posted 07-05-2001 01:21 PM               

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So how was it Barbara & Rob, Eric & Carol, Dan and Renee? What did you see, What did you do? What did we miss?

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posted 07-07-2001 11:17 AM               

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We do want to go to South Africa again and next time will try to do the drive through the Kruger Nat'l Park and some of the spectacular scenery of the Eastern Cape. This time we drove from Port Elizabeth west along the "Garden Route" doing the tourist stuff (Plettenburg Bay, Knysna, Cango Caves, Ostrich Farms, etc.) and just enjoying the mountain and sea views. We drove the incredible Swartburg Pass (and lived to tell about it) over to Prince Albert where we stayed at a B&B operated by a guy who must just do it as a hobby, as our assessment of what it cost to restore his lovely old (1800s) house could not possibly be ever made up by what he charges. He included us in his evening barBQ party and we had a great time. Cape Town is lovely, as are the surroundings. The wine country (Stellenbosch) makes the Napa Valley look like the wrong side of the tracks, and the drive to the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point is not to be missed. We also did the Table Mountain cable car trip, as the weather was clear, and visited Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent a couple of decades. By the way, I highly recommend the book "Long Walk to Freedom" by Mandela...his autobiography.

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