We made it!!!!!!! We reached the southernmost point of Africa! Cape Agulhas. On August 9th, 2009!! It’s a very emotional moment, since we were not always sure if we ever reach this far point! It’s an amazing place, because it’s here 
that the two oceans meet: the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. We are not the only people there, but for sure the only ones who came all the way through Africa…
The adventure feeling has definitely passed since we reached the South Coast. Now we are more in a vacation mood, drifting slowly along the coast towards Cape Town.
The last 2 weeks we enjoyed the diverse coastlines and many nice villages and bays.
When we leave the South Coast and enter the former Transkei, it’s like passing from the 1st world to the 3rd world, as some call it. Infrastructure is more basic, the beautiful beach villas are replaced by round huts.
Even the weather is getting colder and wet, very wet…
The area around Coffee Bay looks like Cornwall, and those who know “Rosamunde Pilcher” (TV series) can exactly imagine what we mean…
The rain is getting so bad close to East London so we decide – for the very first time in all these months – to spend the night in a bed & breakfast in Gonubie. The 4 stars of “Amanda’s” B&B keep their promise. The room, or better, the suite, is more 5 stars than 4, and the breakfast is outstanding.
After this night, we are so spoiled that we settle for a 5 stars campground as well! We pick the best one of our whole trip at the Green fountain Farm. Here we even have our own bathroom with hot shower and bathtub as well as a small cooking area.
Once we see garbage spread all over the city, and we learn that the community workers protest for higher wages.
For the last time during our trip, we enjoy the African wildlife in the Addo Elephant National Park. Exactly this day, temperatures reach 35 degrees – it feels like the Bavarian “Fön” – what is very good, because the elephants come in large 
numbers to the waterholes. Not only to drink, but especially to get a “shower”. We enjoy very much to see them playing and splashing in the water.
During our very early morning gamedrive we see a lot of jackals and kudus, however, unfortunately no lions. Kudus are not only looking good, they also taste delicious! We enjoy them as biltong, droewors and especially smoked :-)
The world famous “Gardenroute” is really as nice as people say. And as always, these nice areas attract rich people – and us :-)
An especially nice place is Plettenberg Bay, where we even can make a beautiful hike on the “Robberg”, a small cape with stunning views of the coast and the sea with its seals. The track is not easy, it looks easy, 
however, it turns out to be very very slippery. And here they don’t warn you of “slippery when wet”. We are always laughing about the expression in Africaans: “pasop, gladde vloer, wanna nat”…
On the way to Cape Town, we see a lot of ostrich farms. These don’t look nice, but also taste delicious. Scott, thanks again for introducing us to the wonderful ostrich carpaccio and ostrich filet.
12.08.2009 Stellenbosch in winter, which means rain, rain and more rain. We are getting worried about our tent but at least it is clean from the outside.
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