Road Trip Through South Africa!!!

I’ve finished working at Mellasat winery and am desperate to visit the rest of South Africa.  Trying to decide how I go about this, I had two options, either catch the very popular Baz Bus meeting lots of new people or make my own road trip. 

After umming and erring I finally make my decision to road trip through South Africa.  I phone my friend Schalk who works at Nederburg winery in Paarl.  After very little persuasion he is up for the trip.  With only two days to plan our trip, all was booked.  Me having a weird obsession with Land rovers and 4x4 in general, I decided to hire a Nissan 4x4, which was fully kitted with a fridge, roof tents, 140liter fuel tank and much more.

Schalk and Me

Departing on the 7^th of April 2011 we left Paarl.

 

Along the route of our 8-day journey we spent the first night in Mossel bay at the Point Campsite which is right on the Atlantic Ocean. We arrived at 6 in the evening and the Braai on the way with Lamb chops for dinner. At the campsite we met two people in there late 20’s who had driven all the way from Zurich – 50,500km taking them 10 months.  After a windy and restless night thanks to the Atlantic sea breeze, we set of to Plattenberg Bay for a dip in the sea. Not a chance was that was going to happen, grey clouds + no sun + Atlantic Ocean, not a good idea. Once arriving in Plattenberg Bay, the resemblance of Cornwall esc town, we stopped for a late lunch and headed to Forever Camping to set up camp for the night.  

Set up camp.

Spending the night at a very beautiful campsite and having amazing showers. Wait, am I really writing this!? dinner was interesting, we fought with the gas stove, sounding as if the gas cylinder was about orbit to the moon, taking us 30min to boil water.

Morning came quickly and we hit the road again leaving at 8 am. Are aim today was to fall 216meters off a bridge……  The landscape was changing from the dry brown land in the wijnland – wineland to green wetter land with some similarity to Switzerland. As we kept on driving and seeing the beautiful scenery driving over many bridges, we found it, Bloukrans Bridge. Time to plummet 216 meters can’t wait….

P.S. I’m wearing extra large Pampers!!