Our next stop after the Drakensburgs was Johannesburg, the murder capital of the world! As we only had one full day there, we booked onto an organised tour. First we visited the highest tower block in Africa, with views of the city on all sides (not the most picturesque city, but never mind). Then, we headed to the Soweto township where a local showed us around. The people there are some of teh poorest in the country, but also some of the friendliest. The childr...

After Coffee Bay we spent a night in Durban, then headed onto the Drakensburg Mountains (after a four hour stop in Pietermanizburg, the Most Boring Town on Earth). Our hostel, Sani Lodge, was just near the border with Lesotho (a small independant Kingdom, landlocked by South Africa) so our first day we spent on a day trip there. Lesotho is known as a kingdom in the sky- it´s the highest country on Earth. After a very rocky drive up there, we arrived in a tra...

Our next stop was Coffee Bay- the one place that every single person says you HAVE to visit along this stretch of coastline. The hostel, The Coffee Shack is one of the friendliest we´ve stayed at- the sort of place where everyone sits around together in the evenings. Our first day there the hostel was organising a beach day, so we headed down to the Bay with everyone else. First up was a free two hour surf lesson with an ex world champ, and this time I (even...

After leaving PE we caught the bus to East London, a large and rather boring seaside down and headed inland to the tiny village of Hogsback. Famous for being Tolkein´s inspiration for LOTR almost everything in the entire town plays around a ´magical´theme (including our hostel, Áway with the Fairies). It´s a beautiful little place, high up in the mountains overlooked by the three Hogsback Peaks. It´s also described as ´the most ...

After Wilderness we headed further up the Garden Route to Plettenberg Bay. It's a much bigger town than Wilderness, but our hostel's right on the beach. The first night there was a big braii at the hostel that everyone joined in, which was fun. We spent the first day just exploring the town, then relaxing on the beach in the afternoon (we took bodyboards down but the water was too cold so we never got around to using them) The second day we went on a beach walk, ...