Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 29 Nov 2010 14:46
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SUNDAY 28th NOVEMBER
2010
08.00hrs We wake to the sounds of birds
chirping away outside the window, There is no Mass in this village
It is only celebrated here every second week , so
this is not the week.
We dressed in shorts. as it is much warmer in land
than at the coast, and toddle downstairs to the adjoining cafe ( belongs
to the hotel )
and have our breakfast, Eggs and bacon on toast,
They make their own bread's here and they are great.
When the breakfast was finished, we went for a walk
down the Village, met lots of people and had lots of chat.
Everyone seemed so friendly and helpfull. ( like
Ireland used to be )
Liddia , the receptionest at the hotel , was a
great assistance to our travel plans,
We packed our bags and hopped into the car and off
again, this time up over the mountains on a dirt track ,( a good dirt track )
We passed many BBQ area's , specially built for
travilling families and tourists,
( We saw this in many countries on our way, the
best being in " The Azores " where the government even provide the wood for the
fires. )
so at weekends , when families take to the
countryside, they bring the food with them and cook in these designated area's
.
Driving up the mountain was cool, the dirt track
was narrow as it wound its way up. up, and eventually into the clouds,
At the top or summit, the growth was more green and
plentifull than lower down , ane the supply of water was better from the
constant cloud cover.
We stopped at the " Cango Caves " where skipper did
a tour of the caves, they were spectacular,
These were the best caves we ever visited, and the
Stalligmites and Stalligtights were spectacular. some were 150,000 years
old.
The tour took an hour and was well worth the visit,
So back in the car once more, we now found
ourselves driving through beautifull lush Vallies, with lots of farms surrounded
by hundreds of
pale green weeping willows, ( thats what they
looked like )
We stopped at a filling station and filled the car
, and at the same time a black young man washed and cleaned the car
for the equivelent of 1.5 euros. great value.
We passed through " George" heading east this time,
and close to our destination, we took off down a side road and wound up in a
beautifull residential area called " Belvidere
" there was old belvidere and new belvidere, The old one had this
beautifull stone
anglican Church, We paid a visit, and met many
,more people there before moving onto the New Belvidare,
Here there were some serious houses, Oh my gosh.
what a posh place,
We stopped at the local Hotel, which overlooked
Knysna from the western side of the lagoon and had a magnificant view.
There we had a sherry and started a conversation
with this guy, who happened to be from Belfast.
and to boot, know our friend " Ian Mc Millan, "
small world , and all by pure chance.
Whats your name boy ! -------------- oh
! Stuart Knox.... how about that.
A while later , we left Belvidere and headed back
to no. Q14 "Thesen Island " where we returned the car and had dinner
with Sham and Emily,
they also invited Neil, and then Larry and Mary Ann
from the Canadian Yacht moored alongside us in the lagoon.( Traversay
111 )
The Canadians were great gas, having sailed most
places in the world including Antartic and around Cape horn.
They even have a piano on board their boat and are
great singers as well.
Soooooo, of course, Sham got out the guitar and we
had a jolly good sing song...
Dinner consisted of A couple of roast chickens,
roast spuds, green beans,and finly chopped luttice,gravy etc.
All very tasty, yum, yum,
We had a very entertaining evening before Sham ran
us out to our respective boats in his rib.
we hit the bunks and were gone to the land of
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz in seconds.
Thats all.
Signed :- Stephen Hyde ( Skipper
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