Tom met up with these Kiwi girls and managed to get a lift to Hogsback, but I didn't fancy it, so stayed in Chinsta with mike and Fabiola (funny Swiss). Hogsback was another "beautiful" SA place, but I had seen enough mountainous places and like the sea much more, so we spent our time relaxing and exploring. Buccaneers backpackers put on a free activity each afternoon, and even provide a couple of boxes of wine to share too. This afternoon was a power boat ride ...

Coffe Bay named for a shipment of coffee beans that was wrecked here years ago from the strong winds and huge swells. We stayed here for 4 nights, and took place in a few activities. The big draw to Coffee Bay is the "hole on the wall" which is a 2 hour walk from the bay across the cliffs and through some local villages. The walk was pretty tough, especially after the big celebratory beers the night before. Once we arrived we had 2 much appreciated toasted sandw...

Tom and I arranged late last night to walk to see a blow hole in the morning with a local chap called "Prince". We packed and true to his word he arrived to take us. It was a fair walk away, but after a risky bit of scrambling, loosing a flipflop, absailing down a rusty cable to then climb up some home made wooden ladders with a hefty cross wind we made it. The tide was going out and as a result we didn't see the true force of the hole, although I made the mistak...

So, the day of my shark dive!!! After a hearty breakfast we kitted up and loaded the boat, once the boat was all ready we headed down to the beach, boat in tow. This was said to be a rough beach launch, I doubted the need for the life jackets that were given to us. Once in the estuary, we had to wait once in the estuary mouth for a large enough wave to surge over the evidently shallow sand bank that lay between us an the open ocean. It took several attempts to g...

Slept amazingly well and actually felt cold for the first time since I left England which was an amazing feeling. Today we visited Sani Pass which is a mountain range over 2000m ASL, in a country called Lusuto. Ian was the name of our guide for the day who was retired and did this as a hobby, he turned out to be quite a character, and one of the most knowledgeable men I have ever met. Ian drove the oldest defender up the mountain pass (vintage 1982) whilst the o...