Into the Wilderness and onto sandy beaches‏

(Back in the land of internet now, so can update you all on thew past few weeks)

So after being dragged out of the Port region of south Africa, we headed south back to the coast and to continue East along the garden route. We reached the coast and decided to stop at various long, rugged, but lovely beaches along the way. A place called Wilderness (thanks Jeff for the tip), Buffels Bay and then through Knysna. All lovely places and could easily have spent a long time in each.

The only place en route that didn`t take my fancy was the 216m bungy jump off a bridge. The highest bungy in the world. We watched a few people throw themselves off.....two words....Sod That ! If you actually look very closely at the picture there is someone mid jump..if you can't see them, that will be because it is that big it is basically ridiculous !

We settled in a little eco hostel in the middle of "Nature's Valley", a true forest wilderness on the edge of one of many national parks. We started the next day with a few local walks in the forest and then moved on to the beautiful Tsitsikamma National Park. This had an amazing coastal walk, a mere 6.4km, we thought it would be a walk in the park. That was until we started to head back and got caught by the tide coming in, so ended up doing some impromptu rock climbing. And then there were the waves - chuffing hell, they were big ! We walked alot that day but all worthwhile. 

After such a strenuous day of walking, where better to chill out then in Jeffery's Bay (J-Bay), one of the best surfing spots on the coast of South Africa. What made this stop even better was....the Billabong Factory outlet. Needless to say, Kip was up at 7am and at the door for 8am....shame it didn`t open until 8:30 !

We are both enjoying the slow drive along the various coastal towns and nice to be getting into this travelling m'larky !