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Ambitious Ostrich

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

Day 59

We just left the Safari Ostrich Farm, the first activity, and first full day in the Garden Route. It was cool, interesting, and just plain fun!

My favorite part was sitting on and riding the ostrich. When I sat on the ostrich, I felt its spine and the soft feathers underneath me, I felt as if I was sitting on a cloud. While I was riding the Ostrich I had to lean back to keep my balance and had to hold on for dear life.

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Swartzberg Pass

Monday, September 19th, 2005

Day 58

The Swartzberg Pass is part of the Garden Route, also known as the drive from Still Bay to Plattenburg Bay in south central South Africa. The Swartzberg Pass starts at a narrow gorge and twists its way up a 4,500 foot mountain and back down. Most of the Pass’s landscape is scrubland but is still an amazing drive. One I was glad we experienced.

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Wine, Glass and Goat Cheese

Friday, September 16th, 2005
Day 56 Almost every winery in South Africa has something other then wine to offer. At the Fairview Vineyard they specialize in wine and goat cheese. Seidelburg Vineyard specializes in wine and glass bellowing. Warwick Vineyard specializes ... [Continue reading this entry]

City of Rocks

Friday, September 16th, 2005
Day 55 Cape Union Mart is a huge outdoor store. In fact the store is so big it has room for things like a rock wall that you can rock climb on for free. Even though Cape Union Mart is a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Groot Constantia

Thursday, September 15th, 2005
Day 54 Today is the day to go to the oldest vineyard in South Africa- Groot Constantia. Groot Constantia has been in S.A. for 320 years and has won some wine awards. We walked about their museum, or information ... [Continue reading this entry]

Birds, Monkeys, More!

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
Day 53 It was a hot sunny day and a perfect day to go to the World of Birds. The world of birds is home to almost every species of birds in Africa and also is home to squirrel monkeys, ... [Continue reading this entry]

A Little Thank You

Sunday, September 11th, 2005
Ever since we checked into the Manor cottage we have had a amazing cleaning lady named Angelina. Saddly she lives in a shack even though she works so hard. So we decided to repay her for her services ... [Continue reading this entry]

Big Mountain

Friday, September 9th, 2005
My parents woke me at 6:30 a.m. to climb Table Mountain. Climbing Table Mountain was definitely a leg numbing experience. Table Mountain is 3,000 ft high, and the trail we took goes straight up it. It took ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cape Point

Thursday, September 8th, 2005
We loaded up the car, ready and willing to leave the house for another journey. Today is Cape Point day. The Cape Point is the southwestern most area of Africa and a huge tourist attraction. Normally we ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sam’s Cultural Tour

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005
Another tour sounded boring and trying. It was just something I wasn’t willing to have to wake up earlier then I usually do for. We’re not in Cape Town to sleep so I got up. Getting out ... [Continue reading this entry]