26/2/2011 Woke Jack up early and we hit the road to fit in an epic day. I drove into the town so we could hit a cashpoint, jumping out of the people carrier with just a pair of shorts and no shorts, proper Bura style! The weather was absolutely scorching, supposedly reaching 47 degrees and I loved it! It gets so hot because of all the surrounding mountains and there's hardly any wind or rain all year! Drove through some incredible, hot, almost desert-like moun...

25/2/11 Up early to pack and tidy and we left for Port Elizabeth to say goodbye and move on from Marylou, Simon, Mike and Heidi. On the way to the airport had lovely 'tramezzinis' (toasted bread with mince, cheese and tomato in mine!). At the airport, said our goodbyes but managed to extend the hire of the people carrier so me and Jack could get to Cape Town faster. Ohhhh right. So down came the windows, on came the music and off came the shirts. We ploughed t...

23/2/11 Marylou came down with what I had but braved through it to endure an awesome day of safari at Kwantu Game Reserve. We made it to Kwantu for half 12 following a quick fuel stop in Grahamastown. Our first fun of the day involved interacting with African elephants. The Zimbabwean guide provided us with plenty of information before a few more of the guys dragged the four, young, female elephants from their afternoon walk. There was lots of room for the big ...

16/2/2011 - 22/2/2011 More splendid food today, legs, fillet steaks, potato salad, gemsquash with cheese and sweetcorn. Watched Robin Hood and Flipped on DVD. Made my peachoffes fior everyone which went down a treat! 17/2/2011 Trip to Port Alfred and another Wimpys! Cherry smoothies outrageous! Marylou's cousin and wife arrived to join the fun. Plenty of drinks in the night and more 'Hats' v 'Non-hats' pool. Jack did some tasty banana-amarula pudding! Mauree...

15/2/2011 Helped Christo make a dessert with biscuit layering and caramel treat and milk, sprinkled with peppermint chocolate! A tortoise visited the garden joined later by a small deer! Drove to Canon Rocks (4th best place in world for Windsurfing!wooo) where the sand was blowing strong and high up into the air. Simon showed us a shipwrecked boat, and from his photos on the last visit, it had been dissected and deteriorated a hell of a lot! After that we we...