It’s 26 and sunny today so after an amazing breakfast of everything you could wish for on a buffet PLUS a full English breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms, toast, jams, cake, muffins, you name it...we are off to discover why South Africans flock (or used to flock) to this resort mecca. One of the reasons is the big casino but a walk around it and the adjacent entertainment area reveals a jaded and aging once-popular area, now very much on the downside.
We walk to the little strip mall nearby and do our banking, I get a haircut, we place my dead watch battery and sho at the supermarket, all very useful.
We visit the local brewer over the ocean for beers and watch the beach action, not much really, and walk to the end of the road for a nice dinner at the De Keller resto which is busy with many visitors. WE polish off a huge (maybe 3lbs uncooked) carpenter fish, really a sort of bream, and the gracious manager Gary walks us home even if it just jump the road. Such is the care and concern of people here for their visitors in what can be a crime prone area at times.
Today we had power cuts from 10-2, 6-10 and 4 hours at night. Wifi and WhatsApp are intermittent but we are pleased to connect with friends ill and Don from Knysna, who will meet up with us again in Paarl later.
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