We wanted to go surfing in Mossel Bay because we'd heard there were several good spots, however, once we got there the weather decided to be pants and it was too cold to get into the water without thick wetsuits. Unfortunately we had also messed up our buses and had to stay for three days. The first hotel we tried was a converted train on the beach, and by converted I mean simply moved 10ft off the railway line. The place brought horrible memories of the early mo...

Well from Cape St Francis we decided that it'd be a good idea to head to some good surfing beaches to try out our new boards some more. We'd had some modest success at Cape St F and were feeling just a wee bit confident. This was clearly tempting fate too much. The three places we've been since: Plentenburg Bay, Knysna and Buffalo Bay, are all supposed to be good spots but so far have simply been either miles from the sea, hidden in cloud or flat as a mill pond. ...

We stopped at Jeffrey's bay for a few days to buy a couple of surf boards and some cheap clothes from the billabong factory shop. The plan was to buy just one board but we got talked into buying two when the sales assistant started talking surfer and we got all excited at the idea of 20m high waves and other extreme things. Also the way I figure it, if there's two of us in the water my chances of being eaten by a shark are halved! After a few days we popped dow...

Um ok so we've got behind a bit, and since leaving Durban have moved around every other day so I'll just squeeze it all in here: - stayed in Warner Beach but it rained the whole time and there was absolutely NOTHING to do, we even had to eat in the same restaurant 3 times in a row and are now probably know as stalkers by the local police. - headed to Coffee Bay, which is in the middle of nowhere but somehow full of British people. You just can't get rid of them...

We arrived in Durban on Sunday night and stayed in a little hostel on top of a hill in the Berea area. The first day was spent wandering down Florida road (the trendy part of Durban with lots of restaurants etc.) and trying to find the beach. The weather was really hot and humid, we both got pretty sunburnt, but the sea was lovely. That night the heavens opened and a huge thunderstorm began... and lasted for the week! In order to overcome the rain we spent the ne...