It’s a gorgeous drive today from Knysna to Nature’s Valley - our major destination in SA. We sadly say goodbye to our wonderful hosts Don & Jill and head off east to new adventures.
We stop at vacation capital Plettenberg Bay (called Plett) and easily find the fish store and deli to buy supplies. Another town on a gorgeous bay area with lots of good shopping. We stop at a supermarket, stock up and as I call Trish to tell here where we are, my Vodacom phone time runs out! Beep beep beep - gone. Fortunately Vodacom is right next door so I buy more time, don’t need data as we have really good wifi everywhere here. I’ve only used 20% of my 1G so far.
Again we drive through some more burned out areas. This drought has caused no end of losses all along the Garden Route.
We are into the beautiful small village of Natures Valley by 1.30pm (400 homes, only about 60 permanent) where Trish & Arthur’s family cottage turns out to be a sizable house with a plethora of beds everywhere. She has entertained two of her children, their spouses and 5 kids over Xmas, some for 3 weeks, so she is well set up for this.
We have some lunch, cool off and have a nap then at 6:15 walk down to see the famous mile-long deserted beach. It is cool now so I need pants, my merino hoodie and sunhat. Our first view of this magnificent beach is breathtaking, but I forgot to bring my camera! Plenty of time for more photos later.
Back to cook up gunnard for dinner. I’ve seen these ugly fish in Indonesia but never knew you eat them! All good.
We stop at vacation capital Plettenberg Bay (called Plett) and easily find the fish store and deli to buy supplies. Another town on a gorgeous bay area with lots of good shopping. We stop at a supermarket, stock up and as I call Trish to tell here where we are, my Vodacom phone time runs out! Beep beep beep - gone. Fortunately Vodacom is right next door so I buy more time, don’t need data as we have really good wifi everywhere here. I’ve only used 20% of my 1G so far.
Again we drive through some more burned out areas. This drought has caused no end of losses all along the Garden Route.
We are into the beautiful small village of Natures Valley by 1.30pm (400 homes, only about 60 permanent) where Trish & Arthur’s family cottage turns out to be a sizable house with a plethora of beds everywhere. She has entertained two of her children, their spouses and 5 kids over Xmas, some for 3 weeks, so she is well set up for this.
We have some lunch, cool off and have a nap then at 6:15 walk down to see the famous mile-long deserted beach. It is cool now so I need pants, my merino hoodie and sunhat. Our first view of this magnificent beach is breathtaking, but I forgot to bring my camera! Plenty of time for more photos later.
Back to cook up gunnard for dinner. I’ve seen these ugly fish in Indonesia but never knew you eat them! All good.
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