Blog Day 24 Mon 30th May 2011 Today we have power back ‘hooray’ so its shower, pack, breakfast & then off for a hike through to The Wild Side. It’s called this because it’s not long been found, it isn’t a hike that you get a map for, but apparently is easy & will only take about 30mins to reach the view that you are aiming for, but about 5mins in we have to cross through a ‘small’ stream, now Bear Grylls would have just walked through it bu...

Blog Day 23 Sun 29th May 2011 This morning we are up early to watch the big game of the weekend, The Crusaders vs. The Reds. The game kicks off at 7.45 but after all the torrential rain during the night we get up to find that there is no electricity or running water. So we go down & Matt informs us that the power is out & it will probably be off until at least early evening. Not a good start to the day. We get talking to Matt and manage to blag a free Oc...

Blog Day 22 Sat 28th May 2011 One thing we have learnt in South Africa is that Saturday is rugby day! Whether its playing or watching! For us its watching, so we head for a bar in town called Olde’s to watch the Stormers take on the Brumbies. After breakfast and a stunning milkshake we take a short stroll back to the hostel. We wait here for a few hours before saying our goodbyes to Lendal & jumping on the Baz Bus heading off to Plettenberg Bay. The clouds...