Whitney has made it safely and we have started our adventure about 5 days ago. It has been a good mix of chilling and traveling and actually doing some fun things. We stayed in Durban from Wed-Sat morning at Nomads Backpackers, which was a very chill place that included its own pool- a big plus! (even though we never actually used it) We hit up Victoria Street Market (Victoria we thought of you!!), Suncoast Beach/Casino, The Bluff/Anesty Beach and Eighties night club. We got in from Eighties around 4 am and got up to be ready to leave on the Baz Bus at 6:45. Then we were traveling for a good 10 hours before we actually got into our hostel in Coffee Bay. It was a looooong day and the bus is not really conducive to sleeping as we thought it would be.
We just chilled the first day we got here, but yesterday we took a hike to Hole in the Wall. Please look this up on Google (Hole in the Wall, Coffee Bay, South Africa) and see how beautiful it is!! It was a 9K hike that took us about 3 ½ hours of climbing up and up and then flat and more up and more up. It was quite strenuous and my body could tell that I haven’t had a proper for going on three months now J. Whit and I took many pictures and I was hoping to get some up while staying in these hostels, but we have yet to encounter wireless. The views as we hiked along the coast were just beautiful and the water is that lovely shade of turquoise that you always see in pictures but I had never experienced in real life. After we made it to the Hole in the Wall, after passing Baby Hole in the Wall- which I thought was also impressive- we got to go swimming in this calm bay that reminded me of the lake back home. I haven’t been to any part of the ocean where you aren’t constantly jumping over and getting knocked down by waves. I thoroughly enjoyed some lazy floating and swimming.
We got back from the hike around 5 and chilled for dinner before joining in the Drum workshop at 8pm. John you would be proud of my conga playing skills!! (I thought of you often and wished you were there) It was a lot of fun and a good mental workout trying to keep the rhythms separate…and we only learned four!!
Today we have an appointment at 3:30 for surfing… WOO HOO…I am beyond thrilled. Supposedly this guy teaching us is some sort of professional, which he better be to be able to turn me into a surfer! I was a little worried that my legs would be sore from the hike but alas I am in luck as I feel fine. I think we are going to spend the first part of the day exploring the coast and finding a private beach to sunbathe. Tomorrow we have a trip to the Mapuzti Caves that includes abseiling and cliff jumping. I think there’s a place where we can choose to jump 30m into the water that will sweep us into the caves. You better believe I’m ready for that!!
We were planning on staying here at Coffee Bay til the 23rd and taking the baz bus on the morning of the 24th in order to be at Scotia Reserve for Christmas day, but the bus ended up being full. Our plans have changed so that we are staying here an extra day and then traveling ALL day on Christmas. So please everyone enjoy your day sitting in your comfortable chairs and eating really good food because I will be on a bus from 10am-9pm. It’s okay though, Whit and I plan to make the most of it- not quite sure how but we will!! Then we get to Scotia and work really hard and party even harder J til the 28th. After that it’s off to Plettensberg Bay where we do the biggest bungee jump IN THE WORLD!! It’s a free fall of 10 seconds. Believe me I will be getting the DVD of me falling and am prepared to show it off to anyone who wants to watch hehe.. We arrive in Cape Town on Dec 30th and are hopefully staying with Kelleigh as she’s staying with this guy and his roommates who is a cousin of someone she met on the plane coming here. Yes that’s the way to travel!! The only thing we’ve got set up for sure in Cape Town is visiting Robbins Island on January 10th, but I want to get scuba certified and we want to take a boat out to sea and go snorkeling, hike up table mountain, go whale watching, club hopping, and visit some botanical gardens and possibly museums. Whatever we end up doing we’ve got 13 full days there and we promise to use them well!!
I think I’m going to end this blog and get some breakfast. I’ve been up since 6am- there was a police raid in the backpackers this morning, that was interesting! It’s now 7:30 and I think the kitchen just opened so I’m off for some muesli with yogurt and a BIG cup of coffee.
I hope everyone has a great few days til Christmas- enjoy friends and family!! Love.
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