Baz bus continued..

After boarding the bus to leave Durban we changed our minds about our next destination, instead of Coffee Bay we headed to Cinsta. It is also on the coast with direct access to the beach. So far this has been my favourite place. The staff were great fun and the location was just perfect. Upon arrival we were served up some mulled wine which is red wine heated with spices and fruit. It was ok but I had been feeling ill for 24hrs so just went to bed. 


The next morning Eva, Roxi and I decided to take a surfing lesson down at the beach. Seemed like a good idea at the time.... We were having a ball for the first hour and were starting to get the hang of it (kinda) when chaos broke out. My surf instructor had my GoPro camera and was filming us attempting to surf, he handed it back to me saying he was worried he was going to drop it. As he handed it to me a wave smashed my board into me and I dropped it straight in the ocean!! We was frantically searching for it when we heard Roxi yell out from back at shore. At the same time the wave hit me it also hit her board straight in her face and she had broken her nose!!! There was blood pouring out and she looked like she might pass out. The hostel manager came and drove us to the hospital where they told her she would probably need an operation and have to cut her holiday short, she was devastated to say the least. Luckily the specialist the next day said no operation was necessary she had to wait for swelling to go down and they would push it back in place so she could stay for the last week of her trip. Not to mention our hostel felt so bad they upgraded us to an amazing cabin overlooking the beach :)

The drama at Cinsta didn't stop there, due to their awesome "free wine at 3pm every day" we then missed our bus and had to stay another night!! We didn't mind though as we were having a ball.
The next day we left and headed down the coast to Jeffereys Bay. By this stage I had convinced the girls that private rooms were better than dorms and so we shared a triple room right on the beach. This area is known for its "super tubes" and the Billabong surfing comp was happening there in a couple of weeks. They also have factory outlets for Billabong, Roxi and Rip Curl so of course we went shopping. That night a local group of dancers came and entertained us at the bar doing traditional songs, drumming and dance. 
The next morning we decided doing another surfing lesson was most likely pushing the envelope so instead we took a day trip to Seaview Lion Park where were able to get in a cage with Tiger cubs and a rare black leopard cub as well as driving through Lion enclosures. One lioness sat right outside our car window staring for about 2 mins and then roared at us like she was gonna jump in and eat us! Scared the hell out of our driver who insisted we leave after that!

Next stop on the bus trip was supposed to be Knysna, we had heard all these great things about the area but as we drove in to it we realised it was not what we expected. We had made a booking at a hostel there so we got off the bus but 10 mins later we cancelled our booking and got a ride to the next town Sedgefield. It was right on the beach and the Sedgefield markets were on the next day which were supposed to be amazing.
We didn't do any activities here, just went out to dinner at a local Italian restaurant and then had a party at the bar and built a bonfire on the beach. Staff here again were fantastic and really looked after us (free chocolate tequila shots) so the next morning I chose to stay in bed and let the girls go to the market without me...


I am really enjoying South Africa, I can't believe the things you are able to experience here.
I feel like I am running out of time, there are so many places I want to see and I am not going to be able to fit them all in. This is somewhere I definitely want to return to in the future.


Yvette