Blogs from Coffee Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 2

Hey guys, these are from driving from place to place and from fun times at some hostels! :) love, Quinn and Randi xo... read more

Taking the 7 hour flight on a Boeing 747 Malaysian air flight I left my journey of nearly 5 months in South America for Cape Town, South Africa. Landing on the continent of Africa has been a big dream of mine for years. The wildlife, the people, cultures and most of all the wide open spaces with limited modern technology. A place with pure unspoiled landscapes with potential to apply renewable energy systems to already sustainable lifestyles. I have timed my trip here in Africa with another dream of mine, attending the World Cup of soccer/ futbol. Starting in less than three weeks from now. Landing in Cape Town South Africa on April 8th 2010 I checked into Long Street Backpacker in the main trendy area with restaurants, shopping and nightlife. A, great hostel excellent location ... read more

Day 50 - Coffee Bay - 17/9/09 The Baz Bus journey was the same as yesterday; long and boring. It arrived for me at the backpackers at 0630, the morning was grey and cloudy and that pretty much was exactly the way I felt about everything!! The same people got on at the various places they had been deposited around Port Elizabeth the previous night. We stopped off at various points to pick up extra people who hadn’t been on the bus the previous night; in fact when we left Port Elizabeth it was quite uncomfortable as the bus was completely full. We continued though the Eastern Cape, dropping people off and picking other people up until we reached the town of Mthatha where we passed by the house where Nelson Mandela grew up, the driver ... read more

Hey guys, Well after a super driving day and my favorite rural African driving game "Avoid the pothole while doing 120km/h" we arrived in Coffee Bay. (He doesn't understand the concept of slowing down so it's much easier to avoid the potholes. Instead hits them and says sorry that one snuck up on me! (edited by Tyne)) Coffee Bay was highly recommended to us by lots of other travelers and I don't know if it was because the weather wasn't the best or because neither of us is a dope smoking hippy but it didn't live up to the hype. The bay itself is quite beautiful but it wasn't really our scene. So we decided the next day to head to the next bay over "Umdumbi" which was also recommended to us. This was a much ... read more

Transkei - Bulungula Part 1 Transkei part 1 I made it home! I thought I would be writing this blog next week about my wonderful vacation and the music festival, but in true African Transkei fashion nothing went according to plan! So I guess I will start from the beginning… We probably should have known when the car would not start and the speedometer broke before we even left Durban, we should just stay at home! But we thought we had done it all right, we had all our camping gear, we had the car serviced, we managed to fit everything and us and we were off! We drove through the most beautiful landscapes, first along the coast then we turned inland through rolling hills and tree farms that looked like Eastern Washington. We turned off ... read more