Whale of a time

Trip Start Jul 16, 2007
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Trip End Dec 07, 2007


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Monday, November 19, 2007

Hermanus was our first stop on the Garden route - the coastal route from Cape Town to Port Elisabeth.  It is famed as being the best place to see Whales, so I booked in for a Whale watching trip on a boat.  Saw absolutely nothing.  That evening we went for a walk along the coast and saw about 5 whales, so gave up on the boat trip idea.  There was a great coastal walk from a beach where the hostel dropped us off (after running over their own dog - he was ok), about 10 km back to the town centre.  We caught up with an English couple we kept meeting and had a Braai (BBQ) at the hostel.

We also met up with Rosemary, a Capetownian I met in Granada while studying Spanish.  We had a meal overlooking the ocean and caught up on old times, and got a great insight into South Africa, as she used to work in the criminal justice system throughout the handover.

On our last night we had a great view of a Breaching Whale in the cove, amazing.
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