Blogs from Langebaan, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Not long after we first arrived in Cape Town we took a drive up the West Coast to Saldanha and Darling. At the time we were too early for the flowers to be out and we decided not to visit the national park. Today we went back to see the flowers with Alison and Nathan. Claire, Grant and Lucy went too and we would meet them later. Nathan drove this time so I just sat in the back and relaxed, taking in the scenery. Most of the landscape was still sandy dunes covered in stunted bushes but the palette of dull browns and greens had been augmented with bright yellow on some of the bushes. Whilst the bushes themselves were pretty, it didn't do much to improve the whole landscape which still felt quite bleak. The ... read more

Finally all caught up to the date of the blog posting... I think my clock may be finally getting back to normal. Today as I normally would after a night/day of “partying,” I woke up at 8:30 am. I quickly got ready and jumped in the first car that would head out to our adventure for today. Today we decided to go to a “restaurant” located on the beach called Die Strandloper. This was not your ordinary restaurant and it was a good 1 and a half hour drive from where we were staying. Luda actually found out about this restaurant in an airplane magazine, when he couldn’t sleep due to a crying baby nearby. I am definitely thankful for that crying baby. From Luda’s description he said it was a place on the beach that ... read more