We are thoroughly enjoying staying in this beautiful place, despite the spider Ted found in his water glass this morning, about 3 inches across!! Mossies are not bad but we are to check shoes for scorpions and such .
Ted and Trish go off to shops ot the Farm Dairy (unpasteurized milk, cream, ice cream, I guess its all OK) and return with news of a troop of baboons up on the road. I grab the camera and we rush back up. Sure enough the whole troop is wandering the roadside, in fact, sitting in the road despite the hairpin bends and traffic! One mom has two adorable babies and they are pulling roots and chewing on everything that looks half edible. hey are not aggressive when I approach fairly close.
A few monkeys visit our garden, also with babies, and a flock of lovely guinea fowl with tons of babies. It is a protected national park all around us and the animals and birds flourish here.
I am chief cook and bottle washer for a few days and enjoy cooking up a pasta with local salmon trout (the smoked trout is great here too) with shrimps and all the lovely fresh veggies here. The papayas are in season, mangoes ending so the fruit salads are gorgeous. Almost like being in Maui again.
That evening we go into the nearby resort town of Plett (for Plettenberg) for a casual seafood dinner overlooking the ocean. Must return here again later.
We have so enjoyed our time here with Trish for a week. It is easy to see why they have loved this being their family escape location, with many childhood and family memories. But sad too that Alastair never lived to enjoy it or that Arthur passed away two years ago also.
Ted and Trish go off to shops ot the Farm Dairy (unpasteurized milk, cream, ice cream, I guess its all OK) and return with news of a troop of baboons up on the road. I grab the camera and we rush back up. Sure enough the whole troop is wandering the roadside, in fact, sitting in the road despite the hairpin bends and traffic! One mom has two adorable babies and they are pulling roots and chewing on everything that looks half edible. hey are not aggressive when I approach fairly close.
A few monkeys visit our garden, also with babies, and a flock of lovely guinea fowl with tons of babies. It is a protected national park all around us and the animals and birds flourish here.
I am chief cook and bottle washer for a few days and enjoy cooking up a pasta with local salmon trout (the smoked trout is great here too) with shrimps and all the lovely fresh veggies here. The papayas are in season, mangoes ending so the fruit salads are gorgeous. Almost like being in Maui again.
That evening we go into the nearby resort town of Plett (for Plettenberg) for a casual seafood dinner overlooking the ocean. Must return here again later.
We have so enjoyed our time here with Trish for a week. It is easy to see why they have loved this being their family escape location, with many childhood and family memories. But sad too that Alastair never lived to enjoy it or that Arthur passed away two years ago also.
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