizabeth. We just stayed for the one night since itrsquos so close to Grahamstown we can always go back if we want to. The Baz Bus picked us up there around 6am and we were off to Plettenberg Bay. Itrsquos a cute little beach town and we were staying at Albergo Backpackers. Our first day there was pretty cloudy and rainy but it was our only http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-261529.html Kaum zu glauben wie schnell die Zeit vergeht. Eben haben wir noch von Mozambique ect. berichtet und nun sind wir bereits in Plettenberg Bay. Aber alles der Reihe nach.Eigentlich wollten wir nach der Woche in den Drakensbergen ein paar schoene Tage am Strand verbringen. Doch das schlechte Wetter hat uns mal wieder eingeholt deshalb gings nochmals Richtung Norden auf Safari. Den ganzen Tag unterweg http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Plettenberg-Bay/blog-220661.html