Knysna

On Sunday, we began our trek to Cape Town with a planned stop in a town called Knysna. On the way, we made a detour to Tsitsikamma, which is a national park. It had the most incredible vistas--enormous waves crashing on rocks that dotted the coastline which alternated between sand and mountains that went right into the water.


Knysna was also very beautiful and we ended up at a really cute place called the Log-Inn. It was nice to stay in a room with a door on the bathroom! The Log-Inn also has an outdoor pool and a jacuzzi and though we didn't have bathing suits, we all made do and took advantage of the semi-nice weather. On Monday morning we took a catamaran ride around the estuary and saw the Indian ocean and had lunch on the waterfront before heading out again.


The rest of the drive to Cape Town took about six hours but it was beautiful the entire way. Mountains would rise in the distance but we always approached and passed them quickly. Each time we came to the crest of a mountain we'd see an entirely new landscape. At times it really looked like Africa as you'd picture it. We passed mustard fields, sheep farms, cow farms and even took a bathroom break on an ostrich farm! It's a bit disconcerting when you're behind a bush and suddenly realize that twenty ostriches are standing right behind you.