My month in rubber

it would appear that almost everything I've been up to this month has required the use of nyoprene of various thicknesses. Kicking off with Diving in Cape Town I've graduated from a 7mm one piece to a short sleeve 3mm in the warmer waters of the Garden Route. The combination of "shorty" wetsuits & t-shirts have left me with a really good "Bocca" (builder's) tan with neck, legs & forearms all making me appear brown, that is until my shirt comes off (- always was a vain kind of fashion king!)

So what have I been up to then......

Kloofing in Wilderness, Kitesurfing in Knysna & Surfing in Jefferey's bay. The only activities not requiring me to don a wet suit were Canoeing & mountain biking, but given the speed we shot down the narrow forest trails in Nature's Water national park I was wishing I'd had had some rubber pants on!!!

The Garden Route has been great fun & I've meet loads of fantastic people. Marcel had to head back to Cape Town to work but Ressie has put up with my bad jokes & travelled with me for the past 2 weeks.

- Island Vibe, Jefferys bay

Staying at the Island Vibe packpackers in Jefferys Bay proved a little to hard on both our livers so we decided to cut the surfing lessons & run to a quieter location. Without a set of wheels we shot over to Port Elizebeth to pick up a hire car & doubled back down the coast, visiting places we'd missed the week before such as Wild Tongue, Buffulo Bay & Knysna.
- Wild Tongue Backpackers

We picked up a fellow Island Vibe escapie- Helena & tried to detoxed in some slightly quieter venues ! Knysna was tranquil, but the hostels were all really grimmy & rude; Buffalo bay was a tumble weed town that had just the 3 of us staying there & Wild Tongue was arty & thespian as anywhere I've stayed but was a little too remote to stay more than a night. Ressie & I set sail East back to PE on thursday for an onward flight to Jo'burg & ultimately Nairobi which is where I am now. It's been a fun packed 10 days & I look forward to catching up with Sung in Buenos Aries & "Hanning Ten" on a future wave with a Jeffery's Bay surf dude!!

ps. Yes Mum - had my hair cut & no I haven't lost more weight :)