Today was a travelling day - sad to say goodbye to the Hammock Island Loft on Thesen Islands, but more than happy that 'we're not going home'! The next stage of our holiday involved a trip to Addo and it's elephant park. SatNav lady said three hours - and she was dead right - but we added half an hour with a stop-off in Jeffery's Bay and lunch right on the beach with toes in the ocean, When we arrived at the Woodall Country Hotel Kate had no idea what I'd arr...

Woke to a clear blue sky and the temperature climbing into the early 20's. Our plan today was to join a catamaran trip out beyond the Knysna Heads into the Indian Ocean. So we walked to the waterfront, had breakfast outdoors, again. Tough job...etc. Then we joined the Heads Explorer - 50 foot catamaran - which sailed us out, in a stiff breeze, towards the Heads - a narrow channel opening on to an Indian Ocean with something of a 2 metre swell. Did I mention th...

A bit of a dull start to the day so we decided to take a drive - after a delicious breakfast on the waterfront - to Noetzie Beach. The guy that owns the apartment in which we're staying recommended it, but didn't reveal its secret. Driving there was quite an experience - turning off the main road we were on to a dirt track - and driving through parts of a township! Squalor would not be the word I'd use as the shanty-town corrugated-roof covered 'houses' were scr...

Uh-oh it's raining again. But still hot. We drove into Knysna to try to find a place that would 'repair' Kate's hair - two of them have come undone. We found a couple of shopping malls and then found that most hairdressers close on a Monday! Then we found a spot for an emergency nail repair - guess who's:-)) and by this time the rain had stopped and we found ourselves with a drink in hand - how did that happen? The rest of the day was a dossy one - sitting o...

Woke this morning to a blue dome of sky - Kate woke early and sat out on the balcony because, as she so rightly says, this time in two weeks we'll be back to earth with a bump, so we've got to make the most of it! We'd booked a trip across the bay to Featherbed Nature Reserve, so walked into town and met the boat - and about 50 others who were also taking the journey. The trip across was great - chatting to lots of locals - who were a really friendly bunch - and...