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Hi guys,
We have arrived safely at Melanie's & Michael's house (My Cousin & her Hubby) in Johannesburg, South Africa. We have had an amazing trip camping for 20 days around the East Coast. The weather has not been too kind to us… We have had sunny spells, as well as being freezing cold at night, heavy rain, drizzle, storms, thunder, lightning, hail and winds, despite this… it did not dampen our fun and enthusiasm, although the smelly damp tent came off worse than we did!
Day 1: Cape TownWe were introduced to our very uncomfortable overland truck named Jimi - Ross never stopped whinging about Jimi until Day 20! We went wine tasting at Spier winery in Stellenboch, after that we travelled to our campsite in Swellenden and pitched for the first time.
Day 2: SwellendenWe packed the tent away in the rain, typical. Into the truck and travelled East to the Cango Caves. The Caves were like being back on a school trip, we all walked around bored, half listening to our eccentric guide. Ross hated it. He had runny bum and a sore back from Jimi the truck. We upgraded at the next campsite, due to my old boyfriend and the pissing rain!
Day 3: OudtshoornAfter a really comfortable nights kip we embarked onto Jimi for a 150km on the famous Garden Route to a small quaint village, Knysna. We loved it, it was the first place that we felt comfortable in. The people were very friendly and hospitable. Popped into a local café, called the GREEN OLIVE, had a yummy coffee and admired people eating the scrummy smelling food. Unfortunately we were due to have Nomad's lunch of processed cheese and ham sarnies… so we didn't indulge ourselves.
Day 4/5: Bloukrans / Tsitsikamma National Park After a short drive on the Garden Route, we arrived at our s***ty campsite. Within minutes we had been bitten my mosquitoes and got introduced to the worst toilets and showers in the world. We cheered ourselves up by the treetop canopy tour. This was great fun, it involved sliding across zip lines at 150ft up in the tree tops. We don't have any photo's because my silly boyfriend said we wouldn't have time to take pictures!!
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