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I left Cape Town on the 7th March with Kate Emma and Suemei to make our way up the garden route . We were travelling on the Baz Bus which is a hop on hop off bus that drops you to the door of the hostel of your choice... so very lazy travelling but good for south africa as its a lot safer. Our first stop was Stellenbosh- the wine growing region for South Africa. We spent the day wine tasting in four different wineries. The settings of the winery were stunning and good quality wines. Our next stop was Mossel Bay which is the Guiness Book of records as having the mildest climate year round... second only to Hawai. So the weather was good... long hot sunny days. We were staying in Santos Express train lodge which is a genuine train parked on the beach with all the cabins facing the sea... not a bad view to wake up to :-). From Mossel Bay we made our way to Wilderness a small seaside town. The sandy beach strectched for miles. Unfortunately the weather was overcast for our stay so we werent able to enjoy the beach. It was good hiking weather though so we did a walk to a waterfall in Wilderness National Park. The walk ran through the forest hugging the river. After two nights at wilderness we travelled onto Kynsa a town surrounded by beaches rivers and mountains. I only managed a walk to the famous Two heads tho as i wasnt very well! Bit gutting as so much i would have loved to have done! Our next destination was Plettenburg Bay. Here we stayed at Northandos Backpackers. The highlight of the hostel was the hair dryers and white fluffy towels lol....something you really appreciate after a month of using a travel towel haha. Plet bay backed by majestic mountains so we had a lazy day on the beach. Our last stop of the Garden route was Storms River a small village of around 40 houses. The hostel was in the middle of nowhere and very chilled out with hamocks in the large garden for you to relax in..... a hard life i have. The hostel was 4 km away from Tsitsikamma National Park which consisted of 80km stretch of lush coastal forest. The park is protected and no boats or fishing are allowed in the area... so as you can imagine the view were stunning. We did a 6km hike along part of the famous 'Otter trail' to a waterfall. The walk followed the coast and meandered in and out of the forest and we had to climb over rocks as we went. Good fun although Emma and i both fell over a couple of times which was very comical ... luckly no injuries though.
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