We awoke to low clouds hiding the trees, which then disappeared leaving sunshine.
Richard was looking out the window & spotted baboons in the clearing just outside our room, he was playing beek a boo with one of them (you can just see his head in the photo), there was then loud noices on our roof & we realised there must have been a baboon on the roof, it moved nearer the edge & leapt onto the pillar, you can just see it’s hand, he spotted me & moved really quickly down the other side of the pillar & across the grass into the forest.
After this excitement we headed for breakfast.
We then made our way to Knysna about a hours drive, via Plett as the locals call it (Plettenberg) where we had a walk around & a coffee in the doubleshot cafe, which was nice.
We arrived in Knysna too early to shop & check into our accommodation so decided to find the post office. I had purchased & written cards in Oudtshoorn but had been told there was a shortage of stamps & I would need to write & address them & then take them to a post office, we’d had no luck with finding a post office but as we were in a larger town we were directed & walked down to the post office & I posted the postcards- yay.
We had a look around the Main Street & a few shopping malls before having some crunch & doing some grocery shopping. We arrived at our accommodation which is about 4kms from the town centre about 3pm & were greeted by Tosha the dog (umm could this have been 1 of the attractions by Richard to this accommodation!!).
Julie Elvidge
38 chapters
16 Apr 2020
February 07, 2019
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Day 22 - Thursday
We awoke to low clouds hiding the trees, which then disappeared leaving sunshine.
Richard was looking out the window & spotted baboons in the clearing just outside our room, he was playing beek a boo with one of them (you can just see his head in the photo), there was then loud noices on our roof & we realised there must have been a baboon on the roof, it moved nearer the edge & leapt onto the pillar, you can just see it’s hand, he spotted me & moved really quickly down the other side of the pillar & across the grass into the forest.
After this excitement we headed for breakfast.
We then made our way to Knysna about a hours drive, via Plett as the locals call it (Plettenberg) where we had a walk around & a coffee in the doubleshot cafe, which was nice.
We arrived in Knysna too early to shop & check into our accommodation so decided to find the post office. I had purchased & written cards in Oudtshoorn but had been told there was a shortage of stamps & I would need to write & address them & then take them to a post office, we’d had no luck with finding a post office but as we were in a larger town we were directed & walked down to the post office & I posted the postcards- yay.
We had a look around the Main Street & a few shopping malls before having some crunch & doing some grocery shopping. We arrived at our accommodation which is about 4kms from the town centre about 3pm & were greeted by Tosha the dog (umm could this have been 1 of the attractions by Richard to this accommodation!!).
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Melbourne Airport
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South Africa
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Camps Bay
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Camps Bay
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Camps Bay to Simon’s Town
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Simon’s Town
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Simon’s Town to Paternoster
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Paternoster
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Paternoster
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Paternoster to Paarl
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Paarl
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Paarl to Oudtshoorn
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Oudtshoorn to The Karoo National Park
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The Karoo National Park
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The Karoo National Park to Jeffery’s Bay
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Jeffery’s Bay
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Jeffery’s Bay
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Jeffery’s Bay
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Jeffery’s Bay (Addo Elephant National Park)
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Jeffery’s Bay to Natures Valley
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Nature’s Valley
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Natures Valley to Knysna
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Knysna
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Knysna
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Knysna to Greyton
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Greyton
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Greyton
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Greyton to Bakoven (with a stop at Franschhoek)
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Bakoven
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Bakoven
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Bakoven to Rosebank
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Rosebank
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Rosebank
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Rose Bank to Krueger National Park
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Ngala Private Game Reserve
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Ngala Private Game Reserve
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Ngala Private Game Reserve - Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport
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Our South African adventure
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