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Wednesday night the 15th of Dec – It's sad to see Damon leave. We were over in the Cape by the Stadium at a Sushi place called Wakame. Myself, Chris, Damon, Reinhardt, my mom, Marlene and Dr. Death (See this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Basson) This place had the BEST SUSHI I HAVE EVER HAD. Pic below show's the outside:
On Thursday the 16th, we dropped Damon off with Abi - my cousin on my mom's side, and she took Damon around to a few places that he hasn't been. We unfortunately had to leave without him to Oudtshoorn. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=11+Benurban+Street,+Durbanville,+Western+Cape,+South+Africa&daddr=Oudtshoorn,+South+Africa&hl=en&geocode=FaKW-_0deJccASk5so1tO1fMHTElotpH7CpuNw%3BFQ-B__0d6rdSASm1E7XqhsHVHTFh6wiOdEdDjQ&mra=ls&sll=-33.934245,20.939941&sspn=2.110142,4.213257&ie=UTF8&ll=-33.532237,20.418091&spn=2.120049,4.213257&z=8).
Luckily we picked up Chris's luggage the very same day before leaving around 2pm. Chris and I drove with my mom while Gerhardus and Helanie (brother and his fiance) drove behind us in their car.
First night in Oudtshoorn. We’ve arrived safe and sound. Luckily Chris survived my mom’s shannigans and the lack of good music in the vehicle. It was beautiful drive and the land was fortunate to receive some rain – they are usually desperate for rain at this point of time. We’re at Berluda – really cosy bungaloos up on a bit of a hill on an ostrich farm. I wasn’t hungry because I ate too much Biltong (delicacy – dried/cured meat). Reinhardt almost took the most dangerous route to get here – "Swart"-something "pas" (Swartpas = Black pass) but luckily turned around since he was out of cell battery power and almost ran out of petrol. Helanie and I went to meet him in town so he could follow us to the bungalows. Beautiful old school haunted cottage:
Second day in Oudtshoorn. A somewhat great start to the day… I had allergies, a big fat eye, and asthma during the night. Also, I think the cabin/cottage we were staying in was haunted. I kept hearing an array of different noises inside of our cottage during the night. In the morning we had a delicious breakfast. We ended out to the Congo caves where Rein, Chris and I decided to do the 90 min adventure tour during small passageways in the cave called “Devil’s Chimney” or the “Love Tunnel”.
Look a penis!
We then headed to see the Cheetah-Croc farm near our Safari spot. We use to come here when we were young, so the place has changed quite a bit. Below: Baby cheetahs, crocs and white lions:
The animals were truly amazing. We ended up being late for our Safari at Buffeldrifts lodge but took the 5-7pm Safari with a lovely guide named Sonya. It was AMAZING. We stayed in Luxury Tents - check out the pics!
The best thing was shaving my very gorilla hairy legs in the outside shower. We even had white robes that we wore around. Rein missed out on the Safari because he was so tired...he missed the Giraffes, the antelope etc. We didn't spot the lone pregnant Rhino although we were blessed with the sounds of the hippos nice and early in the morning in the dam in front of us. We saw the three orphaned elephants that were brought from the Kruger National Park where their mother's were poached for their tusks. As babies they were sent to the Elephant Sanctuary that I've visited in Knysna a few times in the past. They decided to bring the two males and one female to the Buffelsdrift for more space. They are very friendly and trained, but have alot of free roaming space. Pics of the Hippos...how many do you see? And our elephant friends :)
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