So my wish came partly true in Plettenberg. We had half a day on a semi sunny beach, one wet day and one glorious day. We stayed in a very pretty B and B quite close to the beach, set its own lovely gardens. The owners were reasonably sane...a bit of extra information on life stories and family details but nothing too extreme. Plettenberg Bay is, as described in the guide books 'The St Tropez' of South Africa. It was full of very rich people. The beach was full of blonde, tanned young hunks who all spent their time playing rugby or flipping frisbies effortlessly into the air with various parts of their bodies, watched on my equally blonde, tanned young women who fiddled with their eye phones and spoke in high pitched voices ( in their accent high is pronounce haaa and rhymes with faaave (5) and they all have a naace taame ( nice time) )It was an experience...I settled back, topped up by tan and read a couple of books. Richard spent the day and a half I was on the beach inside watching football and cricket..
The wet day in Plettenberg gave Richard the opportunity to visit the snake park and me to mooch in town. The snake park was by all accounts ok but a bit too much like a zoo...he is still hoping to catch a glimpse of a snake in the wild. We also visited the local game reserve and realised that we are indeed safari junkies...no sooner has the gate shut behind us than we were merrily spotting everything in sight..zebra, Waterbuck.. I say is that at Bontebuck??...we are hooked. Don't get us started when we get back because we can go into the finer details of the difference between a Tsessbe and a Redhartebeast as well as the way to spot a male and female giraffe and the behaviour of elephants...we have become that dull.
Anyway we left Pletts bright and early on Monday morning and were in Cape Town by 2. Our B and B is at the foot of Table Mountain, has great views and is easily accessible from town. We have been non stop since we got here..Camps Bay, up the mountain, to the Waterfront, round the penisnsula, up Chapman's Peak, Penguins at Boulder beach....there is lots to do and it very, very beautiful...also quite unlike the rest of South Africa that we have experienced. I'm glad we have come here last because it would raised our expectations about what to expect elsewhere had we got here first...it is much more European in design and feel and it is well set up for tourists ( of which there are thousands). We are spoilt for choice for places to eat but it is also much more expensive that lots of the other places we have been to. I am enjoying myself and it feels like a short holiday after all the travelling.
We're off to Robben Island this afternoon and then I fly back to Joberg tomorrow at 1.30 and from there onto London via Frankfurt. I cannot believe this part of my travels in almost over. I need a few weeks to take it all. I'm really looking forwards to catching up with everyone and promise to not to be too boring....I have got loads of photos though.
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