Cape Agulhas to Oudshoorn

This ride was again interesting....this time the boys got heat..and not a little a heat....like 40 degrees hear...we drove through some interesting villages/ towns....the Pass we did...again...amazing scenery...just so beautiful...we even had to make some stops to take pics....

Scenery
Pass between Cape Agulhas and Oudshorrn
Kim and Thomas
More beauty

Just breath-taking...yes...i have mentioned that before, but im allowed to say it again...we found a small little coffee shop along the way, had cappucchino...or let's say like this....we all ordered waters and cappucchino....and all the cappuchinos went back whole....you could not drink them...they were so terrible...the place was an old little farm house, cute, had all the potential, but the coffee really disappointed...did find this saying on the wall though which i liked....

The nice little sayings you get...this one i love

Lunch....another little arb village...the heat was killing us....kim even went and wet his driving pants and drove wet with them after lunch....but then the weather changed...and rain clouds started to appear...heavy heavy rain clouds....it started to drizzle....and then we hit a small town....where we could take cover under a petrol station, and the clouds just opened...wow....so much rain (now dad also got rain, we started to joke that hail was missing), when it finally started to drizzle again, we continued our journey.... This time i decided not to ride on the bike but rather go in the car, the warmth, the non-wetness....we were lucky by the time we arrived in buffalsdrift it was still drizzling....we unloaded our gear....were brought to ourt tents....and yes, they were tents....and then the clouds opened again...a massive thunderstorm...lighting, thunder..i thought the tent was gonna be blown away....damn....buffalsdrift is beautiful though, the individual lodges right by a big damn and then the main lodge serves breakfast and dinner, dinner is a vast a la carte selection...and food was delicious....we all loved it...but let me share some pics with you....

Can see...the clouds are coming in
Rain just pouring down...everyone attempting to get cover
Arrival at Buffalsdrift, thed damn where the individual lodges are
The main lodge
In the morning there was the option to take a game drive, although the lodge does not have any cats, we decided to go....well...almost all of us...my dad decided he would rather sleep and see us at 9am for breakfast...beautiful morning....first thing we saw were Hippos in the damn (this was before we went on the drive...in actual fact it was walking to the jeep)....we saw rhinos, giraffes
Giraffe
White rhino
After the game drive...it was time to go back and have breakfast...and then time fort he next journey stage....Oudshorrn to Knysna.....via George....to fetch Kim and my new car......anticipation....what did we buy....and how come it is in George.....hmmmm...well we have been looking for long, and then the audi garage in CT had the exact car we wanted...so when we flew into CT to start our bike trip, a short stop at the garage and we decided we wanted it...but of course we could not take the vehicle straight away...so it was decided it would be delivered to Audi George...funny...anyway....more in the next blog...now im off to bed....goodnight....

 

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