http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , South Africa , Eastern Cape , Port St Johns en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:22 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:22 +0000 THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN ALL GOOD TRAVLLERS REFLECT ON WHAT HAS BEEN AND WHAT SHALL BE... ENJOY THIS MESSAGE FROM A FELLOW PILGRIM... A WORD FROM GOD FOR 2013. Dedicated to Ewelina A Denton Every year I ask God for ONE word to give to His Church on Earth. 2012 was he year of Equilibrium. At first I thought 2013 would be a year of Justice... BUT the prophetic word I received this year is abun http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-763486.html Hi all the wild coast is realy wild but unspoilt nature is what it was supposed to be wild.What thay say about the roads here are true you need patiants and be wide awake lots of road works and stop and go then you get to go you find a notice board that says there are traffic calmers for the next 20 kl what that is is speed humps every 100 meters and then you get 3 in a row now towing a va http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-712902.html Its been almost a month since I returned to India spent this time just relaxing meeting friends partying and planning the next trip. Will leave on 7th Feb on a train trip to South India Andaman Islands and North East India. Looking forward to be out on the road again. Meanwhile here is the update of the last 2 days I spent in South Africa.Will start updating the blog again about the India tri http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-470868.html Christmas didn't bring us much joy in terms of weather but we still decided to go to Coffee Bay a town about 190 km from Port St Johns known for its black pebbled beaches. We also planned to visit Hole in the Wall a rock formation in the sea about 9 km from Coffee Bay that creates unique and sometimes very loud sound due to the hole in the wall amidst the waterThe road from Port St Johns to Mt http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-465842.html We woke up to a cloudy sky well this was supposed to be sunny weather around this time of the year but that's how the weathers been for meWe drove out to the Second Beach which was nice and clean though swimming there is dangerous thanks to Sharks last Sunday there was a Shark attack. We hung around on the sand for a bit then tried First Beach which is just not swimmableWe then went to the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-465815.html Wish you all a happy new year I am updating the blog after returning to Mumbai and naturally a few days of lazing around and meeting friends worked for a day or so but have gotten out of that habit swiftly . These updates are about my last trip in South Africa to Wild Coast.Wild Coast which is in the Eastern Cape of South Africa is described as the most naturally beautiful part of South http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-465784.html Firstly to everyone who has commented thank you very much. My clients and friends and family thanks for the kind words. i hope the blog is enjoyable. I will keep it up as often as possible. take care...my second day in port st Johns was great intense...got very dirty and beat up by thorns and rocks..I went walking through the small coastal town for a bit in the morning the people are friend http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-445388.html Pics from last two entries http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-416436.html Her kommer billeder og lidt tekst om min forlnget weekend med Mine ved Wild Coast.Det var en super lkker weekend og billederne kan mske bruges som inspiration for folk som overvejer om en tur til Sydafrika er pengene og rejsen vrd.Mit salgstrick ville i hvert fald g p Sand vand vidunderligt landskab dejlige mennesker og spndende kultur.Wild Coast er Wunderschn http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-394303.html Yesterday just before dinner time I arrived in Port St. Johns. PSJ is a small town 100 kilometres off the highway along the Wild Coast. The town centre is very small two main streets but hectic completely packed with people. My hostel is 4 kilometres outside of town and is an absolute tranquil oasis. Here Ive found everything I thought I was going to find in Coffee Bay beautiful n http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-351585.html Today I left Coffee Bay and now I am in Port St. Johns another small village on the coast 100km off the highway. The entire 1 hour drive from Coffee Bay to the highway then 1 drive from the highway to Port St Johns I just watched the countryside roll by. I did the same yesterday when riding back to the hostel from Hole in the Wall.All along I repeatedly thought to myself THIS is Afri http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-351555.html The internet has been becoming increasingly hard to get onto as I get more remote. I have tried a couple of times but in one place the computer broke down in another there was a power cut...and here they only have limited times in the day to use it.Thats an explanation for why this blog has been a while coming. Its also really slow here so there may be very few if any photos for nowSo Buffa http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-342207.html Before we left South Africa it was imperative to make one more trip to Port St. Johns.....and I know I already wrote about the place but I just wanted to share some more shots of this beautiful place. Keep in mind that all of these photos were taken on the same day http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-304764.html The Wild Coast is described as the real africa that most travellers to South Africa miss. It's a lot more remote and undeveloped compared to the rest of the country and the coastline is beautiful. We had initially planned on about 5 days to explore the wild coast but found that after a couple of days it was time to move on. It was very beautiful and quiet we probably would have stayed longe http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-296873.html Once again we had to brave the road that God forgot..me with a fever and sore throat from hell and Dave with a broken toe. So picture this me driving this huge white panel van that looks very much like a taxi with a trailer on the backthrough this shitty townthrough mud filled potholes and every single person beside the road is hailing me down for a liftAPPARENTLY you can get to Hole in http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-296561.html Friday was the final day of the term at Thanda and the beginning of a twoweek school holiday. Viktorija myself Jeff and Amy planned a three day trip to Port St. John a small town about three hours drive down the coast from Hibberdene. The ride through the mountainous region along the southeastern coast of South Africa was really beautiful and exactly what I had been wanting to see here in http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-295788.html THIS IS A BLOG I WROTE FOR THE RAINBOW... BUT I ALSO WRITE IT FOR ANYONE OUT THERE WHO IS CONFUSED ABOUT THE STATE OF THIS WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN... ENJOY...Greetings Rainbowee Jan 29th 2008Not I not youwe rainbow eeeeeee Indulge me here a moment as I deliver this workshopthe way forwardthe time for the lone wolf is over the time to complete the circle has comeshalom W http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-240508.html I wouldn't have expected Black Africa in this country but here I am.... It seems as if Aparheid had never touched this part of the country and in a way it didn't Within the old South Africa 10 homelands were created four of which were granted independence by South Africa the first of them was the so called Transkei the area in easternmost Cape Province today's Eastern Cape. And that' http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-233467.html Photos Apologies if this isnt a totally correct order of events it was 7 months ago So bright and early the next morning 600am to be precise we found ourselves packed and boarding the baz bus again. We had flicked through our coast to coast guide and decided that the Jungle Monkey at a little town called Port St Johns looked nice. Little did we knowThe journey was http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-225028.html An hour from Jeffreys Bay back to Pt. Elizabeth then a good 3 hours east to East London plus another half hour to Chintsa. Not far after PE is the start of the Wild Coast which is legendary for its miles and miles of untouchedunspoiled beaches beautiful rolling hills dotted with tiny villages everywhere... one last taste of being back in the real Africa. Past through Grahamstown which was http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/Port-St-Johns/blog-197168.html