So as I mentioned, we took a long roadtrip. 4000 kilo's! We drove down to the coast, and took what is called the Garden Route in South Africa. It's a piece of coast down on the South-East side of South Africa. We visited lots of little coastal towns. It was absolutely fantastic. The kids behaved well, the weather was as near perfect as we could've hoped for, and we had the best of times. Here's some (okay, a lot!) of pictures of our holiday. Firstly, the Garden Route:
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| The first day we arrived at the coast. Swimming in Jeffrey's Bay |
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| Sunrise - the view we had from the flat we rented in Jeffrey's |
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| Aston Bay...a beautiful piece of coast |
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| On the dunes of Aston |
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| Swimming in St Francis |
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| The view from our rented place in Stormsrivier |
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| The Bloukrans Bridge - the highest bungee jumping spot in the world |
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| The beach at Plettenberg Bay. I was a little dissapointed in Plet...somehow I expected more! |
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| Down at the mouth of Stormsrivier |
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| Stormsrivier |
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| Hanging bridge over Stormsrivier, where it meets the sea |
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| Sunset over Stormsrivier |
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| On our way down to Noetzie |
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| Beach at Noetzie |
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| Some of the Castles of Noetzie |
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| Knysna, taken from Leisure island |
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| Buffelsbaai - Second to Waenhuiskrans, this was my favourite place on the Garden Route |
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| Victoria Bay, beautiful, but noisy! The sound reverberates against the mountains, bouncing back at you |
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| The view we had from our compartment on the stationary train we slept in at Mossel Bay |
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| Swimming on Mosselbaai's beach. Again...somehow I expected more. It was a bit...dull?! |
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| Pebble beach at Suiderstrand (close to L'Aughulas) |
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| It was a drizzly day, hence the coats and jackets |
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| Sitting on the little monument at the most Southern point of Africa |
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| Not only is it the most Southern point of the whole continent, it's also where the 2 oceans meet |
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| My gorgeous 10-year old...Mr N looking cool |
Well, that was the Garden Route. We ended in Waenhuiskrans/Arniston, where we stayed another 2 weeks. For the first time ever, I really understood why my parents chose Waenhuiskrans. I've seen many beautiful places along the Garden Route, but none came even close to the beauty and versatility of Waenhuiskrans. The next photo's was all taken in Waenhuiskrans:
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| Me and Mr N surfboarding in the sea |
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| One of the stunning views Waenhuiskrans offers |
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| Another view, from another point |
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| Waenhuiskrans is famous for its massive cave. But, there's also a small, little known cave in the cliffs. We braved the narrow entrance with the kids. This was taken inside. |
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| The view from the small cave |
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| FIL (Father in law) is very creative...he and my hubby built themselves a Ferrari! |
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| This was one of my mother's favourite places on Waenhuiskrans. We regularly went there when I was little. Sitting next to this huge rock, looking out at the sea. |
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| Monkeyman next to the life guard's little flag |
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| My beautiful daughter, with beautiful surroundings |
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| We have a tradition. Since having kids, we always make footprints of all of us whenever we visit the coast. |
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| And handprints. Can you spot each one's? Mine is still just slightly bigger than Mr N's...:-) |
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| Hubby running around with the kids...throwing each other with water balloons. |
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| My handsome little boy, that aint so little anymore! |
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| What better place to run off your excess energy? |
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| Playing with a waterballoon. |
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| Look at that mischievous face! |
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| Every day we had to dug him a new hole to sit in, LOL. |
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| She loved surfing. Though, not more than Mr N did! |
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| Catching us some rock fishes |
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| Monkeyman loved grabbing the poor things in his hands...hahahaha. |
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| Lowtide...you can see all the rockpools which are hidden under sea during high tide |
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| Lowtide at "Pikkies and Plooie" beach. |
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| The teapot. Another favourite place of my mother. |
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| Isn't that absolutely gorgeous? |
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| Sunrise in Waenhuiskrans |
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| And another kind of sunrise...when Boeboe smiles! |
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| Building some sandcastles |
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| The main beach in Waenhuiskrans. Look at how white the sand is. Not only is it white, but it's extremely soft and powdery. |
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| Lowtide on Roman's beach |
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| He loved the little rockpools |
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| Another pic of Pikkies and Plooie |
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| Another view of the rockpools where we catch little fishes |
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| Mr N flying kite |
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