Thursday November 15th, 2007

Unlike yesterday – this morning we awoke to a rainy, overcast day – a good day for travel. We started out at 8 AM and headed east along the Garden Route towards Plettenberg Bay – a lovely summer resort area. This is the recreation spot for the rich and famous – so there are all sorts of golf courses, and facilities for playing Polo. Apparently the Royal family have played here on more than one occasion. Our next brief stop was at the Bloukrans River Gorge which is a 400M span over a gorge. At the top the span rises 216M above the Gorge below. We were offered the opportunity to bungee jump – but no one participated. It likely was not the 300R price tag either - must have been the weather. Because of the rain we decided not to take the nature walk in the Tsitsikamma National Park to see the giant Yellow wood tree, but instead spent about an hour exploring the Storms River Mouth. Here we enjoyed time at the shop, time to take some wonderful pictures and to have a cup of coffee. Certain hosts also managed to get a bit wet in the Indian Ocean. This was a beautiful stop – then on to Port Elizabeth through miles of farm and ranch land. Here we had a wonderful lunch and a bit of time for shopping. At the airport we managed a group boarding almost without incident except that Kay learned what it looks like at the other end of the luggage conveyor belt. Short flight, and we arrived at Durban a large city with approximately 3 million inhabitants. Our hotel is the Southern Sun, and once again we were greeted with drinks and a well organized staff. This is great because many are very tired tonight. We will be up and out at around 8 tomorrow morning on to Lac St. Lucia.